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.
The next attorney general must be someone who will restore integrity, objectivity, and — above all — uncompromising independence to the DOJ.
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.
President Trump is expected to take to the airwaves Thursday to again push false claims of widespread voting fraud during the 2020 election, citing soon-to-be-declassified intelligence information purporting to show irregularities and vulnerabilities in voting machines.
The ruling could cut off a potential avenue for the Trump administration’s anti-voting interference.
President Trump and his two eldest sons’ $10-billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service was brought for “an improper purpose,” a Florida-based federal judge ruled. The judge also recommended attorney sanctions for the Trumps’ lawyers.
President Donald Trump launched his latest attack on voting last night when he ousted the three remaining commissioners of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC). The defenestration leaves the bipartisan and mostly advisory federal agency, which was created to help states administer elections, without leadership just months before the 2026 midterm elections. But while the […]
The White House’s attempts to seize control over elections have suffered a series of courtroom drubbings in recent weeks as judges — including many of his own appointees — have consistently blocked them for violating federal laws or the U.S. Constitution. So the Trump administration is adopting a new strategy, turning to intimidation and coercion after legal bullying has mostly failed.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) will introduce new legislation making ballot seizure before they are counted and certified by a state or county official a felony. In a July 4 recorded speech, Newsom was not shy about who the law targets. “We will not be his victims,” Newsom said. “We will be the wall he […]
A federal judge blocked the Justice Department’s demands for the identities and personal information of thousands of people who helped run the 2020 election in Georgia’s Fulton County, calling the request “unreasonable.”