US votes 2020
Judge tosses Donald Trump’s 2020 election overthrow case
It represents a big legal victory for the Republican president-elect ahead of his return to office next year.
- by Alanna Durkin Richer
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Explainer
US Votes 2024
‘They cheat like hell’: The fallout from the attack on the Capitol
Hare-brained schemes and legal loopholes helped cause havoc after the last presidential election. But there are many ways to contest a result. How?
- by Angus Holland
Analysis
US Votes 2024
How election deniers have infiltrated the race for the White House
Four years after Donald Trump claimed the 2020 election was stolen from him, the Republican candidate and his allies are actively sowing seeds of doubt about this year’s vote.
- by Farrah Tomazin
‘Doesn’t matter if you lost’: New details of Trump’s bid to overturn election loss revealed
Much of the new filing focuses on Donald Trump’s dealings with then-vice president and running mate Mike Pence, who was pressured to overturn the 2020 election result.
- by Andrew Goudsward
New House Speaker Mike Johnson played leading role in effort to overturn 2020 election
On the eve of the January 6, 2021 votes, the far-right Congressman presented colleagues with arguments they could use to oppose the will of the voters.
- by Luke Broadwater and Steve Eder
Analysis
Media & marketing
Rupert Murdoch can’t retire from Fox’s legal woes
The billionaire’s ‘retirement’ from his controversial media empire might not protect him from litigants such as his fellow News Corp and Fox shareholders.
- by Colin Kruger
Opinion
US politics
Donald Trump has hit a new low, even by his standards
It’s possible what we’re seeing isn’t the effects of a growing movement of a destructive force, but rather the shaking and rattling of a poorly built car whose doors and wheels are about to fall off.
- by Bill Wyman
Trump chief of staff burnt so many papers his wife noticed ‘bonfire’ smell, book says
Mark Meadows’ aide says when she would enter his office, she “would sometimes find him leaning over the fire, feeding papers into it, watching to make sure they burned”.
- by Michelle L. Price
Analysis
US politics
Rupert Murdoch’s exit may reset Fox’s relationship with Donald Trump
One of Lachlan Murdoch’s biggest challenges will be how to handle Donald Trump in an election year.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Special counsel seeks gag order on Trump in 2020 election case
Prosecutors want Trump restricted from giving statements about “the identity, testimony, or credibility of prospective witnesses”.
- by Kanishka Singh and Eric Beech
Georgia jury sought charges against Republican senator in Trump election case
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham came under scrutiny for a phone call he made to Georgia’s secretary of state in the days after the 2020 presidential election. Today, Graham told reporters: “This is troubling for the country. We can’t criminalise senators for doing their job.”
- by Farrah Tomazin
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