2020 presidential election

Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott warned colleagues not to "give the crazies an inch" after then-President Donald Trump and his allies pressured the network. Lawyers for Dominion Voting Systems indicate they to use Scott's words against Fox in its $1.6 billion defamation suit against the network.

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Fox News CEO warned against 'crazies' after 2020 election, Dominion says

4:25pm October 06, 2022

by David Folkenflik

Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott warned colleagues not to "give the crazies an inch" after the 2020 elections. Dominion Voting Systems revealed her words in its $1.6 billion defamation suit against Fox.

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(L-R) Rusty Bowers, Arizona House Speaker; Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State; and Gabriel Sterling, Georgia Secretary of State Chief Operating Officer, appear for testimony during the fourth hearing.

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Trump team didn't have the evidence and 4 other takeaways from the Jan. 6 hearing

10:02pm June 21, 2022

by Domenico Montanaro

There were a number of eye-opening findings in the Jan. 6 committee's fourth hearing that showed the depth and breadth of Trump and his allies' pressure on local and state officials.

An image of former President Trump is displayed during the third hearing of the House Jan. 6 committee Thursday.

A British filmmaker gave Congress unreleased footage of Trump and his family

2:21pm June 21, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

British documentarian Alex Holder confirmed on Tuesday that he had complied with a Jan. 6 committee subpoena for never-before-seen footage of the president in the leadup to the insurrection.

Gabriel Sterling, one of Georgia's top election officials, defended the state's voting system against former President Trump's election lies and warned violence could result from the false claims. He's among the witnesses at the House Jan. 6 committee's f

The Jan. 6 committee holds its fourth hearing today. Here's what we know

10:39am June 21, 2022

by Ximena Bustillo

Tuesday's hearing is expected to focus on former President Trump's pressure on officials to change the results of voting in their states.

Supporters of President Trump protest outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Trump's strategy to overturn the 2020 election didn't work. Next time it might

2:11pm October 28, 2021

by Terry Gross

Robert Costa's book Peril, which he co-wrote with Bob Woodward, goes inside Trump's war room on the eve of the Jan. 6 insurrection. Costa says the 2024 election could trigger a constitutional crisis.

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Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper joined nine other former defense secretaries in calling for an end to challenges to the presidential election.

In Op-Ed, 10 Ex-Defense Secretaries Say Military Has No Role In Election Dispute

12:50pm January 04, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

A bipartisan group of 10 former secretaries of defense criticized attempts to challenge November's presidential election and called it a dangerous threat to the nation's security.

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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is seen during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in November. Cruz and several other Republicans are calling for a commission to investigate unfounded claims of election fraud.

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Republican Lawmakers Divided On Election Certification

6:50pm January 03, 2021

by Matthew S. Schwartz

Dozens of Republicans in the House and Senate have said they will object to certification of the Electoral College results. Others say it's time to move on.

The big mystery of this election is why there was a disparity between President-elect Joe Biden's decisive win and Democrats' disappointing down-ballot performance.

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5 Lessons Democrats Can Learn From The 2020 Elections

12:24pm December 29, 2020

by Mara Liasson

Democrats were elated to defeat President Trump this year, but overall voters sent their party some mixed signals. Now, the party is trying to figure out what they mean for the future.

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President-elect Joe Biden speaks after the Electoral College formally elected him as president Monday.

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As Democracy Holds, Trump Finds Himself Increasingly Isolated

12:11pm December 15, 2020

by Domenico Montanaro

The Electoral College reaffirmed that Joe Biden is president-elect, but the current president continues not to accept it, threatening to undermine President-elect Joe Biden's legitimacy.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court was critical of the Trump campaign's legal challenge on Monday, saying the president should have raised concerns before the election.

Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules Trump Election Challenge 'Unreasonable In The Extreme'

9:59pm December 14, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

"Striking these votes now — after the election, and in only two of Wisconsin's 72 counties ... would be an extraordinary step for this court to take. We will not do so," Justice Brian Hagedorn wrote.