Election 2020

How Trump And The GOP Moved $8.1 Million Of Donor Money Into The President’s Business

How Trump And The GOP Moved $8.1 Million Of Donor Money Into The President’s Business

ByDan AlexanderForbes Staff

Donald Trump hasn’t donated a dollar to his own reelection effort, but his businesses have managed to take in millions from others.

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Apr 16, 2024

Smartmatic Settles OANN Defamation Case: Here’s Where Dominion And Smartmatic’s Other Lawsuits Stand Now

Dominion and Smartmatic still have nearly a dozen cases pending against right-wing defendants.

ByAlison DurkeeForbes Staff
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PREMIUMApr 16, 2024

Legal Defense Fund For Trump Allies Has Spent $478,000 This Year But Next To Nothing On Attorneys’ Fees

The Patriot Legal Defense Fund, which launched in July 2023 to defray the legal expenses of Trump’s allies, submitted its quarterly filing to the IRS on Tuesday.

ByZach EversonForbes Staff
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Sep 21, 2022

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell Sues FBI For Seizing His Phone At A Hardee’s Drive-Through

Lindell said the FBI must have had him under surveillance in order to find him at Hardee’s, adding that he feared “for his and his friend’s lives” and was “prepared to ram one of the vehicles to escape” when agents boxed his truck to execute the warrant to seize his phone.

ByRobert HartForbes Staff
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Sep 14, 2022

Trump Claims MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell ‘Raided’ By FBI After His Cellphone Was Seized At A Hardee’s Drive-Through

Lindell, a prominent Trump supporter and promoter of baseless conspiracies about the 2020 election, said the FBI served him with a grand jury subpoena related to an investigation into alleged election tampering in Colorado.

ByRobert HartForbes Staff
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Sep 7, 2022

Oath Keepers Members Include Hundreds Of Elected Officials, Police And Military Personnel, Leaked List Suggests

Leaked Oath Keepers membership lists revealed more than 370 people working in law enforcement and more than 110 people currently serving in the U.S. military, the Anti-Defamation League found.

ByRobert HartForbes Staff
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Feb 3, 2022

Trump Allies Reportedly Wanted To Use NSA Data To Overturn 2020 Election, Memo Shows

Multiple senators also attended a meeting about election fraud organized by MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, the Washington Post reports.

ByAlison DurkeeForbes Staff
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Jan 28, 2022

Fake GOP Electors Subpoenaed By January 6 Committee

The Justice Department has already said it’s investigating the electors, who submitted false certificates of electoral votes in seven states.

ByAlison DurkeeForbes Staff
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Jan 23, 2022

Barr — Ex-Attorney General Who Later Flipped On Trump — Has Talked To Jan. 6 Panel, Committee Chairman Says

January 6 committee chairman said on Sunday that the panel has “had conversations” with William Barr, the former attorney general who later called claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election “bullsh-t.”

ByDerek SaulForbes Staff
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Jan 18, 2022

Voting Company Smartmatic Sues MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell For Defamation

Lindell has already been sued by rival company Dominion Voting Systems, and has himself sued both companies.

ByAlison DurkeeForbes Staff
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Jan 14, 2022

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Blocks Voting Machine Inspection In GOP Election Audit

The county whose voting machines were set to be inspected voted overwhelmingly for Trump.

ByAlison DurkeeForbes Staff