President Donald Trump has added notorious 2020 election denier Gregg Phillips to his administration as he seeks freedom for Tina Peters, a Colorado county clerk serving a nine-year prison term. Meanwhile, Mike Lindell, a leading election skeptic, announced he’s running…
Trump renews call to ‘free’ imprisoned Colorado election official Tina Peters
Tina Peters is serving nine years in prison for seven 2020 election-related crimes, but President Donald Trump is again demanding her release, calling her “a brave and innocent Patriot who has been tortured by Crooked Colorado politicians” during a recent…
In emotional testimony, Mike Lindell says he did nothing wrong
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has spent four years and tens of millions of dollars spreading claims the 2020 presidential election was rigged. Now, he’s spending two weeks in a Denver courtroom, fending off defamation charges in a case he calls…
Tulsa church prays for Giuliani as he faces imprisonment for not paying defamation judgment
Although Rudy Giuliani has become one of the most disgraced of the 2020 election deniers, he got a warm welcome last Sunday at a Pentecostal church in Tulsa, Okla. The former mayor of New York, who has gone bankrupt due…
Justice is still coming for 2020’s election denial super-spreaders
Donald Trump and many of his loyal foot soldiers won’t face justice for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election before the 2024 election. But for some, including Christian influencers and media personalities who put faith in Trump’s claims and…
Trump supporters still favor political violence and election denial, survey says
Republicans with favorable views of Donald Trump continue to support political violence and election denial, according to Public Religion Research Institute’s 2024 PRRI American Values Survey. Also, most Republicans (62%) believe the lie that the 2020 election was stolen from…
Colorado election clerk found guilty of fraud in 2020 election
A conservative evangelical who used her position as a county clerk in an attempt to sway the 2020 presidential election has been found guilty of seven crimes, including four felonies. Tina Peters, former elections clerk for Mesa County, Colo., is…
Evangelical leaders amplify Trump’s ‘lawfare’ attacks against justice system
Many of the conservative Christian leaders and groups that embraced former President Donald Trump’s claims that the 2020 election was rigged are now amplifying his claims that America’s justice system is rigged following his conviction on 34 felony counts. “Our…
It was a tough day for election deniers, Brookings panel says
Americans who embrace democracy and shun conspiracy theories have reason to be cautiously optimistic about the U.S. political system after the 2022 midterm elections, said Norman Eisen, founder and executive chair of the States United Democracy Center. Nov. 8 was…
The dangerous worldview of Republican election deniers
Around elections, we often hear variations of the claim that “democracy itself is on the ballot.” Because this declaration is, in some sense, a truism, it’s easy to nod and dismiss its concrete claims. But in the current context, this…