Comey asks judge to 86 Trump DOJ’s seashell case
Former FBI Director James Comey asked a judge to throw out felony charges against him over a social media post featuring seashells that Justice Department alleged was a threat to kill President Trump.
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Energy Department admits canceling federal clean energy grants in blue states, in yet another Trump blow to democracy
The Energy Dept. cancelled clean energy grants in states that didn’t vote for Trump–another case of Trump weaponizing funds against non-supporters.
States sue Trump admin for withholding $148M in disaster aid over ‘unlawful’ election demands
A group of 25 states and Washington, D.C. is suing the Trump administration, accusing federal officials of leveraging billions of dollars in federal disaster grant funding in an attempt to coerce states into implementing the president’s anti-voting agenda.
Sen. Warner: ‘Trump intends to interfere in this year’s elections … This was the opening shot’
According to Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) Trump’s speech was less about foreign interference in U.S. elections, and more about the president’s own interference.
‘Everyone has this data’: Security experts debunk Trump’s ‘absurd’ China voter file claims
Voting and cybersecurity experts strongly pushed back on President Trump’s assertions in a speech Thursday night that China accessed U.S. voter registration data.
DHS Secretary Mullin threatens to prosecute election chiefs who refuse voter roll demands
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin threatened top election officials in all 50 states and D.C. with criminal charges if they do not comply with the Trump administration’s demands to feed their voter rolls through a flawed federal database.
‘They had nothing’: Elections experts say Trump’s speech signals panic over a flimsy case
Despite the promise of explosive revelations, President Donald Trump’s prime-time speech to the nation Thursday offered nothing new to support his lies about stolen elections and voter fraud. In his 25-minute speech, Trump accused China of obtaining voter files, claimed there were massive numbers of noncitizens on voter rolls, and called for the passage of […]
Five ways Trump could use his primetime speech to undermine our elections
The timing of the address and leaks to the media — as well as the Trump administration’s recent actions — offer clues about what the president may try to accomplish.
Trump’s pick for intel chief refuses to say who won 2020 election
Jay Clayton, who President Trump tapped for director of national intelligence, repeatedly declined to clearly state who won the 2020 election during his confirmation hearing Wednesday.
Blanche says he will ‘follow the law’ on ICE agents at polls but won’t pledge not to deploy them
In his confirmation hearing for attorney general, Todd Blanche claimed he would “follow the law” on sending armed federal agents to voting sites but pointedly stopped short of pledging not to deploy them.
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