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Fox News loses bid for Smartmatic voting-tech company's records about Philippines bribery case
Read full article: Fox News loses bid for Smartmatic voting-tech company's records about Philippines bribery caseSmartmatic does not need to give Fox News any information about U.S. federal charges against the voting machine company’s co-founder over alleged bribery in the Philippines.
A year later, sprawling Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump has stalled
Read full article: A year later, sprawling Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump has stalledA Georgia grand jury in August 2023 accused Donald Trump and others of illegally trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election in the state.
Apology letters by Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro in Georgia election case are one sentence long
Read full article: Apology letters by Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro in Georgia election case are one sentence longThe apology letters that Donald Trump-allied lawyers Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro were required to write as a condition of their plea deals in the Georgia election interference case are just one sentence long.
Georgia prosecutors are picking up cooperators in the Trump 2020 election case. Will it matter?
Read full article: Georgia prosecutors are picking up cooperators in the Trump 2020 election case. Will it matter?Plea deals with Georgia prosecutors in the election subversion case against former President Donald Trump ensure the cooperation of three witnesses who could presumably offer insider accounts of the desperate scheming to help him remain in office.
Lawyer Kenneth Chesebro pleads guilty over efforts to overturn Trump’s 2020 loss in Georgia
Read full article: Lawyer Kenneth Chesebro pleads guilty over efforts to overturn Trump’s 2020 loss in GeorgiaLawyer Kenneth Chesebro has pleaded guilty to a felony just as jury selection was getting underway in his trial on charges accusing him of participating in efforts to overturn Donald Trump's loss in Georgia's 2020 election.
Sidney Powell pleads guilty over efforts to overturn Trump's loss in Georgia and agrees to cooperate
Read full article: Sidney Powell pleads guilty over efforts to overturn Trump's loss in Georgia and agrees to cooperateA former federal prosecutor says Sidney Powell’s guilty plea in the case over efforts to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 loss in Georgia is a “significant win” for the district attorney prosecuting the former president and others.
Lawyers and judge hash out juror questions for Powell and Chesebro trial in Georgia election case
Read full article: Lawyers and judge hash out juror questions for Powell and Chesebro trial in Georgia election caseLawyers for Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro have met with prosecutors and the judge overseeing the case to hash out what will be asked on a lengthy questionnaire when the first group of 450 prospective jurors arrives at the courthouse later this week.
Alex Jones, Ronna McDaniel potential witnesses in Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro's Georgia trial
Read full article: Alex Jones, Ronna McDaniel potential witnesses in Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro's Georgia trialThe Georgia prosecutor who has accused former President Donald Trump and others of trying to illegally overturn the 2020 presidential election in the state is seeking to call Republican Party Chair Ronna McDaniel and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones as witnesses in a trial for two of the defendants scheduled to begin later this month.
Trump won’t be tried with Powell and Chesebro next month in Georgia election case
Read full article: Trump won’t be tried with Powell and Chesebro next month in Georgia election caseDonald Trump won't face trial next month in Georgia after a judge ruled Thursday that the former president and 16 others accused of illegally trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election will be tried separately from two lawyers in the case.
Georgia election indictment highlights wider attempts to illegally access voting equipment
Read full article: Georgia election indictment highlights wider attempts to illegally access voting equipmentThe new indictment alleging a conspiracy by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia includes charges against several people accused of illegally accessing voting equipment in one rural county.
Michigan legal watchdog pursues Trump-allied attorneys
Read full article: Michigan legal watchdog pursues Trump-allied attorneysA Michigan agency that investigates complaints against lawyers is taking action against nine attorneys who were allied with former President Donald Trump after the 2020 election.
Defamation suit produced trove of Tucker Carlson messages
Read full article: Defamation suit produced trove of Tucker Carlson messagesDominion Voting Systems' lawsuit against Fox News didn't go to trial, but still revealed plenty of what Fox personalities, including Tucker Carlson, had been saying about false 2020 election claims.
Off camera, Fox hosts doubted 2020 election fraud claims
Read full article: Off camera, Fox hosts doubted 2020 election fraud claimsTo millions of viewers, Fox News hosts gave allies of former President Donald Trump a platform to champion false claims that he lost the 2020 election because of voter fraud.
Court nixes Fox News' bid to end voting tech firm's suit
Read full article: Court nixes Fox News' bid to end voting tech firm's suitFox News has lost a bid to shut down a multibillion-dollar defamation lawsuit accusing the network of spreading lies that a voting-technology company helped “steal” the 2020 election from then-U.S. President Donald Trump.
Supreme Court won't take up MyPillow head's defamation case
Read full article: Supreme Court won't take up MyPillow head's defamation caseThe Supreme Court says it won’t intervene in a lawsuit in which Dominion Voting Systems accused MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell of defamation for falsely accusing the company of rigging the 2020 presidential election against former President Donald Trump.
Georgia election officials discuss breach, security measures
Read full article: Georgia election officials discuss breach, security measuresThe Georgia State Election Board held a meeting Wednesday meant to reassure board members and the general public that the state’s elections remain secure following a breach of voting equipment in one county.
Georgia voting equipment breach at center of tangled tale
Read full article: Georgia voting equipment breach at center of tangled taleA breach of sensitive voting equipment data from a rural county in Georgia spilled into the public light last month when documents and emails produced in response to subpoenas revealed the involvement of high-profile supporters of former President Donald Trump.
AP source: Meadows complies with Justice Dept. subpoena
Read full article: AP source: Meadows complies with Justice Dept. subpoenaFormer White House chief of staff Mark Meadows has complied with a Justice Department subpoena and turned over records as part of a federal investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the Capitol and efforts to undo the 2020 presidential election.
Lawyers: Eastman advised to plead the Fifth in Georgia probe
Read full article: Lawyers: Eastman advised to plead the Fifth in Georgia probeLawyers for John Eastman say they advised their client to assert attorney-client privilege and invoke his constitutional right to remain silent when testifying before a special grand jury investigating possible election interference in Georgia.
Trump election probe in Georgia cites voting system breach
Read full article: Trump election probe in Georgia cites voting system breachThe prosecutor investigating whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to interfere in the 2020 election in Georgia is seeking information about a breach of voting equipment in a county roughly 200 miles south of her Atlanta office.
Meadows, Powell testimony sought in Georgia election probe
Read full article: Meadows, Powell testimony sought in Georgia election probeThe prosecutor investigating whether Donald Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia is seeking to compel testimony from more allies of the former president, including former chief of staff Mark Meadows and lawyer Sidney Powell.
Lawyers allied with Trump ordered to pay $175K in sanctions
Read full article: Lawyers allied with Trump ordered to pay $175K in sanctionsA judge has ordered nine lawyers allied with former President Donald Trump to pay Detroit and Michigan a total of $175,000 in sanctions for abusing the court system with a sham lawsuit challenging the 2020 election results.
Michigan, Detroit seek $204K for fighting election lawsuit
Read full article: Michigan, Detroit seek $204K for fighting election lawsuitAttorneys for Detroit and the state of Michigan are seeking $204,000 in fees for successfully defending a post-election lawsuit filed by lawyers aligned with former President Donald Trump.
Judge rules Dominion case can proceed against Trump allies
Read full article: Judge rules Dominion case can proceed against Trump alliesA federal judge has cleared the way for a defamation case by Dominion Voting Systems to proceed against Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani and Mike Lindell, allies of former President Donald Trump who had all falsely accused the company of rigging the 2020 presidential election.
Judge appears skeptical over effort to dismiss Dominion suit
Read full article: Judge appears skeptical over effort to dismiss Dominion suitA federal judge appeared skeptical of arguments to dismiss a defamation suit filed by Dominion Voting Systems over baseless 2020 election claims made by Trump allies Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani and the MyPillow Guy.
Fried: Kraken lawyer’s group illegally operating in Florida
Read full article: Fried: Kraken lawyer’s group illegally operating in FloridaFlorida’s Democratic agriculture commissioner, whose office polices charities, alleged Friday that a group run by one of former President Donald Trump’s most prominent election conspiracy adherents is illegally seeking donations in the state.
Dominion sues Trump lawyer Sidney Powell for defamation
Read full article: Dominion sues Trump lawyer Sidney Powell for defamationWASHINGTON – Dominion Voting Systems filed a defamation lawsuit against lawyer Sidney Powell on Friday, seeking at least $1.3 billion for Powell's “wild accusations” that the company rigged the presidential election for Joe Biden. “Dominion brings this action to set the record straight,” the company said in the suit filed in federal court in Washington. Powell has been representing Trump in a series of unsuccessful lawsuits filed to contest the election outcome. There was no widespread fraud in the election, which a range of election officials across the country including Trump’s former attorney general, William Barr, have confirmed. Eric Coomer, Dominion's security director, already has sued Powell, Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and the president's campaign for defamation after he was driven into hiding by death threats.
AP sources: Trump floats Sidney Powell as special counsel
Read full article: AP sources: Trump floats Sidney Powell as special counsel(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump floated naming lawyer Sidney Powell, who was booted from his campaign's legal team after pushing unfounded conspiracy theories, as a special counsel investigating allegations of voter fraud as he grasps for straws to stay in power. It is unclear whether Trump intends to try to move forward with the effort to install Powell. Trump’s campaign and his allies have now filed roughly 50 lawsuits alleging widespread voting fraud and almost all have been dismissed or dropped. That includes Giuliani, who during the Friday meeting pushed Trump to seize voting machines in his hunt for evidence of fraud. "She is not a member of the Trump Legal Team.
Sidney Powell unrelenting in legal battle on Trump's behalf
Read full article: Sidney Powell unrelenting in legal battle on Trump's behalfATLANTA – Conservative attorney Sidney Powell has been unrelenting in her battle on behalf of President Donald Trump and the Americans who have pledged their faith in him, regardless of the facts of the 2020 election – namely, that Joe Biden won. “I’m going to release the Kraken,” Powell said in a Fox Business interview in mid-November, an apparent reference to the film “Clash of the Titans” in which Zeus gives the order to release the mythical sea monster. Powell did not immediately respond to a voicemail left Thursday at her Dallas law firm. Despite being tossed off the president’s legal team, Powell has continued to push his claim that the election was stolen. As they were filed, lawyers across the country reacted on social media, some puzzling about her strategy and others outright mocking her in paragraph-by-paragraph analysis.
Trump campaign legal team distances itself from Powell
Read full article: Trump campaign legal team distances itself from PowellShe is not a member of the Trump Legal Team. She is also not a lawyer for the President in his personal capacity," Giuliani and another lawyer for Trump, Jenna Ellis, said in a statement. There was no immediate clarification from the campaign and Powell did not immediately return an email seeking comment. The statement hints at further tumult for a legal team that has lost case after case in contested states as it works to overturn the results of the Nov. 3 election. Fox News host Tucker Carlson said on his show last week that his team had asked Powell for evidence to support her claims, but that Powell had provided none.
Court hears arguments on whether to dismiss Flynn case
Read full article: Court hears arguments on whether to dismiss Flynn caseFILE - In this Dec. 18, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump's former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn arrives at federal court in Washington. Lawyers for Flynn are asking the Washington-based appeals court to force a federal judge to grant the Justice Department's request and dismiss the case. The Justice Department moved to dismiss the case against Flynn last month, saying that the FBI had insufficient grounds to interview Flynn about contacts he had during the presidential transition period with the Russian ambassador. That ex-judge, John Gleeson, said in a filing this week that the department's move to dismiss the case amounted to an abuse of power. President Donald Trump has relentlessly railed against the special counsels inquiry into his 2016 campaigns contacts with Russia and emphatically welcomed the Justice Department's decision to drop the Flynn case.