With early voting underway, false and misleading reports have emerged online. There's a false claim that a video shows ballots for former President Donald Trump being destroyed in Bucks County, Pennsylvania — it's fake.
The DOJ had sued the state over its purge of suspected non-citizens from voter rolls with less than 90 days before Election Day.
Former President Trump has again questioned U.S. election integrity, claiming without evidence that Democrats are cheating in the presidential race. Experts condemned the rhetoric.
This particular video is “almost certainly” connected to a Russian disinformation network known as Storm-1516 or CopyCop, according Media Forensics Hub at Clemson University.
A movement driven by disinformation about Trump’s 2020 defeat has taken over many of the boards that certify elections. It could cause chaos in the weeks ahead.
Donald Trump says he would use the power of the presidency to order F.B.I. investigations and criminal prosecutions of his political foes. He was largely thwarted in this in his first term. But the Supreme Court has made it easier for him to succeed if he gets a second chance.
Philadelphia officials opened up their election headquarters where staff simulated how the machines work and why vote counting could be a little quicker this time around.
Growing fears of Trump fascism as election nears “If he does win, we all have to be clear the fight for the future of the Republic will not end then and there. Even if it gets much, much harder,” says Chris Hayes.
A man wearing a pro-Trump hat repeatedly punched an elderly election worker in San Antonio, Texas, Thursday evening, according to police, after the worker told him he wasn’t allowed to wear his hat inside a polling place.