[ad_1] CNN — The Federal Election Commission has levied a $30,000 fine on incoming Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach and a private border wall organization he was once affiliated with due to campaign finance violations committed during his unsuccessful 2020 Senate bid. In an agreement approved by the FEC last …
Read More »Trump WH drafted statement attacking Barr after he publicly refuted Trump’s voter fraud claims, transcript reveals
[ad_1] CNN — In December 2020, after then-Attorney General William Barr publicly refuted President Donald Trump’s claims that the election was rigged, White House staffers drafted a press release that would’ve called for the firing of anyone who disagreed with Trump’s claims, according to a new transcript from the House …
Read More »Eva Kaili: European Parliament VP expelled by party amid corruption probe involving Gulf nation
[ad_1] CNN — Eva Kaili, one of the European Parliament’s vice presidents, has been expelled by her political party in Greece amid a corruption probe. The Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK), one of Greece’s main opposition parties, said in a statement Friday: “Following the latest developments and the investigation by Belgian …
Read More »Trump isn’t the only thing that could rock American democracy
[ad_1] CNN — American democracy – and the evolving way in which it is executed – is facing a series of fundamental questions beyond former Donald Trump’s election denialism. The former president’s call to end the Constitution for a 2020 election redo has rightly been met with ridicule and eyerolls …
Read More »Rural Arizona county delays certifying midterm results as election disputes persist
[ad_1] CNN — Officials in a rural Arizona county Monday delayed the certification of November’s midterm elections, missing the legal deadline and leading the Arizona secretary of state’s office to sue over the county’s failure to sign off on the results. By a 2-1 vote Monday morning, the Republican majority …
Read More »Law enforcement ratchets up presence in voting process as some sheriffs push election conspiracy theories
[ad_1] CNN — Early voters dropping off ballots in Berks County, Pennsylvania, are confronted by a sight surprising for elections in the United States: A pair of uniformed sheriff’s deputies armed with guns and tasers guarding the ballot box. Directed by local election officials to question voters before letting them deposit …
Read More »Arizona, Michigan GOP ask voters to mail in ballots and use drop boxes as candidates and officials blast the practice
[ad_1] CNN — The Arizona and Michigan state Republican Parties are calling voters urging them to return their ballots by mail or to drop boxes in those battleground states, despite their candidates promoting false claims that such practices are rife for voter fraud. Calls to voters’ phones in the last …
Read More »Opinion: What Georgia’s record-breaking early voting means
[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Jay Bookman is an author and national award-winning political columnist from Georgia who has written for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and other newspapers. He now writes regularly for the Georgia Recorder. Follow him on Twitter at @jaysbookman. The views expressed here are his own. Read more opinion at …
Read More »America’s next Trump ‘circus’ | CNN Politics
[ad_1] CNN — Former President Donald Trump and his movement are posing new challenges to accountability, free elections and the rule of law, ushering in a fresh period of political turmoil. Trump dropped his clearest hint yet Saturday of a new White House run at a moment when he’s on …
Read More »Arizona Attorney General’s office asks for federal investigation of conservative nonprofit True the Vote
[ad_1] Washington CNN — The Arizona Attorney General’s office has asked for a federal investigation related to potential violations of the Internal Revenue Code by the conservative nonprofit True the Vote, which claims to be trying to expose voter fraud. An investigator in Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich’s office, Reginald …
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