By Sarah K. Burris There is a slate of far-right candidates at the local and state level who could take over the machinery of America’s elections. While Donald Trump’s supporters are pushing existing election officials and election workers out of their…
Exclusive: Trump ‘was getting his advice from people who were demented’: official
By Sarah K. Burris WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Norma Torres (D-CA) briefly spoke with Raw Story during the break of the fourth public hearing of the House Select Committee on Tuesday, saying that what continues to shock her is that people who should know b…
Rusty Bowers: Giuliani promised to turn over the names of thousands of dead people who voted — but he couldn’t deliver
By Sarah K. Burris Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers, a Republican, recalled the White House calling him to pressure him to overturn the 2020 election for the state. Testifying on Tuesday before the House Select Committee investigating Jan. 6 insurrec…
This is what the Jan. 6 committee needs to break through the media wall
By Ray Hartmann Changing the minds of Donald Trump’s supporters over his attempted insurrection will require a bombshell revelation of previously unreleased information because the nation is so divided in its media silos. That’s the view of Professor B…
Trump fumes over Jan. 6 hearings to anyone who will listen because he doesn’t have a GOP mole: report
By Travis Gettys Donald Trump has been venting his frustrations about the televised House select committee hearings to anyone who will listen at his Bedminster golf club, according to a new report. The twice-impeached former president is furious that h…
Trump and his right-wing allies wanted a film record of the insurrection — and that evidence is being used against them
By Travis Gettys At least three documentary film crews were at the scene of the Jan. 6 insurrection, where many of the participants also recorded video of themselves and others storming the U.S. Capitol. The House select committee has already heard tes…
Jan. 6 hearing will prove ‘fake elector’ scheme was illegal — and show Trump was directly involved
By Travis Gettys The House Select Committee will demonstrate at its next hearing that a scheme to send alternate electors to Congress was illegal, and former president Donald Trump was directly involved in planning and executing the plan. Committee aid…
Pressure on Trump and his allies intensifies as Jan. 6 committee rolls out shocking new evidence
By Steven Rosenfeld One day after Arizona’s 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump’s supporters, including armed protesters, converged on Maricopa County’s ballot counting center. That morning, a local congressman, Rep. Paul Gosar, R-AZ, had amplifie…
‘Avalanche’ of evidence proves Trump was engaged in a ‘multi-faceted criminal conspiracy’: legal expert
By Sky Palma Former Department of Justice prosecutors and officials speaking to The Guardian say that the testimony and evidence collected by the committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot has increased the odds of former President Donald Trump be…
Turmoil erupts after Black pastor tells Southern Baptists they became ‘whores for Trump’
By Travis Gettys A Southern Baptist minister recently accused his fellow pastors of becoming “whores” for Donald Trump — which elicited howls of protest from some of them. Kevin Smith, pastor at Family Church in Palm Beach and former executive directo…