Election 2020

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Supreme Court Rejects Election Case

Attempt to overturn Pennsylvania election result rebuffed with single-sentence order

(Newser) - President Trump's allies have suffered yet another loss in their attempt to overturn election results. In a single-sentence order Tuesday, the Supreme Court rejected a request from Pennsylvania Republicans to overturn the state's results, the New York Times reports. "The application for injunctive relief presented to Justice...

Fired Election Security Boss Sues Trump Campaign

Krebs' filing accuses diGenova, campaign, and Newsmax of conspiracy and defamation

(Newser) - "He should be drawn and quartered," Joe diGenova said last week of Chris Krebs, until recently the cybersecurity official in charge of the nation's election security. "Taken out at dawn and shot." Krebs' transgression, in diGenova's eyes, was contradicting President Trump's claim that...

Lou Dobbs to Stephen Miller: 'Why Don't You Answer Me?"

Fox hosts presses Trump adviser on why allies aren't supporting the president more strongly

(Newser) - Things got a little heated on Lou Dobbs' Fox show Monday night, but the target of his wrath is the surprise. Dobbs, a staunch supporter of President Trump, lit into top Trump adviser Stephen Miller, reports the Hill . Dobbs was questioning Miller on why Republicans and White House officials weren'...

Trump Makes 'Extraordinary' Request of Pa. Lawmaker

He asks state House speaker to help him overturn results of presidential election

(Newser) - For the third time, President Trump is directly intervening in an attempt to overturn a state's election results. This time, as the Washington Post reports, the POTUS has twice called Pennsylvania's House speaker, Bryan Cutler, to ask him for help reversing Joe Biden's win in the state....

Georgia's Results 'Remain Unchanged' in Latest Recount

State again certifies Biden's victory

(Newser) - President-elect Joe Biden has again won Georgia's presidential election. The state finished its second recount , after it was requested by President Trump's campaign, last week. On Monday, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger recertified Georgia's results, the Hill reports. "It’s been 34 days since the election...

Trump Might Have an Inauguration Day Surprise

2 reports say he's considering skipping Biden's swearing-in for a competing political rally

(Newser) - Joe Biden might have an unusual entrance to DC on Inauguration Day, and President Trump might have an unusual exit. Axios reports that Trump is considering the notion of skipping Biden's inauguration and instead flying to Florida on Air Force One to hold a competing political rally. NBC News...

Protesters Gather at Michigan Election Official's House

Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says 'threats' are futile

(Newser) - The election protests in Michigan are getting personal. One Black lawmaker posted threatening voicemails she received about a lynching. And now the state's top elections official is dealing with nighttime protests at her home, reports WXYZ . Demonstrators demanding that the election results be overturned gathered outside the Detroit home...

In Georgia, Loeffler Won't Say Trump Lost

Senator debates her Democratic opponent in runoff election

(Newser) - Sen. Kelly Loeffler repeatedly refused to acknowledge that President Trump lost reelection in November, as she debated her Democratic opponent, Rev. Raphael Warnock, ahead of twin Georgia runoff elections that will determine which party controls the Senate. Asked specifically about President-elect Joe Biden's victory in Georgia and whether she...

Giuliani Claims &#39;Big Win for Honest Elections&#39;
Judge: You Can Analyze
Those Voting Machines
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Dec 6, 2020 1:35 PM CST

Judge: You Can Analyze Those Voting Machines

Rudy Giuliani calls it a 'big win,' but that might not be true

(Newser) - A judge ruled Friday that forensic photos can be taken of Dominion vote tabulation machines in one Michigan county, a move hailed by Rudy Giuliani—although it's unrelated to the presidential election, the Detroit News reports. The judge said a voter had complained about three ballots allegedly being ignored...

Trump Calls Georgia's Gov. —and It Spills Onto Twitter

The president wants those election results overturned, source says

(Newser) - President Trump called Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Saturday morning with a small request—to have Joe Biden's victory in the state overturned, an insider tells the Washington Post . Trump apparently urged Kemp to assemble the state legislature for a special session to rescind the results and have electors...

Trump Loyalists Call for &#39;Martial Law&#39;
Calls for 'Martial Law'
Spark Outrage
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Dec 5, 2020 11:30 AM CST

Calls for 'Martial Law' Spark Outrage

A former GOP lawmaker says it's 'utterly insane'

(Newser) - Michael Flynn and a top Pentagon nominee are under fire for backing conspiracy theories that urge President Trump to overturn the 2020 election results by declaring martial law, CNN reports. They claim without evidence that Trump won in "landslide fashion" and Joe Biden's victory was fraudulent. "I...

Conway: Biden 'Looks Like' the Winner

Former aide defends Trump's challenge of election results but says nation 'will move forward'

(Newser) - A longtime member of President Trump's inner circle said Friday that she expects the Electoral College to award Joe Biden a majority of its votes and a peaceful transition to the new president to follow. "We, as a nation, will move forward, because we always do," Kellyanne...

Wisconsin High Court Turns Back Trump Suit

But legal challenge will now shift to lower courts

(Newser) - A split Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday declined to hear President Trump's lawsuit attempting to overturn his election loss to Joe Biden in the battleground state, sidestepping a decision on the merits of the claims and instead ruling that the case must first wind its way through lower courts....

Trump Posts 'Most Important Speech I've Ever Made'

He railed against the 'rigged' election for 46 minutes

(Newser) - President Trump, saying it "may be the most important speech" he's ever made, posted a 46-minute diatribe against the election on Facebook Wednesday, repeating his claims that the election was "rigged" and that "tremendous and horrible fraud" had taken place. A White House official tells the...

&#39;No Substantial Changes&#39; in 2nd Georgia Recount
No Surprises in
2nd Georgia Recount
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Dec 2, 2020 7:04 PM CST

No Surprises in 2nd Georgia Recount

Former Trump lawyer urges Georgians to boycott Senate runoff election

(Newser) - Ballots are being counted in Georgia once again—but elections officials don't believe it's going to be third time lucky for President Trump. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Wednesday that "no substantial changes" have been seen from any county so far in the recount, CNN...

Georgia Elections Official: 'Someone's Going to Get Killed'

Gabriel Sterling calls on Trump to stop inciting supporters

(Newser) - The voting implementation manager with the Georgia Secretary of State's office is angry, and thinks every American should be, too. Not over claims of voter fraud—though Gabriel Sterling had plenty to say about that during a Tuesday press conference, which went viral almost as soon as it wrapped—...

Trump Sues to Overturn State's Election Result

He wants to disqualify 221K Wisconsin ballots

(Newser) - President Trump is attempting to overturn the election results in Wisconsin, which were certified by the chairwoman of the Wisconsin Elections Commission and Democratic Gov. Tony Evers Monday. In what the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel calls a "last-ditch effort" to reclaim the state, the president has gone directly to the...

Barr Breaks With Trump on Election Fraud Claims

'We have not seen fraud on a scale' that would change the outcome, he says

(Newser) - Attorney General William Barr is known for his loyalty to President Trump—but he's not backing the president up on his claims of widespread election fraud. Barr says FBI agents and US attorneys have been following up allegations of irregularities, but they haven't uncovered anything that would change...

Trump Lawyer Wants Krebs 'Taken Out at Dawn and Shot'

Remarks calling for Chris Krebs to be 'shot' made Monday by Trump campaign lawyer Joe diGenova

(Newser) - A Trump campaign lawyer made plain on The Howie Carr Show on Monday that he's not a fan of Chris Krebs, the cybersecurity chief fired by President Trump last month after vouching for the security of the 2020 election. Joe diGenova promoted unproven conspiracy theories regarding the election, but...

Iowa Certifies House Winner, by 6 Votes

Race shows 'every vote counts,' secretary of state says

(Newser) - Iowa officials on Monday certified a Republican candidate as the winner by six votes of an open seat in the US House, in what is shaping up to be the closest congressional election in decades. Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks finished ahead of Democrat Rita Hart in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District...

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