DOJ switched positions on Kentucky’s voter rolls, making farce of its own lawsuit
Kentucky’s lawyers highlighted the federal government’s reversal in a new filing asking the federal district court to dismiss the DOJ’s lawsuit.
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Top Arizona officials warn FBI may use election probe to seize voter rolls sought by DOJ
As the FBI probes the 2020 election in Maricopa County, senior Arizona officials are warning that the bureau may try to use the investigation as a way to short-circuit an ongoing legal process and obtain the state’s full unredacted voter rolls.
‘RINO hack’: MAGA melts down over Thune’s SAVE America Act ‘betrayal’
MAGA is beside itself with fury after Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said he plans to bring the SAVE America Act to the Senate floor next week — but won’t use a procedural move that President Donald Trump and anti-voting activists have been demanding to ram the bill through.
ICE’s investigative arm is now probing Arizona’s elections
As the Trump administration moves to relitigate past elections, the investigative branch of Immigration and Customs Enforcement is probing Arizona’s 2020 election results.
Trump DOJ’s voter rolls grab has unearthed a tiny number of illegitimate votes
Dozens of illegitimate votes may seem significant. But 50 illegitimate votes would amount to just 0.000007 percent of the roughly 680 million votes cast in the last five national elections.
Trump DOJ prosecuted election tech firm to fuel 2020 election lies, filing alleges
The voting technology company Smartmatic accused federal prosecutors of weaponizing the Justice Department against it to promote President Donald Trump’s 2020 election lies and aid his allies facing massive defamation lawsuits.
Behind the FBI’s Maricopa County probe: A debunked ‘audit’ funded by election deniers
The FBI’s probe into Arizona’s Maricopa County 2020 election opened a new avenue for Trump to attack free and fair elections. But the far-right claims of voter fraud in Arizona motivating the FBI probe are based on old, debunked allegations that never stood up to scrutiny, despite repeated investigations and reviews.
Thune schedules doomed SAVE America Act vote, dashing MAGA hopes for filibuster fight
Senate GOP leaders are looking to put the SAVE America Act debate behind them next week by scheduling it for a doomed vote — and MAGA is steaming mad.
Ohio Dems put GOP elections chief on notice for handing voter data to Trump DOJ
Ohio Democrats warned Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R) over his decision to hand over the sensitive voter data of nearly 8 million Ohioans to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
DOJ’s Ed Martin accused of ethics violations for threatening Georgetown University
A legal oversight organization has accused Ed Martin, President Trump’s pardon attorney, of ethics violations for sending threatening letters to Georgetown University’s law school last year while serving as the acting U.S. attorney in the district.
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