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Donald Trump pressured a top Republican to spread false claims about Michigan voting machines after the 2020 election and a campaign operative ‘sought to create chaos’ in Detroit, according to a newly unsealed court filing by special counsel Jack Smith.
Election intimidation became the norm after the 2020 election. To shore up democracy’s defenses this year, officials across the country are increasing training and implementing new protections, such as erecting ceiling-high fences to safeguard workers.
A Macomb County clerk facing charges, self-proclaimed ‘constitutional sheriff’ and northern Michigan wife of a conspiracy theorist all cruised to victory in Republican primaries.
Michigan officials charged multiple allies of former President Donald Trump with crimes following the 2020 election. Four years later, none of the cases have made it to trial yet. Here’s where they stand.
Michele Lundgren is running for state House against one of the most powerful Democrats in Michigan — and fighting felony charges for her alleged role in efforts to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 loss.
A state investigator called her a ‘unindicted co-conspirator,’ but former Michigan GOP Chair Laura Cox is actually a ‘cooperating witness.’ Dana Nessel’s office isn’t saying if the investigator made other mistakes.
An attorney representing former Michigan GOP co-chair Meshawn Maddock made ‘disparaging comments’ about a witness on social media, a judge said Tuesday.
Republicans charged with felonies for allegedly attempting to overturn Michigan’s 2020 presidential election results are back in court this week. Here’s what you need to know.
Michigan’s state government watchdog is facing a potential $8.3 million cut under Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s proposed budget. The auditor general wants to know why.
Stefanie Lambert, who has filed suits nationwide contesting the 2020 election, was arrested this week in Washington, D.C., and ordered to return to Michigan to face charges of tampering with voting machines.
Pro-Trump elector James Renner on Wednesday said he was told a December 2020 meeting to approve an “alternate slate” of Republican electors falsely declaring the former president won Michigan was ‘an appropriate process’ and said he would have challenged it if he suspected illegal activity.
As testimony continues in felony case against Republicans accused of forging documents claiming former President Donald Trump won Michigan, witnesses say a Trump campaign attorney and Meshawn Maddock played key roles.
As a preliminary exam began for ‘fake electors’ in Lansing, an Oakland County Judge on Wednesday set a spring trial date for Trump loyalists accused of tampering with voting machines after the 2020 election.
New laws signed by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer aim to expand automatic voter registration, deter political ‘deepfakes’ and ‘fake electors’ while limiting the kind of pressure campaign former President Donald Trump waged in his failed attempt to overturn his 2020 election loss.
Michigan attorney Stephanie Lambert, now battling criminal charges in a tabulator tampering scheme, tried to force a ‘forensic audit’ of the 2020 contest backed by $1.2 million in funding from the former CEO of Overstock.com, according to newly released texts.
