Greg Sargent of the Washington Post writes, Kevin McCarthy’s coverup for Trump just got much more alarming: Let’s stipulate this upfront: A top lawmaker who is actively working to scuttle a full accounting into a violent insurrection has no business playing a potentially decisive role in the process by which the next presidential election is … Read more
The New York Times reports, John Eastman Pressed Pennsylvania Legislator to Throw Out Biden Votes: Even by the standards of other ideas promoted by the conservative lawyer John Eastman to keep President Donald J. Trump in the White House after his election loss in 2020, a newly revealed strategy he proposed to take votes from … Read more
Article 1, Section 4 of the Constitution provides in clause 1: “The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.” … Read more
Axios reports Lawmakers met with Meadows on election schemes, ex-aide testifies: A former aide to ex-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows testified to the Jan. 6 Select Committee that Meadows met with several right-wing House members in December to discuss efforts to overturn the election, a new court filing reveals. The committee filed a … Read more
The New York Times reports, Trump Allies Continue Legal Drive to Erase His Loss, Stoking Election Doubts: A group of President Donald J. Trump’s allies and associates spent months trying to overturn the 2020 election based on his lie that he was the true winner. Now, some of the same confidants who tried and failed … Read more