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What are the charges against Donald Trump?
The case aims to hold Trump responsible for his efforts to remain in power during the weeks between his election loss and the attack on the US Capitol.
- by Alanna Durkin Richer
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Donald Trump charged over effort to overturn 2020 election
The charges are the culmination of a months-long probe by Special Counsel Jack Smith – the same federal prosecutor who has charged Trump for his mishandling of classified documents.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Trump says he received word he is a target in US 2020 election probe
The former US president said he received a letter stating that he was a target of a grand jury investigation. Meanwhile, 16 Republicans have been charged over their efforts to subvert the 2020 election.
- by Sarah N. Lynch
Google reversal will now permit 2020 US election lies on YouTube
The platform said it will stop removing content that falsely claimed elections were marred by “widespread fraud, errors or glitches”.
Biden’s accuser in Moscow seeking Russian refuge with help of ex-spy
“I feel very surrounded by protection and safety,” Tara Reade said after arriving in Moscow, supported by former spy Maria Butina.
Oath Keepers founder sentenced to 18 years over January 6 attack
The sentence given to Oath Keepers extremist group founder Stewart Rhodes is the longest handed down so far in the hundreds of Capitol riot cases.
- by Michael Kunzelman, Alanna Durkin Richer and Lindsay Whitehurst
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Fox News admits to lies about Dominion, settles case for $1.17 billion
“This settlement reflects Fox’s continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards,” the company, owned by Rupert Murdoch, said at the conclusion of the case.
- by Helen Coster and Jack Queen
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The Fox News-Dominion trial is deeply disappointing
The deal doesn’t require Fox to apologise and the public will be deprived of seeing Rupert Murdoch, Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson and several of their colleagues grilled on the stand.
- by Michelle Goldberg
Top Democrats demand Rupert Murdoch order Fox News to stop ‘pattern of lying to viewers’
The letter comes amid reports that Murdoch admitted in a deposition that some Fox hosts “were endorsing” 2020 election falsehoods.
- by Amy B Wang
Rupert Murdoch admits Fox commentators ‘endorsed’ Donald Trump’s 2020 election lie
Fox News is accused of helping to promote false claims that the voting-machine maker flipped millions of votes away from Trump.
- by Erik Larson
Donald Trump referred for criminal prosecution over US Capitol attack
The committee’s decision sends a powerful sign that it believes the former president committed certain crimes and must be held to account.
- by Farrah Tomazin