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McSwain’s letter suggests that Justice Department officials in Washington, D.C., put limits on his ability to thoroughly investigate claims of fraud and election irregularities. “I wanted to be transparent with the public and, of course, investigate fully any allegations. Attorney General Barr, …
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By Devlin Barrett, Matt Zapotosky and Rosalind S. Helderman, A war of words broke out Tuesday among former senior Justice Department officials over Pennsylvania politics and the aftermath of the 2020 election, fueled by former president Donald Trump’s release of a letter by a former appointee who …
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In an interview, Barr disputed McSwain’s characterizations of his actions, and said McSwain told him he wrote the letter in a bid to win Trump’s endorsement — or at least stave off attacks. “Any suggestion that McSwain was told to stand down from investigating allegations of election fraud is …
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But Trump and his allies keep trying. In a speech over the weekend, Trump touted that the state of Georgia had “found 35,000 votes,” implying the results in that state were suspect. That claim derives from a story at the far-right blog the Federalist, in which the proof of the “illegal votes” …
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WASHINGTON – A lawyer who worked on Donald Trump’s election challenges says she is leaving the Republican Party in the wake of reports that an RNC official described her election fraud claims as “a joke.” “The Republican Party has failed Donald Trump and true conservatives under swamp leadership,” …
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“On Election Day and afterwards, our Office received various allegations of voter fraud and election irregularities,” McSwain wrote. “As part of my responsibilities as U.S. Attorney, I wanted to be transparent with the public and, of course, investigate fully any allegations. Attorney General Barr, …
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Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. By all accounts, election fraud is rare. But following the 2018 election, the small, rural community of Bladen County, N.C., made news when state officials threw out the …
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By Rosalind S. Helderman, Elijah Nouvelage Reuters Attorney Sidney Powell watches as lawyer L. Lin Wood speaks during a news conference about the election results in Alpharetta, Ga., in December. The latest effort to hold former president Donald Trump and his allies accountable for months of …
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By Josh Dawsey, The Republican Party’s top lawyer warned in November against continuing to push false claims that the presidential election was stolen, calling efforts by some of the former president’s lawyers a “joke” that could mislead millions of people, according to an email obtained by The …
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Ohio’s top elections official has asked the state’s attorney general to investigate 117 people who either registered to vote in Ohio or actually cast a ballot in the 2020 election. But that’s way down from previous elections. Secretary of State Frank LaRose says 104 people registered illegally, and …
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