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Donald Trump deposed in defamation suit filed by E. Jean Carroll

2:12am October 20, 2022

by The Associated Press

Former President Trump answered questions under oath Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by E. Jean Carroll, a magazine columnist who says he raped her in the mid-1990s in a department store dressing room.

The U.S. House Select Committee members voted on Thursday to subpoena former President Donald Trump to testify as part of its investigation.

Politics & Government

The Jan. 6 committee votes unanimously to subpoena Trump

5:42pm October 13, 2022

All nine members of the committee voted to subpoena the former president to testify before them. Presidential subpoenas are complicated but not unprecedented.

Billionaire Elon Musk's on-again, off-again bid to acquire Twitter advanced this week after he agreed to pay the $44 billion he had originally offered for the social media site.

Politics & Government

Here's what Elon Musk will likely do with Twitter if he buys it

7:30pm October 07, 2022

by Shannon Bond

Musk says he'd loosen rules against spreading misinformation, allow former President Donald Trump back on Twitter, shake up the company's business model and find new revenue sources.

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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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Former President Donald Trump is requesting the Supreme Court intervene in the case concerning classified documents taken from his Mar-a-Lago home over the summer.

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Trump asks the Supreme Court to resolve Mar-a-Lago document dispute

6:22pm October 04, 2022

by Dustin Jones

Trump's legal team argued that the lower court lacked the authority to grant an appeal, which allowed the Justice Department to continue its investigation without supervision from a special master.

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro greets supporters during a reelection campaign rally. Ahead of the first round of voting on Oct. 2, Bolsonaro has baselessly claimed that voting machines will be rigged against him, an echo of former U.S. President Donald Trump's false claims about the 2020 election.

Brazilians are about to vote. And they're dealing with familiar viral election lies

5:00am September 27, 2022

by Shannon Bond

As Brazilians head to the polls to vote for president, they're being deluged by a wave of falsehoods that echo Donald Trump's claims of a stolen election.

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Budd embraces Trump, abortion opposition in NC Senate race

10:11am September 23, 2022

by Associated Press

In competitive races across the U.S., Republican candidates are distancing themselves from their party's most controversial policies and people — namely, abortion and former President Donald Trump

New York State Attorney General Letitia James, pictured in February, filed a civil lawsuit on Wednesday against former President Donald Trump, saying he "falsely inflated his net worth by billions of dollars to unjustly enrich himself, to cheat the system."

New York's attorney general sues Trump and 3 of his children for alleged fraud

5:46pm September 21, 2022

by Brian Mann

AG Letitia James is seeking $250 million in damages and to bar Trump and his children from conducting business in New York state, where they built their fortune.

A courtroom sketch of Judge Raymond Dearie in New York in January 2013.

Politics & Government

What to know about Judge Raymond Dearie, the Mar-a-Lago search special master

5:00am September 16, 2022

by Jasper Ruppert

Dearie, 78, a former chief judge of the federal court in the Eastern District of New York, was one of the special master candidates suggested by Trump whom the Justice Department did not object to.

The book version of "2,000 Mules," the latest project from author and filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza, was abruptly recalled due to an unspecified "error."

A publisher abruptly recalled the '2,000 Mules' election denial book. NPR got a copy.

4:22pm September 09, 2022

by Tom Dreisbach

Due to an unspecified "publishing error," the conservative publisher Regnery recalled the book version of Dinesh D'Souza's widely debunked election denial film "2,000 Mules." Here's what's inside.