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Dominion Voting Systems Sues Fox News For $1.6 Billion
What Happened: On Friday, Dominion Voting Systems filed a defamation lawsuit against Fox News for $1.6 Billion. In the lawsuit, Dominion...
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D. Brit
- Jan 2, 2021
- 2 min
Cruz and Other GOP Senators Seek to Challenge Electoral College Count
What Happened: On Saturday, Senator Ted Cruz (R) and several other GOP Senators announced that they will object to the certification of the electoral college count on Jan. 6 unless there is an emergency audit of the results. The senators are asking Congress to appoint a commission and conduct an emergency audit of the election results in certain states in which they claim the results are disputed. Cruz and the other senators say there were "unprecedented allegations of voter
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D. Brit
- Dec 15, 2020
- 1 min
Biden Calls for Unity in Evening Speech
What Happened: On Monday, in an evening speech held shortly after the Electoral College confirmed him as President-Elect, Joe Biden called for unity and moving forward. Said Biden, "The flame of democracy was lit in this nation a long time ago. And we now know that nothing - not even a pandemic or an abuse of power - can extinguish that flame." Biden criticized the Texas GOP's Supreme Court lawsuit which sought to disenfranchise millions of voters and called for unity. The Su
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D. Brit
- Dec 14, 2020
- 1 min
Attorney General William Barr Resigns His Position
What Happened: On Monday, Attorney General William Barr announced he would resign next week. The departure comes a few weeks after the Trump loyalist announced that the Department of Justice had not found evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election. Many experts believed that Barr's days in the administration were numbered after the announcement. Barr's departure was announced by Trump via Twitter a few minutes after the Electoral College confirmed Joe Biden as Pr
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D. Brit
- Dec 14, 2020
- 1 min
Electoral College Confirms Joe Biden as President-Elect
What’s Happening: On Monday, Presidential electors representing the Electoral College cast their votes and reached the 270 vote threshold to confirm Joe Biden as President-Elect. The results will now be sent to Washington DC and tallied during a joint session of Congress on Jan. 6. The votes of the Electoral College have drawn more attention this year because President Trump refuses to concede the election and continues to make claims of voter fraud. So far these claims have
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D. Brit
- Dec 14, 2020
- 1 min
The Electoral College Will Formally Cast Its’ Votes on Monday
What’s Happening: On Monday, Presidential electors representing the Electoral College will officially cast their votes for the Presidential election. The results will then be sent to Washington DC and tallied during a joint session of Congress on Jan. 6. The votes of the Electoral College have drawn more attention this year because President Trump refuses to concede the election and continues to make claims of voter fraud. So far these claims have been almost universally dis
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D. Brit
- Dec 13, 2020
- 1 min
4 Stabbed and 23 Arrested as Election Protesters and Counter-Protesters Clash in DC
What Happened: On Saturday, at least 4 people were stabbed and 23 were arrested as election protesters and counter-protesters clashed in Washington D.C. According to DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, the four stabbing victims are in critical condition. Large groups of "Stop the Steal" protesters gathered around the Supreme Court early Saturday to protest the election results. The protests were mostly peaceful, however, several skirmishes broke out between election protesters and counte
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D. Brit
- Dec 11, 2020
- 1 min
Supreme Court Rejects Texas' Lawsuit to Overturn Election
What Happened: On Friday, the Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to challenge the election results in Michigan, Georgia, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania and disenfranchise millions of voters. The lawsuit, which bypassed lower courts and was filed directly before the Supreme Court, argued that these states unconstitutionally changed their voting processes to allow for mail-in voting and that those votes should not count. President Trump and 18 o
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D. Brit
- Dec 10, 2020
- 1 min
18 States Join Texas Lawsuit to Challenge Election Results in MI, GA, WI and PA
What Happened: Eighteen states have joined the lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to challenge the election results in Michigan, Georgia, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania - all states won by Biden. The lawsuit, which bypassed lower courts and was filed directly before the Supreme Court, argues that these states unconstitutionally changed their voting processes to allow for mail-in voting and that those votes should not count. On Wednesday, the attorneys general of s
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D. Brit
- Dec 8, 2020
- 1 min
Supreme Court Rejects GOP Attempt to Invalidate Biden Win in PA
What Happened: On Tuesday, the Supreme Court denied the Pennsylvania GOP's request to block certification of the election results and invalidate Joe Biden's victory in the state. The order was issued with no dissents from any of the justices. Tuesday is the "safe harbor" deadline under Federal Law. Under the "safe harbor" guidelines, when Congress tallies the electoral college votes, they must accept the results that were certified before the deadline. As it stands, all state
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D. Brit
- Dec 5, 2020
- 2 min
Trump Files Another Lawsuit in GA Challenging Election Results
What Happened: On Friday, President Trump filed another lawsuit in Georgia challenging the election results. In this latest lawsuit, Trump's legal team alleges several demonstrable incidents in which Georgia's election laws were violated "thousands" of times. The suit also alleges that election officials lied to Republican poll watchers and told them they were done for the day at 10 PM. As written in the lawsuit, "Due to significant systemic misconduct, fraud, and other irreg
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D. Brit
- Dec 1, 2020
- 1 min
AG Barr: DOJ Has Not Found Evidence of Voter Fraud That Would Change Election Outcome
What Happened: On Tuesday, in an interview with the Associated Press, Attorney General William Barr said the Department of Justice has not found evidence of widespread voter fraud that would change the outcome of the 2020 election. Barr said US Attorneys and FBI agents have been working to follow up on information they've received but they haven't uncovered evidence that would change the outcome thus far. Said Barr, "To date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have
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D. Brit
- Dec 1, 2020
- 1 min
Trump Suit in WI Claims Absentee Voting 'Abuse' Affected 220K Ballots
What Happened: On Tuesday, the Trump campaign will be filing a lawsuit with the Wisconsin Supreme Court alleging abuse of the absentee voting regulations of the state. The campaign claims that the alleged abuse affected approximately 220,000 ballots. The lawsuit comes after a partial recount, paid for by Trump, was completed and Gov. Tony Evers certified Wisconsin's election results and Joe Biden as the winner in the state. In an interview with Fox News, former Wisconsin Circ
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D. Brit
- Nov 30, 2020
- 1 min
Wisconsin Certifies Biden as Winner
What Happened: On Monday, Wisconsin became the final battleground state to certify its' election results and confirm Joe Biden as the winner for the Presidential Election. This comes just a few hours after another battleground state, Arizona, also certified Biden as the winner. Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) signed the certificate after a partial recount, paid for by Trump, was completed and added 87 votes to Biden's 20,600+ vote margin over Trump. Trump has already said he pl
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D. Brit
- Nov 30, 2020
- 1 min
Arizona Certifies Election Results - Biden as Winner
What Happened: On Monday, Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs (D), Arizona Governor Doug Ducey (R) and Arizona State Attorney General Mark Brnovich (R) certified the election results and confirmed Joe Biden as the winner of the state for the Presidential Election. Now that Arizona has certified its' results, Wisconsin remains the only battleground state still pending certification. Wisconsin's deadline to certify the results is Tuesday but it is expected to certify later t
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D. Brit
- Nov 29, 2020
- 1 min
Wisconsin Completes Partial Recount - Biden Still Ahead
What Happened: On Sunday, Wisconsin completed a partial recount in Dane County and Milwaukee County. The recount for Dane County showed a 45 vote gain for Trump and the recount for Milwaukee County showed a 132 vote gain for Biden. The recount in Milwaukee County was paid for by Trump but changed very little in the overall results. With Biden's winning margin of about 20,600, he gained an additional 87 votes after the recount. Trump has already said he plans to challenge the
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D. Brit
- Nov 29, 2020
- 1 min
PA Supreme Court Rejects Another Trump Election Lawsuit
What Happened: On Saturday, Pennsylvania's Supreme Court threw out a lower court's order preventing the state from certifying certain election results. In an unanimous decision, the court threw out the three day old order saying the lawsuit was filed several months after the time limit established to challenge Pennsylvania’s year-old mail-in voting law. The justices also criticized the lawsuit's attempt to overturn an election retroactively. Justice David Wecht wrote, "They h
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D. Brit
- Nov 28, 2020
- 1 min
Appeals Court Rejects Trump’s PA Election Lawsuit
What Happened: On Friday, the Federal Appeal's Court in Pennsylvania rejected Trump’s appeal which sought to challenge the election results in Pennsylvania. Said 3rd Circuit Judge Stephanos Bibas (a Trump appointee) in his assessment, "Free, fair elections are the lifeblood of our democracy. Charges of unfairness are serious. But calling an election unfair does not make it so. Charges require specific allegations and then proof. We have neither here... [the] campaign’s claims
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D. Brit
- Nov 27, 2020
- 1 min
Trump Says He Will Leave Office If Electoral College Seats Biden
What Happened: On Thursday, President Trump said he would leave office if the Electoral College votes for Joe Biden; but made it clear that he still believes there was "massive fraud" in the election and that he will continue to pursue legal action to overturn the preliminary results. Trump currently has multiple ongoing lawsuits in various states challenging the election results. Said Trump, "A lot of things [are] happening between now and Jan. 20." Trump added, "It’s going
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D. Brit
- Nov 23, 2020
- 1 min
GSA Informs Biden That Trump Administration Is Ready to Begin Transition - Updated
What Happened: On Monday, in a letter, the General Services Administration informed President-Elect Joe Biden that the Trump Administration is ready to begin the transition process. This is the first time that someone in the administration has acknowledged Trump's defeat in the Presidential Election. Despite the letter, the Trump Administration says they are not conceding the election and will continue to fight the election results. The letter was sent out by the GSA Administ
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