Jacob is a reporter at Democracy Docket and covers anti-Trump accountability litigation. He is from South Dakota and earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism, English and political science from Augustana University. Before joining Democracy Docket, he covered breaking news at Axios.
A Georgia state judge has thrown out a conspiracy theory-fueled lawsuit against Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) that sought to open the state’s election-night operations center to far-right observers.
Members of Congress, national democracy advocates and local leaders denounced the Trump administration’s massive law enforcement operation against a voter registration group in Ohio.
President Trump said he would take over the nation’s capital if Janeese Lewis George, a progressive candidate for the District of Columbia’s mayor, wins the upcoming Democratic primary.
The FBI raided the offices of a pro-democracy organization that helps register voters and organizes political activities for Democratic and progressive causes in Ohio.
President Trump said he will nominate Jay Clayton, the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, to be the next director of national intelligence just days after the attorney endorsed false conspiracy theories about California’s still-ongoing primary vote count.
President Trump said the Pentagon wants congressional Republicans to include anti-voting restrictions from the SAVE America Act in a multibillion-dollar defense bill.
Steve Hilton, a Trump-backed conservative author and former Fox News host, will compete in California’s general election for governor this November after taking second place in the state’s open primary system.
Local officials in Arizona’s Maricopa County accused county recorder Justin Heap’s office of improperly seizing election equipment and documents as votes were being counted in local elections earlier this year.
President Trump nominated Todd Blanche, a staunch loyalist who has aggressively targeted the president’s enemies for prosecution, to be attorney general.
Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor spread false conspiracy theories Monday about California’s still-ongoing primary vote count, suggesting that delayed results may be evidence of fraud.