Democracy Is On The Ballot In These 11 Secretary Of State And Attorney General Elections

Democracy Is On The Ballot In These 11 Secretary Of State And Attorney General Elections

The aftermath of the 2020 presidential election was probably most Americans’ introduction to Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state who rebuffed then-President Donald Trump’s entreaties to “find 11,780 votes” that would allow him to carry the state. Same with Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general who filed a baseless lawsuit to get the Supreme … Read more

Prosecutors sought call, email records of Bannon attorney, defense team claims

Prosecutors sought call, email records of Bannon attorney, defense team claims

“Nowhere in the Government’s production was a copy of a court order authorizing the Government’s actions, nor was there a copy of any subpoena for the records, nor was there even any application for a court order or for authorization from the Department of Justice for subpoenas intended to obtain defense counsel’s personal and professional … Read more

House accuses Trump attorney John Eastman of stalling on Jan. 6 subpoena

House accuses Trump attorney John Eastman of stalling on Jan. 6 subpoena

“There’s no point in having Professor Eastman produce the most relevant materials four months from now,” Letter told Carter during a videoconference. “That’s useless. … It completely defeats the subpoena.” However, both Carter and Eastman lawyer Charles Burnham noted that the subpoena from the House Committee included no clear prioritization, but said the records should … Read more