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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...

Prosecutors in Arizona's fake electors case dispute defendants' allegations of a political motive

Aug. 29, 2024 00:40 AM EDT

PHOENIX (AP) — A three-day hearing on whether to dismiss charges against Republicans accused of plotting to overturn the results of the close 2020 presidential race in Arizona concluded Wednesday with prosecutors insisting their case is not politically motivated after defendants argued their...

Defense attorneys in Arizona's fake elector case call prosecutors politically motivated

Aug. 28, 2024 13:39 PM EDT

PHOENIX (AP) — Attorneys representing Republicans accused of scheming to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential race in Arizona argued Tuesday that prosecutors were politically motivated in seeking a grand jury indictment against their clients. Their charges came on the a...