Newly released audio — recorded just days after former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election to President Joe Biden — reveals that Trump campaign officials in Wisconsin were well aware of his loss but were prepared to push forward with lies about election fraud anyway. The recordings, obtained by The Associated Press, feature Andrew Iverson — who at the time served as the head… Source Source / Read More: Recording Shows WI Trump Campaign Official Knew He Didn’t Lose by Fraud
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Hannity Says He Didn’t Believe Election Lies Despite Pushing Them on His Show
Fox News host Sean Hannity, who invited guests on his program to peddle false claims of election fraud in the weeks after former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election to President Joe Biden, told a courtroom on Wednesday that he never believed the lies that he perpetuated on his show. Hannity made his comments during a pre-trial court hearing in Delaware. Source Source / Read More: Hannity Says He Didn’t Believe Election Lies Despite Pushing Them on His Show
Trump Saying He Believed Lies About Voter Fraud Is No Defense, Legal Experts Say
Former President Donald Trump cannot win an acquittal from any potential indictment related to the attack on the Capitol by arguing that he genuinely believed his false claims of election fraud, two highly regarded legal experts said. Laurence Tribe, professor emeritus at Harvard Law School, and Dennis Aftergut, a former federal prosecutor and current counsel to the advocacy group Lawyers Defending American Democracy, made the argument in a joint op-ed for The Hill, published on Thursday evening. The two experts said that a claim of sincere belief in errant claims of 2020 election fraud cannot be recognized as a reasonable…
Trump Un-Endorses Mo Brooks, Citing His Calls to Move Past 2020 Fraud Claims
Former President Donald Trump has rescinded his endorsement of Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Alabama) for Senator over the congressman’s decision to focus less on peddling false claims regarding the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. Trump rescinded his endorsement in a statement that was released on Tuesday. “Mo Brooks of Alabama made a horrible mistake recently when he went ‘woke’ and stated, referring to the 2020 Presidential Election Scam, ‘Put that behind you, put that behind you,’” Trump said in his statement. The former president went on to wrongly claim that the 2020 presidential election was “rife with fraud and irregularities,”…