Politico:
A federal judge has rejected former President Donald Trump’s effort to block Jan. 6 investigators from accessing White House records related to his attempt to overturn the 2020 election, determining that he has no authority to overrule President Joe… Continue reading
WaPo:
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol issued subpoenas Tuesday to 10 Trump administration officials, including some of former president Donald Trump’s closest advisers who were in the White House that day.Those… Continue reading
NYT:
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol issued new subpoenas on Monday for a half-dozen allies of former President Donald J. Trump, including his former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn, as it moved its… Continue reading
On Season 3, Episode 4 of the ELB Podcast:
Can the United States continue to run free and fair elections amidst a sea of election disinformation? What has the path of the voting wars looked like since the disputed… Continue reading
The Bulwark:
The sun rises on January 6, 2021 while a nation is in crisis.Michigan’s presidential electors are in dispute after a mysterious fire in Detroit destroyed thousands of mail-in ballots, ultimately throwing the election to Congress.The nation’s capital is… Continue reading
New report from the Brennan Center:
Over the past few months, the drive to allow partisan sabotage of the election process had a series of frightening public successes. The Arizona State Senate concluded its partisan review of the 2020 election… Continue reading
Daniel Dale for CNN:
Steve Bannon’s aggressive campaign to undermine American democracy didn’t stop on January 6.Bannon, a bellicose right-wing nationalist who served as White House chief strategist under President Donald Trump in 2017, is fighting a subpoena from… Continue reading
NYT:
As the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot fights to extract testimony and documents from Donald J. Trump’s White House, an Atlanta district attorney is moving toward convening a special grand jury in her criminal investigation of… Continue reading
As I explained to NPR’s Mara Liasson for All Things Considered:
ANGUS KING: One of our great political parties has embraced the idea that our last election was fraudulent, that our current president is illegitimate, that they must move legislatures… Continue reading
NPR:
Primary challenges are a normal part of politics, but normally low-key races to be a state’s chief election official are taking on a different tone after the 2020 election.At a recent rally held by former President Donald Trump… Continue reading
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
At least some state elections commissioners are trying to kick one of their colleagues off a case over a rogue slate of Electoral College members that Republicans put together after last year’s presidential election.Details of the situation… Continue reading
Politico:
The GOP’s persistent embrace of debunked claims of widespread voter fraud, as well as the handful of Republican candidates seeking congressional seats after participating in “Stop the Steal” rallies, further underlines Trump’s continued hold on the party after… Continue reading