Tucker Carlson Describes the Capitol Riot as 'Mostly Peaceful Chaos.' Is He Wrong?
Video footage and arrest data indicate that most of the Trump supporters who invaded the building did not commit violent crimes.
Video footage and arrest data indicate that most of the Trump supporters who invaded the building did not commit violent crimes.
Contrary to the Supreme Court's First Amendment precedents, Donald Trump thinks harsh criticism of the president should be actionable.
In an interview, Chris Stirewalt contends that Fox is "not…willing to suffer the consequences of being a news organization."
Although Rupert Murdoch admits that Lou Dobbs and other hosts "endorsed" the "stolen election" narrative, Fox's lawyers insist that is not true.
Mark Brnovich left office without issuing a final report, according to documents released by his successor.
The Fox Business host stood out as a champion of the baroque conspiracy theory that implicated Dominion Voting Systems in election fraud.
Major Fox talk show hosts knew that Trump's claims of a stolen election were false, but chose not to say so on air, for fear it would anger their audience.
Erasing sincere disagreement doesn't make it go away.
Hosts and producers privately called Trump lawyer Sidney Powell's claims "complete bs," "insane," and "unbelievably offensive."
The last of the reelection campaign's defamation lawsuits against media outlets looks like it is headed for defeat, like all the others.
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The year’s highlights in buck passing feature petulant politicians, brazen bureaucrats, careless cops, loony lawyers, and junky journalists.
The final report from the January 6 select committee falls short of proving the elements required to convict the former president.
The leading possibilities include knowledge and intent elements that have to be established beyond a reasonable doubt.
The new legislation would fix many of the problems that helped lead to the attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Brad Raffensperger compares President Joe Biden and Sen. Raphael Warnock to Donald Trump.
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The Weapons of Mass Delusion author says election-deniers like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert may be the Republicans' future.
Weapons of Mass Delusion author Robert Draper says Republicans need a massive reality check.
The Arizona Senate candidate who said "libertarianism doesn't work" is expected to come up short.
A 2020 initiative was overturned by the courts, and this year's version was rejected by voters.
GOP politicians lied in order to exploit public ignorance. That dynamic is just one particularly egregious example of the broader danger widespread voter ignorance and bias.
Over time, betting has been a better predictor than polls, pundits, statistical models, and everything else.
A Ninth Circut panel split 2-1 over whether First Amendment concerns should prevent congressional investigatos from obtaining cell records for Arizona's Republican Party Chair.
Despite that evidence, it is hard to tell whether Trump actually thought he beat Biden.
The long, weird history of partisan electoral shenanigans
Until he won the Republican nomination in New Hampshire, Don Bolduc insisted that the presidential election was stolen.
The current president becomes what he criticizes by delegitimizing opposition.
Matthew DePerno is under investigation by his opponent's office for allegedly illegally seizing and "testing" voting machines from several Michigan counties.
The bipartisan Senate bill would be a major improvement over the status quo, and has attracted widespread support from experts in the field.
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Joe Selvaggi of the Pioneer Instituted interviewed about the report on the 2020 election, authored by a group of conservative legal luminaries.
Andy Craig of the Cato Institute has an excellent overview of this important issue.
The authors include big-name conservative former federal judges Michael Luttig and Michael McConnell, former Bush Solicitor General Ted Olson, and others.
Though morally responsible for the attack on the Capitol and unfit for office, he’s protected by the First Amendment from legal liability.
The former president's recklessness is beyond dispute, but that is not enough to convict him while respecting the First Amendment.
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A federal district court judge dismissed Lindell's counterclaims against Dominion and Smartmatic, and Lindell may still be on the hook for defamation.
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Josh Shapiro ran ads that boosted Mastriano's GOP primary campaign. There's no way this strategy could ever backfire, right?
The damage caused by election lies is not worth abandoning free speech traditions.
A ruling in a dispute over emails sought by the January 6 committee agrees that Trump's actions likely violated two federal laws.
A year and a half after the New York Post broke the story, the Times says it has "authenticated" the messages it previously deemed suspect.
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The decision allows Smartmatic to proceed with its defamation lawsuit against Fox, two anchors, and Rudy Giuliani.
A Supreme Court ruling restoring Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s capital sentence and a congressional logjam makes it clear that only he can keep his campaign promise.
The platform punished The Hill's morning show, Rising, for showing a clip of Trump speaking.
The former Trump campaign lawyer, who is fighting sanctions against her, says the claims she made in her Michigan lawsuit "perhaps" were true.