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Clad in dress clothes, the man identified himself as a private investigator and said he was conducting a criminal investigation into election fraud. “You’re not going to come in here, grill me like this and I’m not going to find out what’s going on.”Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf. Bridget Bennett / Reuters fileShe soon learned that the deputy and the private investigator had visited other township offices as part of an effort to find evidence of election fraud. And the man responsible for it was the top lawman in the area — Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf. Leaf fashions himself as a “constitutional sheriff.” Sheriffs like him see themselves as holding supreme authority in their counties, exceeding that of state and federal law enforcement officials.

Persons: ”, Robin Hawthorne, Hawthorne, Emily Elconin, “, “ You’re, I’m, Dar Leaf, Bridget Bennett, Matt Sanderson, Frank Figliuzzi, ” Figliuzzi, Trump, Leaf, Richard Mack, Mike Lindell, Michael Flynn, Mack, America ”, Mark Abramson, Chris Schmaling, Calvin Hayden, Johnson, “ I’ve, ” Hayden, Gretchen Whitmer, ” Leaf, it’s, Joe Biden, Stefanie Lambert, Sidney Powell, Doug Van Essen, Van Essen, Biden, Hillary Clinton, Van, ” Van Essen, “ He’s, Barry, ” — Lindell, Leaf’s, Lambert, Hilson, ” Lambert, he’s, ” Hawthorne, Kamala Harris, Jan, she’s, “ I’m Organizations: Republican, Dar, Sheriffs, FBI, Trump, U.S, Constitutional Sheriffs, Peace Officers Association, Las Vegas, gestapo, U.S . Army, CSPOA Conference, NBC, Associated Press, Michigan, Fox, Biden, Michigan Attorney General’s, Reuters, Leaf, Texas Attorney General’s, Sheriff’s Locations: Rutland, Township, Michigan, Rutland Charter Township , Michigan, ” Barry County, Barry County, Washington, Wisconsin, Arizona, Las, America, Las Vegas, Racine County , Wisconsin, Johnson County , Kansas, Mack's, Dar Leaf, Grand Rapids, Detroit, reddest, Van Essen, “, Rutland Charter Township, Woodlawn Township

The Trump campaign and surrogates began filing lawsuits the very same day, challenging the results on a variety of grounds well before the final votes were counted. In Arizona, voters and the Trump campaign filed a lawsuit alleging thousands of people in Maricopa County had their ballots disqualified because of ink-bleed caused by Sharpies. In Wisconsin, Trump filed a lawsuit alleging widespread voter fraud and demanding a recount, which ultimately reaffirmed Joe Biden’s victory in the state. Giuliani has been disbarred in New York and D.C., indicted in Georgia and Arizona and has been ordered to turn over his Manhattan apartment and other property to two Georgia election workers he defamed. And dozens of ethics complaints against local attorneys who filed election challenges are still pending nationwide.

Persons: WASHINGTON —, Donald Trump, Trump, surrogates, Joe Biden’s, Biden, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis, ” Giuliani, ” Powell, Powell’s, Jack, hadn’t, ”, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, ” Thomas, “, Giuliani, Powell, Ellis Organizations: WASHINGTON, Republican, Trump, Electoral, U.S, Supreme, White, Sharpies, Clark, Biden, Washington , D.C Locations: Michigan, Georgia, Pennsylvania, In Arizona, Maricopa County, In Nevada, Clark County, Wisconsin, enjoining, Washington ,, Philadelphia, Venezuela, Cuba, China, United States, Texas, Arizona , Georgia, New York, Arizona, Manhattan

Those rules were designed to prevent a repeat of the abuses of Richard Nixon, who improperly used the Justice Department to punish his political enemies. A new president appoints roughly 300 senior Justice Department officials, including the U.S. attorneys who run offices across the country. All 300 must be confirmed by the Senate, but multiple former Justice Department officials said they fear Trump would install partisans willing to do his bidding. Justice Department officials have risen to the occasion and defied presidential overreach in the past. You go in and just whack a good portion of the workforce,” the former Justice Department official said.

Persons: Donald Trump, —, Trump, don’t, Richard Nixon, “, ”, Joyce Vance, Barbara McQuade, Sen, JD Vance, Vance, Vance’s, Biden Justice Department’s, Hunter Biden, Robert Menendez, Eric Adams, Jack Smith, Aileen Cannon, Cannon, Jeffrey Clark, Clark, Mike Davis, influencer Benny Johnson’s, Davis, Joe Biden, Jan, gulag ”, ” Trump, ” Vance, “ Trump, Stephen Gillers, Gillers, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, ” Gillers, Ilya Somin, Somin, Nixon, Archibald Cox, wouldn’t Organizations: NBC, Google, National Public Radio, NBC News, Justice Department, FBI, Trump, Department, U.S, Senate, Drug, Administration, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, DOJ, Biden Justice, Robert Menendez of New, New York, U.S . Capitol, ABC News, Republican, Politico, D.C, gulag, Service, NYU School of Law, George Mason University, senior Locations: U.S, Alabama, Ohio, Georgia, Robert Menendez of, Robert Menendez of New Jersey, New, —, acquittals

The 2020 campaign may have also suffered from a lack of imagination about how big the turnout would be and what Democrats were doing in the courts to expand the vote, a Trump campaign adviser said. Other familiar names from 2020 election lawsuits have been spotted this year too. One is Karen DiSalvo, who after the 2020 election helped force an audit in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. The RNC and Trump campaign have focused what they call their election integrity effort on 18 states including the key swing states. An RNC lawsuit in Michigan challenging voter registration procedures is one of the cases the firm has worked on.

Persons: WASHINGTON, Donald Trump’s, Alex Kaufman, Trump, Brad Raffensperger, Julie Adams, ”, Sophia Lin Lakin, “, Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Sidney Powell —, Joe Biden’s, Kaufman, Cleta Mitchell, Mitchell, ensnared Giuliani, Powell, Jenna Ellis, Kenneth Chesebro, Karen DiSalvo, Erick Kaardal, Kurt Olsen, Biden, Bruce Castor, Michael van der Veen, Christina Bobb, Biden’s, Gineen Bresso, ” Gates, Michael Whatley, Rick Hasen, Consovoy McCarthy, Jones, Don McGahn, Dhillon, Harmeet Dhillon, David Warrington, ” Marc Elias, Harris, Lakin Organizations: Republican, Georgia, Fulton County, Registration, Republican National Committee, RNC, American Civil Liberties Union, Raffensperger, Eastman, DeKalb County Republican Party, Dominion, Supreme, Trump, United Sovereign Americans, Fulton County Republican Party, Republicans, UCLA School of Law, NBC, Dhillon, Federal, Commission, U.S, Circuit, White, Capitol Locations: Georgia, Atlanta, Fulton, Pennsylvania, Lycoming County , Pennsylvania, DeKalb County, Texas, Arizona, Michigan, North Carolina, Mississippi

Michael Flynn speaking at a ReAwaken America Tour event in Manheim, Pennsylvania on October 21, 2022. But he is suing the ReAwaken America Tour and The America Project as part of separate defamation lawsuits. Funding a sham 2020 election auditFlynn’s efforts to cast doubt on the 2020 election results were only getting started when Trump left office. Clay Clark on stage at the final stop of the ReAwaken America Tour event 17 days before the 2024 election. ‘Don’t just finish on Election Day’Consequences have mounted for others who echoed Trump election lies during and after the election.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Michael Flynn, Flynn, Eric Coomer, Coomer, ” Flynn, “, Chris Cuomo, Alex Jones ’, Rod, Trump, ”, Katy, ” Flynn –, –, MAGA, ‘, they’ve, Mark Peterson, Joseph, Mike Flynn, he’s, Olivia Troye, Mike Pence, Troye, ” Troye, Kamala Harris, Dominion —, “ Eric Coomer, Joshua Steinman, Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani, Josh, ” Powell, Joe Biden, Steinman, Guy, Michael Lindell, Patrick Byrne, they’re, Christopher Demspey, William Barr, Dominion, Powell, Donald, Tayfun, Jamie Raskin, ” Raskin, Joseph Flynn, Overstock.com, Byrne, Dempsey, ” Joseph Flynn, Michael Flynn’s, Joe Biden’s, Biden, Matt York, Doug Logan, Logan, won’t, Clay Clark, Clark, Carrie Schreck, Joe Oltmann, Oltmann, Eric ”, ‘ Don’t, Powell –, Jenna Ellis, Giuliani, retakes, Flynn’s, Elon Musk, We’ve Organizations: CNN, Dominion Voting Systems, Dominion, ReAwaken, Trump, Iron Ministries, Defense Intelligence Agency, Fox News, America, National Security Council, White, Lindell, ReAwaken America, The America, TAP, National, FBI, Justice Department, Department of Homeland, Defense, Capitol, Washington DC, Anadolu Agency, Getty, Democrat, Coomer, America Project, Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Colorado podcaster, Republican National Committee, Elon Locations: ReAwaken America, Pennsylvania, Manheim , Pennsylvania, Afghanistan, Russian, Washington, Arizona, Maricopa, Florida, Phoenix, Georgia, Oklahoma, Tulsa, ”, Fulton County, Georgia, New York, America, Selma , North Carolina

☆ Conservative outlet Newsmax settles with Smartmatic in 2020 election defamation case
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A settlement has been reached 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 in the 2020 election. The Delaware lawsuit, which takes issue with Newsmax reports over a five-week period in late 2020, is one of several stemming from reports by conservative news outlets following the election. Smartmatic also is suing Fox News for defamation in New York and recently settled a lawsuit in the District of Columbia against the One America News Network, another conservative outlet. Dominion Voting Systems similarly filed several defamation lawsuits against those who spread conspiracy theories blaming its election equipment for Trump's loss. Last year, in a case presided over by Davis, Fox News settled with Dominion for $787 million.

Persons: Donald Trump, Newsmax, Smartmatic, Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell Organizations: Republican, Convention, New, New York City, Fox News, District of Columbia, One America News Network, Voting, Davis, Dominion Locations: Milwaukee , Wisconsin, New York, The Delaware, District

☆ Newsmax faces ‘bet-your-company’ defamation trial over 2020 election lies
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Washington CNN —Jury selection is set to begin Thursday in a closely watched defamation trial pitting voting technology company Smartmatic against the right-wing cable network Newsmax, in a high-stakes case over the airing of false 2020 election claims. The Newsmax case revolves around the same false claims, championed by former President Donald Trump and his Republican allies, that the 2020 election was rigged by Smartmatic software and others. The Florida-based company sued Newsmax and other right-wing outlets and figures in 2021, alleging that its reputation was destroyed by the lies. The Newsmax case will test the legal limits of publishing lies about the 2020 election, and the trial will play out during the final stretch of the 2024 campaign. ‘Dozens’ of defamatory reportsAfter mainstream news outlets – and even Fox News – projected that Democratic nominee Joe Biden would win the 2020 election, Trump and his surrogates falsely claimed that he won.

Persons: Donald Trump, Newsmax, “, ”, ” Howard Cooper, Eric Davis, Davis, it’s, Katie Townsend, Smartmatic, Joe Biden, Trump, Chris Ruddy, Biden, wasn’t, Sidney Powell, ” Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani, Sarah Silbiger, Greg Kelly, Powell, Chris Salcedo, Smartmatic “, John Bachman, Smartmatic’s, Bachman, Liz Harrington, Ruddy, Kelly, Salcedo, Eric Robinson, ” Newsmax, Bill Daddi, ” Smartmatic’s, Erik Connolly, “ …, Bob Sellers, Emerald Robinson Organizations: Washington CNN, Delaware Superior Court, Fox News, Voting Systems, Republican, Trump, Freedom, Press, Fox, Democratic, The Washington Post, Republican National Committee, ”, Newsmax, University of South, Electoral College ” Locations: Delaware Superior, The Florida, Wilmington , Delaware, New York, Los Angeles County, University of South Carolina, Philippines, Venezuela

☆ DOJ accuses Smartmatic's president of overseas bribery, complicating defamation lawsuits against right-wing media
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

In reality, Smartmatic's technology was used in only one county during the 2020 election, Los Angeles. AdvertisementBut the indictment can still help Fox News, Newsmax, and other defendants in Smartmatic's many defamation lawsuits. Following the 2020 election, Smartmatic and Dominion both launched civil defamation lawsuits against Trump allies and right-wing media organizations that pushed false claims about the companies. But some of its defamation lawsuits have been snagged by claims of wrongdoing in the Philippines. AdvertisementDefendants in Smartmatic's defamation cases have argued that Smartmatic has vastly overstated its the amount of damages it says it should get.

Persons: —, Roger Piñate, Andres Bautista, Smartmatic, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Piñate, Department's, Bautista —, Bautista, Trump's, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Mike Lindell, Reid Hoffman, Giuliani, Powell, COMELEC Organizations: Service, The Justice Department, Business, Fox, The, Department, Prosecutors, CNN, Justice Department, Dominion, Trump, Fox News, Democratic Party, One America Locations: Philippines, Philippine, Los Angeles, Asia, Europe, Florida, Smartmatic

☆ LinkedIn billionaire bankrolls voting firm Smartmatic as it fights Fox News in 2020 election defamation case
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Matt Egan | Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman is providing significant financial firepower to Smartmatic as the voting technology company fights Fox News and Newsmax over the right-wing networks’ repeated airing of 2020 election lies. A person with knowledge of the matter wouldn’t say exactly how much money Hoffman poured into Smartmatic but told CNN the eight-figure investment surpassed $10 million. Smartmatic is seeking billions of dollars in damages from Fox News, Newsmax and other right-wing figures that falsely accused the company of rigging the 2020 election. The voting technology company’s defamation lawsuit against Fox News is still in the fact-finding “discovery” phase and isn’t expected to go to trial until 2025. Smartmatic is also suing Trump 2020 campaign lawyer Sidney Powell and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell – two of the most egregious peddlers of election disinformation.

Persons: Reid Hoffman, Hoffman, “ Smartmatic, ” Hoffman, “, Donald Trump, Smartmatic, Antonio Mugica, Mugica, Hoffman “, “ doesn’t, Trump, Joe Biden, ” Mugica, Biden, ”, Sidney Powell, Mike Lindell –, Powell, ” Lindell, Christopher Kachouroff Organizations: New, New York CNN, LinkedIn, Fox, Democratic, The Washington Post, CNN, Trump, Republican, Fox News, Fox Corporation, Delaware Superior Court, America News, Fox News Media, Justice Department Locations: New York, Smartmatic, Delaware Superior, Philippines, Fox, Dominion

☆ Election Updates: Welcome to the post-conviction campaign.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Maggie Astor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

Federal Documents CaseImage The federal indictment against Mr. Trump in the documents case. The charges were brought by Jack Smith, the special counsel appointed to oversee the federal investigations into Mr. Trump. Credit... Jacquelyn Martin/Associated PressLast summer, Mr. Smith charged Mr. Trump with conspiring to subvert democracy and stay in power against the will of voters following his loss in the 2020 election. Georgia Election CaseImage Fani Willis, the Fulton County district attorney, at a hearing on the Georgia election interference case in March in Atlanta. Dozens of pretrial motions have yet to be resolved, including recent sparring over the precedent in a legal case from the 1890s.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Jon Elswick, Jack Smith, Smith, Aileen M, Cannon, Cannon’s, Jacquelyn Martin, Tanya S, Fani Willis, Alex Slitz Mr, Fani, Willis, Nathan Wade, Scott McAfee, Wade, McAfee’s, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro, Jenna Ellis, Donald Trump Organizations: Washington , D.C, Mr, Associated Press, Department, Justice Department, Associated, Capitol, of Appeals, Trump Locations: Manhattan, Florida, Washington ,, Georgia, —, Washington, Fulton County, Atlanta ., Fulton County ,

☆ OAN and Smartmatic settle election defamation case
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Marshall Cohen | Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Voting technology company Smartmatic and the far-right network One America News said Tuesday that they had settled a defamation lawsuit stemming from the outlet’s lies about the 2020 election. “The case has been resolved pursuant to a confidential agreement,” OAN attorney Chip Babcock told CNN. The case against OAN was one of a spate of lawsuits filed against right-wing outlets in the aftermath of the election. In the wake of the 2020 presidential contest, pro-Donald Trump outlets spread lies wrongfully suggesting President Joe Biden had not been legitimately elected president. OAN settled a defamation suit in September with former Dominion executive Eric Coomer, whose case revealed how the network worked with former Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell and others to lie about the election.

Persons: “, ”, Chip Babcock, OAN, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Smartmatic, Trump’s, Eric Coomer, Trump, Sidney Powell Organizations: CNN, OAN, Fox News, Dominion Voting Systems, Trump, Russian, Dominion, DirecTV Locations: Ukraine

☆ Pro-Trump attorney arrested after court hearing about leaked Dominion emails
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-18 | by ( Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —A pro-Trump lawyer who tried to overturn the 2020 election was arrested Monday after a court hearing about her recent leak of internal emails belonging to Dominion Voting Systems. In the last 24 hours, Leaf has posted more than 2,000 internal Dominion documents on his social media account. The marshals declined to say whether they arrested her, and she didn’t answer messages seeking comment after the hearing. During the at-times testy hearing Monday, Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya peppered Lambert with sharp questions about the disputed Dominion materials. Dominion wants Lambert removed from the case and suggested in court Monday that she might have committed a crime by disseminating the files to Leaf.

Persons: Stefanie Lambert, Lambert, Dar Leaf, Donald Trump, Leaf, Patrick Byrne, “, Judge Moxila Upadhyaya, ” Upadhyaya, Byrne, ”, ” Lambert, Davida Brook, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, CNN’s Holmes Lybrand Organizations: CNN, Trump, Voting Systems, Dar, US Marshals Service, U.S . Marshals, Dominion, Leaf, meddled, US Intelligence, America, . Dominion, Fox News Locations: Michigan, Barry, Dominion, Washington ,, Serbia

☆ Supreme Court won’t review sanctions against pro-Trump lawyers who filed frivolous 2020 election suits
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( John Fritze | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to revisit sanctions levied against two pro-Trump attorneys who filed frivolous lawsuits challenging the outcome of the 2020 election in Michigan. Sidney Powell and Lin Wood filed separate appeals asking the justices to review sanctions imposed by a US district court in 2021. Though their cases involved several technical arguments, both claimed sanctions would make it less likely for lawyers to take “unpopular” cases to court. The Supreme Court denied both appeals without offering any comment on the case. The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals largely upheld the sanctions.

Persons: Sidney Powell, Lin Wood, Wood, Powell Organizations: CNN, Trump, Supreme, US Locations: Michigan, Venezuela, China, Georgia

Some might not reach trial this year, while one is set to begin in a matter of weeks. In all, Trump faces 40 felony charges in the classified documents case. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon set a trial date of May 20, 2024, though she has signaled that it may be pushed back. The Trump campaign called the charges “fake” and asked why it took two and a half years to bring them. That case is set to be first to proceed to trial, with a judge setting jury selection for March 25.

Persons: Donald Trump, Jack Smith, Trump, cavalierly, Walt Nauta, Carlos De Oliveira, De Oliveira, Aileen Cannon, Joe Biden’s, Mike Pence, Biden, it’s, Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels, Melania Trump, Barron, GEORGIA Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, Sidney Powell, Kenneth Chesebro, Fani Willis Organizations: WASHINGTON, Trump, Pentagon, Nauta, U.S, Capitol, United, New York, White House, Electoral College Locations: Florida, Trump’s Florida, Washington, United States, U.S, New York, GEORGIA, Georgia, Fulton County

☆ Pro-Trump network OAN’s president solicited more info after receiving ‘stolen’ Smartmatic passwords, court documents allege
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The revelation builds on CNN’s previous reporting that OAN President Charles Herring forwarded the purported Smartmatic passwords to ex-Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell within days and later passed it to Mike Lindell. OAN denies defaming Smartmatic or anyone else, and its lawyers say nobody at OAN broke the law in connection with the alleged passwords. In a recent court filing, Smartmatic publicly disclosed – for the first time – the original email that OAN received on January 5, 2021, containing the alleged passwords. If you come across any addition (sic) information, please pass along,” according to emails made public in court filings. OAN handed over the emails to Smartmatic last year, but later claimed they were privileged and should be returned.

Persons: Charles Herring, Sidney Powell, Mike Lindell, Joe Biden, Smartmatic, OAN, defaming Smartmatic, Eric Coomer, Herring, tipster, –, ”, Powell, …, It’s, ’ Smartmatic, OAN “, Carl Butzer, “, Moxila Upadhyaya, OAN’s, Charles Babcock, Upadhyaya, Babcock, Oprah Winfrey, Bill O’Reilly, Phil Organizations: CNN, America, Trump, Voting Systems, Court, Fox News Locations: DC

☆ Pro-Trump network OAN execs may have ‘engaged in criminal activities’ while promoting 2020 election lies, Smartmatic alleges
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN pieced together who was involved in the email exchanges by examining court records from three separate cases stemming from the 2020 election. Baseless 2020 smearsSmartmatic has sued OAN, Powell, and other Trump allies and right-wing outlets, seeking billions of dollars in damages for their 2020 election lies. It’s unclear if the spreadsheet has any connections to the breach in rural Coffee County - which used software from Dominion Voting Systems, and not Smartmatic, in the 2020 election. One of its correspondents, who is also an attorney, even worked with Trump’s legal team to subvert the 2020 election results. The network, the two Herrings, and some of their on-air personalities are also being sued for defamation by Dominion, which was the target of similar 2020 election lies.

Persons: Trump, Sidney Powell, OAN, Smartmatic, “, Powell, Charles Herring, Herring, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, “ OAN, ‘, ”, Charles Babcock, Babcock, Erik Connolly, Trump’s, Robert Herring, Mike Lindell, Lindell, Charles, Lindell didn’t, Eric Coomer Organizations: CNN, America News, Smartmatic, Trump, OAN, Fox News, ” CNN, Dominion Voting Systems, Russian, Dominion, Lindell, DirecTV Locations: Philippines, Smartmatic, Coffee County, Coffee, Ukraine

☆ In blow to Fox Corp., judge rules Smartmatic case over 2020 election lies can proceed
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Cohen already let the case proceed against Fox News — and on Wednesday, he rejected a request by Fox Corporation to throw out the claims against the parent company. The parent corporation had argued that it shouldn’t be involved in the defamation case because it only had general oversight of Fox News itself. The case is still in the discovery phase, with some major depositions taking place in the past month, including former Fox Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch. The decision boosts Smartmatic’s case against the right-wing media behemoth. A similar 2020-related lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems was also allowed to proceed against Fox and its parent company.

Persons: David Cohen, Murdoch, Cohen, Fox, Smartmatic, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, ” Smartmatic, ” Cohen, “, defaming, ”, Erik Connolly, Rupert Murdoch, cravenly, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, couldn’t, ” Fox Organizations: CNN, Fox Corporation, Fox News, Manhattan, Fox ) Corp, Fox Corp, Fox, Dominion Voting Systems, Trump, Wednesday, Smartmatic, “ Locations: New York, York, Florida

The accusations do not change the underlying facts in the Trump prosecution. A Georgia grand jury already brought racketeering indictments against Mr. Trump and 18 others over their roles in a plot to overturn the state’s 2020 election results. There are also calls for a new state board, created to oversee district attorneys, to review Ms. Willis’s conduct. On Monday, Mr. Roman’s lawyer, argued during a brief hearing in suburban Cobb County that the Wade divorce records, sealed since February 2022, had not been sealed properly. Judge Henry R. Thompson of Cobb County Superior Court agreed, unsealing the divorce file.

Persons: Roman, Wade, Willis, Trump, Trump’s, Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis, Wade “, ” Mr, Willis’s, Roman’s, Henry R, Thompson Organizations: Mr, Court, The New York Times Locations: Atlanta, San Francisco, Miami, Georgia, Fulton County, Cobb County

☆ Liz Cheney says Ginni Thomas was 'deceived' by 'untrue election fraud nonsense'
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Liz Cheney is clearly alarmed at the direction Virginia "Ginni" Thomas took after the election. Ginni Thomas' texts to Mark Meadows were uncovered during the House January 6 investigation. AdvertisementFormer Congresswoman Liz Cheney is disappointed in how Virginia Thomas, the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, has continued to spout disproven claims about the 2020 presidential election. "I was disappointed that Ginni Thomas had been deceived by the demonstrably untrue election-fraud nonsense," Cheney wrote in "Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning" which was published on Tuesday. Cheney wrote that she had known Virginia "Ginni" Thomas for decades.

Persons: Liz Cheney, Ginni, Thomas, Ginni Thomas, Mark Meadows, Cheney, —, Virginia Thomas, Clarence Thomas, Trump, Mark, Biden, Sidney Powell's, Powell, Joe Biden Organizations: Trump, Service, White House Locations: Virginia, Meadows, United States

☆ Live updates: Trump lawyers argue in Georgia 2020 election case motions hearing
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Dan Berman | Andrew Menezes | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Fulton Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee departs after presiding over a hearing at the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta on November 15. But it’s in Georgia where he and his alleged co-conspirators face a combined 41 state charges for trying to overturn legitimate election results in the 2020 presidential election. This is the first time Trump’s attorneys will appear in court in the Fulton County case, though their client won’t be with them. Trump hasn’t yet been in the Atlanta courthouse – he previously waived his right to an arraignment hearing – though he was processed at the Fulton County jail in late August. Read more about the Georgia election subversion case.

Persons: Scott McAfee, Arvin Temkar, Donald Trump’s, Trump, ” Drew Findling –, Steven Sadow, Jennifer Little, Sadow, “, ” Sadow, Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell, Chesebro, Powell, McAfee Organizations: Reuters, Trump, United Locations: Fulton, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, Fulton County

Atlanta CNN —Former President Donald Trump’s attorneys in the Georgia election subversion case are set to defend their client in a Fulton County courtroom for the first time on Friday as they try to have the charges thrown out on First Amendment grounds. This is the first time Trump’s attorneys will appear in court in the Fulton County case, though their client won’t be with them. Trump hasn’t yet been in the Atlanta courthouse – he previously waived his right to an arraignment hearing – though he was processed at the Fulton County jail in late August. She used a similar legal strategy in a 2014 RICO case in Fulton County, according to a source familiar with the matter. Despite his mounting legal debt and the fact that he is almost 80, sources close to Giuliani said he intends to fight the Georgia case.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Trump, ” Drew Findling –, Steven Sadow, Jennifer Little, Sadow, “, ” Sadow, Scott McAfee, Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell, Chesebro, Powell, McAfee, Trump’s, Fani Willis, ” Willis, Jack Smith, Smith, ”, Willis ’, Eastman, John Eastman, Fulton, Donald Trump, Willis, Mark Meadows, Jeffrey Clark, Clark, Meadows, ” “, Bob Cheeley, Cheeley, Robert Cheeley, Cheeley’s, Buddy Parker, Rudy Giuliani –, haven’t, Giuliani, Allyn Stockton Jr, David Shafer, ” Shafer, Rudy Giuliani’s, Robert Costello, Giuliani groped, CNN Giuliani, Brian Tevis, David Wolfe, CNN’s Paula Reid, Evan Perez, Marshall Cohen Organizations: Atlanta CNN —, Trump, United, Fulton, Republican, Prosecutors, Washington Post, “, U.S, CNN, Trump Trump, Trump White House, Secret, Justice, Appeals, DC, Georgia’s, Senate, Atlanta Public Schools, Georgia Republican Party, Georgia State Senate, Electoral College, New, Atlanta Locations: Georgia, Fulton, Atlanta, United States, Fulton County, Washington , DC, Meadows, ” Meadows, Washington, Trump, State of Georgia, New York, Aidala, Stockton, Rabun County

☆ Fox News founder Rupert Murdoch deposed in Smartmatic election lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corp and co-chairman of 21st Century Fox, arrives at the Sun Valley Resort of the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, July 10, 2018 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Rupert Murdoch is being deposed Tuesday as part of the $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit filed against Fox Corp. by the voting technology company Smartmatic, a source familiar with the matter told CNBC. It is the second time this year that Murdoch, 92, has been deposed in a high-stakes defamation lawsuit accusing Fox News of airing damaging lies about the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Fox paid $787.5 million to settle Dominion's lawsuit, nearly half of the $1.6 billion figure initially demanded by the voting company. Murdoch officially stepped down as chairman of Fox and News Corp. earlier this month, putting his son Lachlan in charge of both.

Persons: Rupert Murdoch, Murdoch, Donald Trump, Fox, Joe Biden, Maria Bartiromo, Jeanine Pirro, Lou Dobbs, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Lachlan, Brian Nick, CNBC's Organizations: News Corp, Century Fox, Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, Fox Corp, CNBC, Fox News, Dominion Voting Systems, Fox, Trump, New York Supreme Locations: Sun Valley , Idaho, Los Angeles, New York, York

Tennis - US Open - Mens Final - New York, U.S. - September 10, 2017 - Rupert Murdoch, chairman of Fox Corp, stands before Rafael Nadal of Spain plays against Kevin Anderson of South Africa. Florida-based Smartmatic is seeking damages from Fox Corp, Fox News and five individuals: Rudolph Giuliani and Sidney Powell, who were lawyers for Republican former President Donald Trump; and Fox hosts Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo and Jeanine Pirro. But by establishing that he was involved in making decisions about Fox's coverage, Smartmatic would have a better chance of proving that Fox Corp is liable. In order to prevail in a defamation case, Smartmatic must prove that Fox knowingly spread false information or recklessly disregarded the truth, the standard known as "actual malice." Fox Corp and Fox News in April settled for $787.5 million another defamation lawsuit, brought by voting technology firm Dominion Voting Systems.

Persons: Rupert Murdoch, Rafael Nadal, Kevin Anderson of, Mike Segar, Murdoch, Lachlan Murdoch, Rudolph Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Donald Trump, Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo, Jeanine Pirro, Smartmatic, Joe Biden, Fox, Fox's, Helen Coster, Jack Queen, Will Dunham Organizations: Fox Corp, News Corp, Fox . Representatives, Fox News, Republican, Fox, Trump . Fox, Smartmatic, U.S, Voting, Dominion, Thomson Locations: York, U.S, Kevin Anderson of South Africa, Los Angeles, Florida, New York, American

CNN —The judge overseeing the Fulton County election racketeering case declined Tuesday to send one of Donald Trump’s co-defendants to jail over recent social media posts and other comments he made targeting witnesses. He does not get an ‘oh, I’m sorry,’ after I’ve already intimidated the witnesses in this case,” Willis said. The felonies Floyd faces in the case are largely tied to his role in an intimidation campaign targeting two Atlanta election workers in late 2020. The leader of Black Voices for Trump, Floyd was separately charged in May with simple assault of a federal officer who was delivering a subpoena to him to testify before a grand jury in Washington, DC. He said that Floyd’s posts about Freeman have led to a “spike” in online activity targeting Freeman.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Scott McAfee, Harrison Floyd, “, he’s, codefendants, ”, Fani Willis, I’ve, ” Willis, McAfee, ’, Floyd, Trump, Trump’s, Sidney Powell, Mark Meadows, Chris Kachouroff, ” Kachouroff, Jenna Ellis, Ruby Freeman, Ruby, Michael Hill, Black, Black Trump Guy ’, Willis interjected, ” Hill, Willis, Gabriel Sterling, you’re, ” Sterling, Von DuBose, Freeman Organizations: CNN, Trump, Fulton, Dems, Black Trump, it’s Locations: Fulton, ” Fulton County, Atlanta, Washington , DC, Trump, Fulton County, Georgia

☆ Georgia DA seeks Aug. 5 trial for Trump in election interference case
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A prosecutor asked a judge to Friday to schedule the Georgia election interference criminal trial of former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants to begin on Aug. 5 — exactly three months before the 2024 presidential Election Day. "The State clearly retains the logistical and prosecutorial capabilities to try all of the remaining Defendants together," Willis said in her motion. Trump's campaign spokesman said, "Radical Democrat Fani Willis has again proven that her case is purely political, designed to interfere with President Trump's re-election by demanding a trial date in the most vital time in President Trump's winning campaign." "Crooked Joe Biden knows he can't beat President Trump and this corrupt step by Fani Willis is just further proof of that fact," the spokesman said. The Manhattan Supreme Court judge in that case has said he will willing to re-schedule it to avoid a conflict with Trump's trial earlier that same month in Washington.

Persons: Fani Willis, Donald Trump, Steven Sadow, Trump, Judge Scott McAfee, Joe Biden, Wills, Willis, Trump's, President Trump, Kenneth Cheesbro, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, Scott Hall, Stormy Daniels Organizations: Fulton County Superior Court, Trump, Washington , D.C, Biden, Manhattan, White Locations: Fulton County, Atlanta , Georgia, U.S, Georgia, Atlanta, Washington ,, New York, Washington, Florida

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