by Jim Heath | Feb 4, 2021 | Headlines, Trump
While Charles Koch and his late brother David have dominated Republican fundraising in recent decades, the billionaire Mercers’ recent strategic investments in far-right candidates bought them a disproportionate level of influence in the Republican Party before...
by Jim Heath | Feb 2, 2021 | Headlines, Trump
Former President Trump abruptly changed his legal team over the weekend, underscoring his difficulties in putting together a strong defense just a week before his impeachment trial is to begin. Trump announced late Sunday that his legal defense will be led by...
by Jim Heath | Feb 1, 2021 | 2020, Headlines, Trump
Donald Trump has blamed the election results on bogus claims of fraud and malfeasance. But at the top levels of his campaign, a detailed autopsy report that circulated among his political aides paints a far different — and more critical — portrait of what led to his...
by Jim Heath | Jan 31, 2021 | GOP, Headlines, Trump
Donald Trump and the Republican Party raised $255.4 million in the eight-plus weeks following the Nov. 3 election, new federal filings show, as he sought to undermine and overturn the results with unfounded accusations of fraud. NYT: Trump’s strongest fund-raising...
by Jim Heath | Jan 25, 2021 | Headlines, Trump
How direct is the connection between what Donald Trump communicated to his supporters and their actions in laying siege to the U.S. Capitol? Videos recorded by many individuals over the course of the day provide some answers. Just Security has put together videos,...
by Jim Heath | Jan 25, 2021 | 2020, Headlines, Trump
Dominion Voting Systems filed a defamation lawsuit today against Rudy Giuliani, the lawyer for Donald Trump and former mayor of New York City who played a key role in the former president’s months long effort to subvert the 2020 election. NYT: The 107-page lawsuit,...
