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Experts Call It A ‘Clown Show’ But Arizona ‘Audit’ Is A Blueprint For Future Disinformation Campaigns

By NPR News June 3, 2021

Contractors working for Cyber Ninjas, the company hired by the Republican-led Arizona state Senate, examine and recount ballots from the 2020 general election on May 3. Courtney Pedroza/The Washington Post via Getty Images

At a basic level, it's a victory for those looking to sow doubt in the 2020 election results just to have them still being litigated six months after Election Day. To be clear, Maricopa County's election results have already been audited multiple times by companies with experience in the field, with no problems being uncovered.Read More

House Removes Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene From Her Committee Assignments

By NPR News February 4, 2021

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., faces a vote over whether she should be removed from her two committee assignments because her past comments and social media posts promoting conspiracy theories and violence. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images

The House of Representatives has voted to strip Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of her committee assignments, following uproar over her past incendiary comments and apparent support of violence against Democrats. The vote was 230 to 199.Read More

Dominion Voting Systems Suing Rudy Giuliani For Defamation

By NPR News January 25, 2021

Rudy Giuliani, seen here on Jan. 6 with Chapman University law professor John Eastman, speaks in Washington at a rally in support of former President Donald Trump. Dominion Voting Systems, a frequent target of Giuliani, is suing him for defamation. CREDIT: Jacquelyn Martin/AP

Dominion Voting Systems has filed suit against former President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani over baseless claims he's made that Dominion was at the center of a scheme to perpetuate widespread election fraud.Read More

Dominion Voting Systems Employee Sues Trump Campaign And Allies, Alleging Defamation

By NPR News December 22, 2020

Rudy Giuliani, President Trump's personal attorney, with lawyer Sidney Powell last month in Washington. They, the Trump campaign and others face a lawsuit by an employee of Dominion Voting Systems, a vendor that has been the subject of disinformation from Trump and his allies. CREDIT: Jacquelyn Martin/AP

A top employee of Dominion Voting Systems, who has gone into hiding after becoming the subject of conspiracy theories on the right since the election, is suing the Trump campaign, a number of campaign surrogates and pro-Trump media outlets, alleging defamation.Read More

Experts Call It A ‘Clown Show’ But Arizona ‘Audit’ Is A Blueprint For Future Disinformation Campaigns

House Removes Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene From Her Committee Assignments

Dominion Voting Systems Suing Rudy Giuliani For Defamation

Dominion Voting Systems Employee Sues Trump Campaign And Allies, Alleging Defamation

Ex-Houston Police Officer Charged In Attack Over Bogus Election Fraud Plot Targeting Democrats

Twitter Permanently Suspends Steve Bannon Account After Beheading Comments

U.S. House Votes To Condemn QAnon Conspiracy Theory: ‘It’s A Sick Cult’

Seen ‘Plandemic’? A Close Look At The Viral Conspiracy Video’s Claims From A Discredited Scientist

Virus Researchers Cast Doubt On Theory Of Coronavirus Lab Accident

New Mexico Solar Observatory Reopens After Mysterious Closure That Spawned Conspiracy Theories

Despite Swirl Of Conspiracy Theories, Investigators Say The MLK Case Is Closed