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A Georgia Elections Worker And Her Mom Described How Trump’s Lies About Voter Fraud Tore Their Lives Apart
"I’ve lost my name, I’ve lost my reputation and I’ve lost my sense of security all because a group of people … decided to scapegoat me and my daughter."

Donald Trump Called Mike Pence “The P-Word” For Not Illegally Overturning The Election, According To Jan. 6 Committee Testimony
Both Ivanka Trump and a former Trump attorney described the conversation as “heated.”

Michael Flynn’s Identity Was Not Improperly Revealed By Obama Officials, A Secret DOJ Report Has Found
The 52-page document was obtained by BuzzFeed News in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.

The Far-Right Troll Known As “Baked Alaska” Just Blew Up His Own Jan. 6 Plea Hearing
Gionet was set to plead guilty to a misdemeanor for parading at the Capitol. He proclaimed his innocence instead. A trial is set for March 7.

A Third Oath Keeper Has Agreed to Cooperate with Prosecutors In The Seditious Conspiracy Case
William Todd Wilson was the first Oath Keeper to breach the Capitol building, prosecutors claim.

Republicans Don’t Have To Win Jan. 6 Subpoena Challenges To Run Down The Clock
A judge dismissed the RNC’s claims against the Jan. 6 committee, but paused the effect of his ruling while the GOP pursues an appeal.

An Ex-Cop Told A Jury That Video Of His Alleged Assault On A Police Officer On Jan. 6 Actually Showed Acts Of Self-Defense
Thomas Webster is facing multiple felony charges for allegedly assaulting a police officer on Jan. 6.

A Police Officer Testified About The Moment The Mob Broke Through The Line At The Capitol On Jan. 6
Thomas Webster claims he acted in self-defense. Officer Noah Rathbun denied that he invited Webster to fight or punched the man in the face.

A New York Man Doesn’t Deny He Swung A Flagpole At Police On Jan. 6. He’s Claiming It Was Self-Defense.
Thomas Webster’s trial kicked off with dueling videos from the Capitol and competing theories of what they showed.

Alleged Capitol Rioters Are Trying To Shake Off Codefendants They Think Will Look Worse To A Jury
With more Jan. 6 trials looming, defendants are angling to face a jury solo.

Republicans Have Picked An Election Denier To Run Michigan’s Elections
Kristina Karamo, who has falsely said that Donald Trump won the 2020 election, is now the Republican nominee for Michigan secretary of state.

Taxpayers Footed The Bill For The Capitol Insurrection. The DOJ Might Make Jan. 6 Defendants Cover More Of It.
Prosecutors recently bumped up the cost estimate of the Capitol attack from $1.49 million to $2.73 million.

A Proud Boys Leader Pleaded Guilty To Conspiracy In The Jan. 6 Attack And Will Cooperate
Charles Donohoe said he was aware that Proud Boys leaders were considering “storming” the Capitol at least two days before the attack.

Steve Bannon Can’t Blame His Lawyer As A Defense Against Contempt Of Congress Charges, A Judge Ruled
The judge found Bannon couldn’t get around binding precedent from a federal appeals court.

A Judge Handed Down A Mixed Verdict In “Cowboys For Trump” Leader Couy Griffin’s Jan. 6 Case
The judge acquitted Griffin of a second charge for disorderly conduct.

The Government Was Forced To Reveal Mike Pence's Jan. 6 Location During The "Cowboys For Trump" Leader's Trial
The trial featured the first official confirmation of where former president vice president Mike Pence went during the Capitol attack.

Trump Was Mostly Absent From The First Jan. 6 Trial. That Could Change.
“It’s not about Trump,” defendant Guy Reffitt, found guilty for joining the insurrection, texted a few weeks earlier.

Florida Republicans Are Creating An Office Of Election Crimes As Trump's Fraud Claims Continue To Spread
The bill comes as Republicans continue to prop up Donald Trump’s lies about election fraud.

Wisconsin Republicans Paid $676,000 For A Trump-Supporting Ex-Judge To Tell Them To Decertify The 2020 Election, Which They Cannot Do
Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos hired a former judge to investigate the 2020 election following pressure from Donald Trump and his supporters.

Donald Trump Can’t Claim Immunity Against Being Sued For Jan. 6, A Judge Ruled
A judge dismissed claims against Trump’s son and Rudy Giuliani but ruled that the former president had to face at least some of the claims against him.

Trump Supporters Believe Wisconsin Withdrew Its Electoral College Voters For Joe Biden. It Never Happened.
An inaccurate story from Gateway Pundit that has since been updated is going viral among election conspiracy theorists.

Donald Trump Is Once Again In Court Arguing He Can’t Be Sued For What He Said While President
Trump wants a judge to dismiss three lawsuits seeking to hold him responsible for the Jan. 6 insurrection.

The House Voted To Find Trump’s Former Chief Of Staff Mark Meadows In Contempt For Defying The Jan. 6 Committee
What happens next is up to the Department of Justice.

DC Is Suing The Proud Boys And Oath Keepers For Conspiring To Storm The Capitol
The lawsuit from the DC attorney general’s office joins cases filed by members of Congress and police officers injured during the Jan. 6 attack.

The Pro-Trump Conspiracy Internet Is Moving From Facebook To Your Doorstep
The New Hampshire Voter Integrity Group is one of many volunteer efforts searching for Donald Trump’s claims of voter fraud in states across the country.

Newly Revealed Texts Show Fox News Hosts And Donald Trump Jr. Desperately Tried To Get Trump To Stop The Capitol Riot
"Please get him on TV. Destroying everything you have accomplished."

The Trump Administration Violated Federal Law By Muzzling Personnel During The COVID-19 Outbreak
Trump appointee Michael Caputo warned government employees last year not to speak with the media, records obtained by BuzzFeed News revealed.

Trump Lost Again In His Bid To Stop The Jan. 6 Committee From Getting His White House Records
The DC Circuit gave Donald Trump 14 days to petition the US Supreme Court before lifting an order that blocked Congress from getting the documents.

Donald Trump's Former Chief Of Staff Told A Member Of Congress He "Loved" A Plan To Undermine The Election Days Before Jan. 6
The charges against Meadows mark the third Trump ally to be hit with contempt of Congress in the Jan. 6 investigation.

A Court Probed Whether Saying "She's Not My Type" In Response To A Rape Allegation Is Part Of A President’s Job
The Justice Department wants to take over Donald Trump’s defense against writer E. Jean Carroll’s defamation suit, a move that would end the case.

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A Woman Said That Ghislaine Maxwell Groomed Her To Be Sexually Abused By Jeffrey Epstein When She Was Only 14
One of the four accusers in Ghislane Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial shared graphic details in court over two days.

RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel Said Republican Candidates Should Still Talk About 2020, Even Though Biden "Painfully" Won
The Republican National Committee chair told reporters that her party can talk about the last election and the next one at the same time, and without Trump "we would lose."

Jan. 6 Court Fights Are Resurfacing Some Familiar Faces From Trump-Era Legal Battles
Steve Bannon hired one of Trump's impeachment lawyers to fight his contempt of Congress charges.

A Federal Grand Jury Indicted Steve Bannon For Contempt Of Congress
The close Trump adviser had ignored a subpoena as part of the House’s investigation into Jan. 6.

A Court Temporarily Paused Trump's Records From Going To The Jan. 6 Committee
Donald Trump will get a few extra weeks to try to convince the DC Circuit to stop the committee from getting his White House documents.

A Judge Rejected Trump’s Attempt To Block His Administration’s Records Related To The Capitol Riot From Being Released
Judge Tanya Chutkan wrote that examining what led to the Jan. 6 insurrection was in the public interest.

Here’s Every Weapon The Capitol Rioters Are Accused Of Having On Jan. 6
Guns, knives, bats, chemicals, stolen police gear, flagpoles, a “Trump 2020” sign, pieces of metal and wood, crutches, a skateboard, stun devices, a crow bar, and a firecracker.

“SNL” Just Cast Their New Donald Trump Actor, And His Impression Is — Quite Frankly — Bone-Chilling
James Austin Johnson might've just nabbed an Emmy nomination.

A Judge Doubted Whether Trump Could Claim Executive Privilege On Jan. 6 Records
The hearing comes days before the National Archives is set to turn over records to the Jan. 6 committee unless the court intervenes.

Democrats Realize They're In A New World: They Can't Just Rage Against Trump And Expect To Win
After the loss in Virginia and close win in New Jersey, Democratic strategists say the party could use a rethink before the midterms.

A Judge Said It Was "Offensive" That A Man Who Threatened Democrats And "Tech Execs" On Jan. 6 Claimed To Be A Victim Of Racism
Troy Smocks was sentenced to 14 months in prison.

Virginia Democrats Want To Give Trump Another Loss, Even If They're "Eh" On Their Own Candidate
Virginians hardly ever back a candidate for governor from the party that just won the White House. But with Trump in mind, Terry McAuliffe is again trying to break that curse.

People Are Calling Out The Celebrities Who Don't Deserve Their Fame, And It's Eye-Opening
People are calling out Hollywood's anti-vaxxers, racists, abusers, jerks, and more.

100 Capitol Rioters Have Pleaded Guilty. Here’s What Their Cases Show About The Jan. 6 Investigation.
Guilty pleas are stacking up. Here’s what rioters are admitting to, and what they and the government are getting out of these deals.

Stop The Steal Rally Organizers Have Been Subpoenaed Over The Jan. 6 Capitol Riot
Permit applications highlighted in a recent BuzzFeed News report are the basis for the new requests in the inquiry into the Capitol riot.

What The Trump Books Tell Us About Jan. 6
For the rest of our lives probably, we’ll be learning new info about the days leading up to Jan. 6. This is just phase one.

Trump Keeps Promoting Democrats In Races Against Republicans Who Speak Out Against Him
Trump invited Stacey Abrams, a former Democratic candidate for governor, to replace Republican Gov. Brian Kemp during a rally in Georgia.

It Was Billed As A Pro–Jan. 6 Rally To Support “Nonviolent” Capitol Rioters, But Only A Few People Showed Up
A former Donald Trump staffer succeeded in getting a lot of media attention, but Trump himself didn’t acknowledge the rally, and members of Congress avoided it.

I Am Slightly Side-Eyeing At Addison Rae's Response To A Question About Former President Trump
"I consider myself a friendly person, and so introducing myself does not mean I stand behind anything that any respective person condones.”

Seven Capitol Police Officers Suing Trump Shared The Violence And Racism They Experienced On Jan. 6
The lawsuit is the latest one to accuse Trump of conspiring with right-wing groups to incite the Capitol insurrection.

A Judge Slammed Sidney Powell And Other Trump Allies For "Profound Abuse" Of The Legal System
The judge imposed a series of sanctions against lawyers involved in one of Powell’s “Kraken” cases in Michigan.

15 Famous People Who Loved Being Parodied On "SNL" And 10 Who Couldn't Take The Joke
Miley Cyrus was a good sport, but Carole Baskin was not a fan!

A Judge Is Requiring The Biden Administration To Restart Trump’s Remain In Mexico Policy For Asylum-Seekers
The Biden administration could still ask the Supreme Court to step in and block the order to resume the Migration Protection Protocols.

A Short-Lived Trump Campaign Staffer Is Now At The Head Of The Far Right’s Jan. 6 Counternarrative
Matt Braynard has been showing up throughout the far right’s push against the 2020 election. Now he says he’s raising big money and preparing for a new rally in Washington.

Let's Talk About How Weird The End Of The 2020 Democratic Primary Was
A consideration of some of the metrics the media and public uses to judge candidates before elections.

A Capitol Rioter Says He's Working On A Video Game Featuring Donald Trump Shooting “Dem Zombies” And “Antifa”
Jack Griffith pleaded guilty on Thursday to demonstrating in the Capitol.

A Judge Questioned If Capitol Rioters Are Getting Off Too Easy For “Terrorizing Members Of Congress”
Chief Judge Beryl Howell questioned whether allowing defendants to plead guilty to low-level offenses would deter people from storming the Capitol again.

The Justice Department Won’t Agree To Defend Rep. Mo Brooks Against Claims He Incited The Jan. 6 Riots
The DOJ concluded the Alabama Republican was engaging in campaign activity at a Jan. 6 rally and that’s not the US government’s business.

Twitter Permanently Suspended Nine Accounts That Had Been Promoting Pro-Trump "Audits" Of The 2020 Election
One of the accounts was the official Twitter for Arizona’s ongoing audit.

Addison Rae Ignored Questions About Being A Trump Supporter, So I Looked Through Her Twitter Likes
Do with this info what you will.

Addison Rae Stayed Silent When Paparazzi Asked Her If She’s A Trump Supporter After Their Controversial Interaction, And Now A Resurfaced Liked Tweet Suggests She Endorsed Him In 2016
Addison's Twitter account appeared to interact with a tweet in 2016 that asked followers to "like" if they were voting for Donald Trump.

Megan Fox Responded To Backlash She Received After Calling Donald Trump “A Legend” At UFC 264 And Clarified Her Comments
"That was an observable fact. Not my opinion."

Addison Rae Accused Of Being A Trump Supporter On Twitter After She Excitedly Greeted The Former President At UFC 264
"Your Republican is showing."

Trump’s Social Media Lawsuits Feature A Mashup Of Arguments Courts Have Already Rejected
Trump was kicked off Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube for inciting the Jan. 6 riots at the US Capitol.

Prosecutors Have Had Six Months To Go After The Capitol Mob. Here’s What They Have So Far.
More than 500 arrests and counting.

Trump Hasn’t Been Charged, But The Prosecution Of His Company Isn’t Good News For Him
The indictments against the Trump Organization and a longtime executive ramp up the legal pressure on Trump.

The Trump Organization And A Longtime Executive Are Charged In A Tax Fraud Scheme
Donald Trump was not personally charged, but this marks the beginning of a new era of legal exposure for the former president.

Wisconsin Republicans Said They'd Hire Three Former Cops To Investigate The 2020 Election. It’s Not At All Clear What They Are Doing.
The identity of one of the investigators isn't even known.

The People Still Going To Trump Rallies Are Committed To Trump’s Fantasy: “He’s Our True President”
“Jesus Christ would have to come down and tell me that Biden won before I would ever believe it,” one Donald Trump supporter said at the former president’s first rally of 2021.

Sidney Powell And Mike Lindell Are Using Dominion’s Defamation Suit To Boost The Election Fraud Claims That Got Them Sued
A judge heard arguments on Thursday on efforts by Powell, Lindell, and Rudy Giuliani to get Dominion’s lawsuits dismissed.

Rudy Giuliani Has Been Suspended From Practicing Law In New York
Giuliani's suspension order cites his "demonstrably false and misleading statements" about the 2020 election.

Trump Can’t Be Sued Over The Violent Clearing Of Lafayette Square Last Summer, A Judge Ruled
The judge found there wasn’t enough evidence that Trump and other officials had conspired to violate protesters’ rights.

Trump Wanted The Justice Department To Copy Texas's Failed Election Case But Add More Conspiracy Theories
House Democrats released documents on Tuesday about efforts by Trump and White House officials to get the Justice Department to wade into postelection fights.

5 Republicans Who've Visited Arizona's Nonsense Election Audit Also Went To Washington On Jan. 6
The five Republicans all say they did not go into the Capitol on Jan. 6, but their presence in Arizona shows the staying power of the "Stop the Steal" lie.

The Random Last Vestiges Of The Mueller Era Are Coming To An End
A two-year legal fight over testimony from a former top Trump administration official ended with little fanfare.

The Justice Department Will Keep Fighting To Defend Donald Trump In A Case Related To A Rape Allegation
Biden during the campaign had criticized DOJ’s effort to intervene in writer E. Jean Carroll’s defamation case against Trump.

11 Things That Lasted Longer Than Trump's Blog
Donald Trump shut down his blog after just 29 days — just shy of three Scaramuccis.

Anthony Fauci’s Emails Reveal The Pressure That Fell On One Man
Thousands of pages of communications obtained by BuzzFeed News show how Fauci tried to keep Americans calm and develop an effective strategy despite conflicts with the Trump administration.

Listen: Gen Z Is Bringing Back Y2K Fashion — But It’s Different This Time
“When I was a teenager, low-rise was all there was. At the Gap, Limited Too. That was the only option.”

The Justice Department Under Biden Will Argue To Keep Most Of A Trump-Era Memo From The Mueller Probe Secret
A judge found that the Justice Department was “disingenuous” in arguing to keep secret a March 2019 memo related to the end of the Mueller investigation.

Alleged Capitol Rioters Are Telling Judges They Shouldn't Be Tried In DC Because Of "Cancel Culture"
Lawyers with conservative ties are leaning into politically themed defense strategies.

Listen: It's Not Just On Your Feed--Evangelical Teens Are Huge On TikTok
“Part of what makes TikTok work is that it brings a lot of things into your feed, where it’s like—‘I don’t know if you’re going to like this.’ But that’s part of the appeal.”

With Liz Cheney Pushed Aside, Trump's Control Of His Party Is Clear. Republicans Don't Know How Long It Will Last.
Loyalty to Trump remains a prerequisite to rise through the Republican Party, with Rep. Liz Cheney only the latest to fall.

Republicans Removed Liz Cheney From Leadership For Refusing To Bow To Trump
"I will do everything I can to ensure the former president never again gets anywhere near the Oval Office," Cheney said after being stripped of power by her party.

What Liz Cheney And Donald Trump Both Know
She's an active player here in forcing the issue of the 2020 election results, and therefore forcing herself out of the Republican leadership.

They Said Trump Told Them To Attack The Capitol. Judges Are Keeping Them In Jail Anyway.
Accepting the argument that Trump could give people permission to riot at the Capitol would “make a farce of the rule of law,” one judge wrote.

Donald Trump Is Still Banned From Facebook, But That’s Not The Final Decision
The oversight board upheld Facebook’s decision to ban the former president but said the company must review the suspension in six months.

Flynn, Bannon, Manafort, Ivanka: Private Emails From Inside The Mueller Investigation
“We actually sat at dinner together,” Flynn said of his meal with Vladimir Putin.

Listen: My Boyfriend Is Taking Family Vacations With His Ex—Should I Be Suspicious?
“I don’t know that I have enough information to tell you to dump this man, but it sounds like your gut is telling you that something might be amiss here.”

Donald Trump Is Gone, But QAnon’s Sex Trafficking Conspiracies Are Here To Stay
After years of propaganda and misleading statistics, child sex trafficking conspiracies have become a gateway to right-wing extremism.

Roger Stone Got A Pardon From Trump, But Now The Feds Are Suing Him For $2 Million In Unpaid Taxes
Prosecutors also accused Stone and his wife of putting more than $1 million into corporate accounts to finance a “lavish lifestyle” and avoid paying their tax debt.

Prosecutors Lost A Bid To Keep A Former Trump Official Charged In The Capitol Riot In Jail
The judge called the decision to reverse an earlier ruling and allow Federico Klein to go home a "close" one.

A Judge Ruled Trump’s Campaign Can’t Enforce An Ex-Staffer’s “Unduly Burdensome” Nondisclosure Agreement
The decision keeps alive a legal fight that could end up voiding all NDAs signed by staffers who worked on Trump’s 2016 campaign.

Trans People Can Now Openly Serve In The US Military And Get Gender-Affirming Medical Care
The new policies sweep away some of the last vestiges of the Trump administration's ban on transgender troops serving openly.

The Lawsuits Against Donald Trump Are Stacking Up Over "Stop The Steal"
In the latest case, two US Capitol Police officers sued Trump for the injuries they sustained during the Jan. 6 insurrection.

A Court Made It Harder For Prosecutors To Keep Capitol Riot Defendants Behind Bars
The DC Circuit ruling was applied almost immediately to two defendants in the Oath Keepers conspiracy case who were granted bond.

Listen: This Is Why It Was Easy For Americans To Ignore Anti-Asian Violence Before The Atlanta Shootings
“Being Asian in America also means being invisible. We’re taught growing up to keep our heads down. That If you work hard enough, you will survive. But that also means our pain has gone unacknowledged.”

Sidney Powell Now Argues “No Reasonable Person” Would Believe Her Voter Fraud Lies Were “Fact”
Powell is facing billion-dollar lawsuits after accusing voting technology companies of rigging the election.