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Nearly half of election officials expressed concerns that politically motivated investigations could undermine election security, according to a new survey.

The Brennan Center for Justice found 46 percent of local election officials said they were at least somewhat concerned about politically motivated investigations of their work or the work of others, and 18 percent of them said they were "very concerned" about that possibility, reported Politico.

“If you had told me a few years ago that 46 percent of election officials would be concerned about a politically motivated investigation, I would have been shocked,” said Lawrence Norden, vice president of the elections and government program at the liberal-leaning think tank. “Having nearly half of election officials say that that’s a concern to them is shocking in a democracy.”...

Washington (AFP) - Donald Trump's social media account on Tuesday removed a video showing fake headlines about a "unified reich" if he wins the 2024 US election, as his rival President Joe Biden fiercely condemned the post. Trump's campaign blamed an inattentive staffer for reposting the 30-second clip, which flashed a series of fictitious news stories painting a picture of American prosperity, with one including the term normally associated with Nazi Germany. "This is the same guy that uses Hitler's language, not America's," Biden told donors during a fundraiser in Boston. "It's no surprise" ......

Los Angeles (AFP) - A lawyer who was the architect of a plan to subvert the 2020 election and return Donald Trump to the White House denied all charges against him when he appeared in an Arizona court Friday. John Eastman is the first of 18 people charged in the battleground state to appear in court over the scheme to empanel fake electors to support their favored candidate.  Others include Trump's former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, one-time Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, attorney Jenna Ellis and campaign adviser Boris Epshteyn. Eastman on Friday entered not guilty pleas to ......

Washington (AFP) - The 2024 US election is under threat from a growing number of foreign actors using ever more sophisticated methods to conduct interference, the country's top intelligence official warned Wednesday. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines singled out Russia, China and Iran as the worst offenders -- but added the federal government had never been better prepared to protect American democracy from foreign influence. "(There) are an increasing number of foreign actors, including non-state entities, who are looking to engage in election influence activities," she told US s......

Washington (AFP) - Illegal immigration on the US southern border is a top talking point among Republican politicians, but some are taking it a step further by promoting disinformation about non-citizens voting in the presidential election. With the election possibly to be decided by several thousand votes in battleground states, social media has filled up with allegations that foreigners are entering the country to swing the poll in favor of President Joe Biden. AFP has extensively debunked those claims in both English and Spanish, explaining that non-citizens cannot vote in federal elections ......

Phoenix (AFP) - Wearing a bulletproof vest and with a gun strapped to his waist, Constable Lennie McCloskey opens his folder and looks through the court orders: eleven evictions to be carried out today. "It's a slow day" in Maricopa County, Arizona, he says. Maricopa is home to Phoenix, one of the fastest growing cities in the United States, a place where rents have skyrocketed since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, leaving an ever-increasing number of people in trouble. "I typically do between 19 and 25 (evictions) a day," said McCloskey, one of 26 such officers in Maricopa. Much of the Un......