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Georgia election workers settle defamation lawsuit against conservative website

Oct. 11, 2024 14:01 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — Two Georgia election workers have reached a settlement in their defamation lawsuit against a Missouri-based conservative website that falsely accused them of fraud in the 2020 presidential election, according to a court filing earlier this week. The lawsuit against...

Rudy Giuliani's son says dad gifted him 4 World Series rings sought by Georgia election workers

Oct. 09, 2024 14:18 PM EDT

Rudy Giuliani's son is trying to stop two Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against his father from taking the elder Giuliani's New York Yankees World Series rings, saying in new court filings that he is actually the rightful owner because they were gifted to him...

Voting technology firm, conservative outlet reach settlement in 2020 election defamation case

Sep. 26, 2024 22:55 PM EDT

DOVER, Del. (AP) — A settlement was reached Thursday in a defamation lawsuit brought by electronic voting machine manufacturer Smartmatic against conservative news outlet Newsmax for airing accusations about vote manipulation in the 2020 election made by allies of former President Donald Trump. ...

Rudy Giuliani disbarred in DC after pushing Trump's false 2020 election claims

Sep. 26, 2024 16:33 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was disbarred in Washington on Thursday, months after he lost his law license in New York for pursuing false claims that then-President Donald Trump made about his 2020 presidential election loss. The brief ruling from...

Judge rules out possibility of punitive damages in Smartmatic defamation lawsuit against Newsmax

Sep. 23, 2024 18:16 PM EDT

DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware judge on Monday ruled out the possibility of punitive damages in a defamation lawsuit pitting an electronic voting machine manufacturer targeted by allies of former President Donald Trump against a conservative news outlet that aired accusations of vote manipulation...

Delaware judge sets parameters for trial in Smartmatic defamation lawsuit against Newsmax

Sep. 16, 2024 19:02 PM EDT

The judge presiding over a defamation lawsuit pitting an electronic voting machine manufacturer targeted by allies of former President Donald Trump against a conservative news outlet that aired accusations of vote manipulation in the 2020 election set several parameters for an impending trial...

Prosecutor challenges Mark Meadows's bid to move Arizona's fake elector case to federal court

Sep. 05, 2024 19:14 PM EDT

PHOENIX (AP) — A prosecutor urged a judge on Thursday to reject former Donald Trump presidential chief of staff Mark Meadows’ bid to move his charges in Arizona’s fake elector case to federal court, saying his actions in trying to overturn the 2020 election results weren’t part of his job...

A Georgia Democrat seeks to unseat an indicted Trump elector who says he only did what he was told

Aug. 31, 2024 11:32 AM EDT

DULUTH, Ga. (AP) — A young Georgia Democrat is raising big money from voters across the country by labeling a suburban Atlanta senate race as a chance to unseat a Republican election denier. Although incumbent Shawn Still was one of 18 people indicted alongside Donald Trump in...

Ex-election workers want Rudy Giuliani's apartment, Yankees rings in push to collect $148M judgment

Aug. 30, 2024 17:16 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against Rudy Giuliani asked a court Friday to award them the cash-strapped former New York City mayor’s apartment and other property as they ramp up efforts to collect on the staggering debt. ...

Fall is bringing fantasy (and romantasy), literary fiction, politics and Taylor-ed book offerings

Aug. 29, 2024 16:45 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Brandon Sanderson, whose epic “Wind and Truth” is a highlight of the upcoming publishing season, sees nothing wrong with the idea of “escapism.” “It's just the ability to go to another world and relate to other people's problems, problems that aren't our...