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Arizona prosecutors charge 11 fake Trump electors for alleged 2020 election subversion

Former Arizona GOP Chair Kelli Ward is among 11 individuals who have been charged in connection with alleged 2020 election subversion, according to a reporter.

Kyle Cheney of Politico flagged the filing on social media on Wednesday, saying, "Arizona prosecutors have charged 11 fake electors for their roles in efforts to subvert the 2020 election."

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Website that pushed Trump's false voter fraud claims announces it has filed for bankruptcy

In a message posted to the conspiracy theory-laden site that he founded, Jim Hoft announced that The Gateway Pundit has declared bankruptcy.

“TGP Communications, the parent company of The Gateway Pundit, recently made the decision to seek protection under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the Southern District of Florida as a result of the progressive liberal lawfare attacks against our media outlet," Jim Hoft wrote in the post.

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Donald Trump now considered 'co-conspirator' in Michigan 2020 election plot: testimony

Former President Donald Trump has been dubbed a co-conspirator in the scheme to claim an unearned victory in Michigan's 2020 presidential election, according to reports of testimony from an Attorney General's office investigator.

Michigan prosecutors consider Trump, former chief of staff Mark Meadows and lawyer Rudy Giuliani unindicted co-conspirators in the state's false elector plot, Howard Shock, a special agent for Attorney General Dana Nessel, said in testimony reported Wednesday by The Detroit News.

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Pro-Trump news network settles election fraud defamation claim with Smartmatic

According to an announcement from an attorney for One American News Network (OANN), the right-wing news outlet has settled a defamation suit brought by the voting tech giant Smartmatic over false claims about rigged voting machines in the 2020 election.

OANN attorney Chip Babcock told CNN that the suit, "Has been resolved pursuant to a confidential agreement."

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Rudy Giuliani lobs apparent racist dog whistle at Colombian-born hush money judge

One-time Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Tuesday lobbed what appeared to be a racist dog whistle against the judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's hush-money case.

In a tweet, Giuliani accused Judge Juan Merchan of being "a disgrace" who is "not a judge in the tradition of Anglo-American jurists."

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Judge strikes Rudy Giuliani's demand to overturn defamation case verdict

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani's request that a jury's verdict that he defamed election workers Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman be thrown out was rejected Monday.

Just Security's Adam Klasfeld posted about the failure of his motion, stating that Judge Beryl Howell ruled that the "massive" judgment still stands.

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'They didn't show up': MSNBC host mocks size of MAGA protest outside hush money trial

MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell wasn't exactly blown away by the crowd of Donald Trump supporters outside the Manhattan courthouse where he's standing trial Monday.

"The revolution will not be televised. Because they didn’t show up. Couple million Trump voters live within an hour of courthouse. Maybe 50 showed up," he posted on X Monday.

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Rudy Giuliani bellyaches about 'the money they took away from me' amid financial woes

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani complained on Sunday about how Hunter Biden's hard drive contributed to his financial problems.

"[FBI Director] Christopher Wray is another traitor to the United States to withhold the hard drive in the 2020 election, basically effectively killed a couple hundred thousand Ukrainians," Giuliani griped on his WABC radio program. "Thank you, Christopher Wray, traitor."

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'Stop whining Donny': Convicted Trump ally tells ex-president 'it's time to pay the piper'

A man who was prosecuted for what he says were crimes he committed on behalf of Donald Trump has a serious warning for the former president.

Trump on Saturday attacked a key witness in his felony criminal trial slated for Monday, prompting some to ask if there will be "consequences" for the apparent violation of a gag order in the hush money case. Trump's gag order was recently strengthened after Trump repeatedly attacked the judge's daughter for her company's ties to top Democrats.

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Rudy Giuliani's defense fund could lose massive donation over new lawsuit

A lawsuit filed in Georgia seeks to recover a $100,000 donation to Rudy Giuliani's legal defense fund. The donation came from Matthew Martorano, a Donald Trump supporter accused of participating in an online skincare product scam.

The lawsuit alleges that the donation should be returned to victims of the alleged fraud, according to CNBC. Martorano's software was accused of helping the scammers hide the number of chargebacks they received, which is a sign of potential fraud.

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'Oh, big man!' Fox host shuts down Jeanine Pirro as she says Trump not scared of prison

During a segment on the Fox News show The Five, Jessica Tarlov pushed back against fellow host Jeanine Pirro who claimed that Donald Trump isn't scared to go to prison.

Tarlov, who's generally presented as a liberal voice on the show, was addressing Trump's recent comments in which he called President Joe Biden a "threat to democracy," saying that such a characterization is "complete insanity" in light of his actions on Jan. 6, adding that he's doing “his darnedest” to not show up to the courtrooms as he’s “definitely afraid of what’s going to happen there.”

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'The best people': Trump drowned in mockery after his lawyers subpoena the wrong person

Former President Donald Trump's efforts to prepare for his New York hush money trial in a few days have hit a humiliating snag, as his attorneys tried to subpoena former D.A. investigator Jeremy Rosenberg — and accidentally brought in a different person with the same name.

The bemused Rosenberg told Trump's legal team "I don't have any files for you," and added, "I'm keeping the fifteen dollars" of witness travel expenses.

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'Wholly failed': Fani Willis fires back at Trump in appeals court filing

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis filed a motion Monday against a review of Judge Scott McAfee's ruling on an ethics complaint related to the case against Donald Trump and others.

Trump, Rudy Giuliani, and others sought a review of the superior court's decision not to dismiss an indictment and to disqualify the district attorney based on a romantic relationship with a member of her staff.

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