Elections Disputes - Page 16

December 22, 2020

Trump supporters to hold virtual 'second inauguration' on Jan. 20

Thousands of supporters have pledged to attend a virtual "second inauguration" for President Trump, who lost his bid for a second term, at the same time President-elect Joe Biden is slated to be sworn in on Jan. 20. 

December 17, 2020

Loeffler again refuses to accept Biden as president-elect

Sen. Kelly Loeffler in remarks to the press Wednesday continues to refuse to acknowledge that Joe Biden is the president-elect, even after the Electoral College officially cast their votes for Biden on Monday and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday acknowledged that Biden will be the next president.

December 16, 2020

Sen. Johnson blasts Democratic Sen. Peters after two spar during election fraud hearing

Senate Homeland Security Chairman Ron Johnson, R-Wis., told "Bill Hemmer Reports" Wednesday that his spat with Ranking Member Gary Peters, D-Mich., during a hearing on election irregularities stemmed from Peters entering the widely-discredited Steele dossier into the Senate record following the 2016 election.

December 14, 2020

After Electoral College votes, what happens next?

Today is a key day in the certification of the election of President-elect Joe Biden as electors from individual states, pledged to the candidates assemble. This is the tabulation of the Electoral College.

December 14, 2020

Republican electors in Pennsylvania, Georgia cast votes for Trump, hoping for court victories

While Democratic electors in Pennsylvania and Georgia cast their states' electoral votes for Joe Biden on Monday, slates of Republican electors in those states cast votes for President Trump just in case legal challenges succeed.

December 14, 2020

Wisconsin Supreme Court tosses Trump election lawsuit

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump's lawsuit attempting to overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state, ending Trump's legal challenges in state court about an hour before the Electoral College was to meet to cast the state's 10 votes for Biden.

December 14, 2020

Guide to Monday's Electoral College votes: How they work, how to watch and what comes next

Presidential electors from all 50 states and Washington, D.C. are meeting on Monday to officially cast their ballots for president and vice president of the United States. 

December 13, 2020

NY GOP candidate Tenney on House reportedly sending envoys to observe recount in congressional district

New York Republican candidate Claudia Tenney told “Fox & Friends Weekend” on Sunday that because the race in the state's 22nd Congressional District is “so close,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent lawyers who are “supposed to be in an observing role” in the election’s recount, but are getting “very aggressive.”

December 11, 2020

Supreme Court declines to hear Trump-supported Texas case over election results in four other states

The Supreme Court has denied a Texas effort Friday that would have essentially nullified the presidential elections in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia and Wisconsin.

December 11, 2020

Cheney, Buck lead House resolution backing Trump legal efforts: 'Must protect the integrity of our elections'

House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Liz Cheney and Rep. Ken Buck on Friday are leading a group of 18 lawmakers in sponsoring a resolution in the House that backs the legal action by President Trump on the presidential election, which most recently includes a request to join the Texas lawsuit aiming to block four states' presidential electors from casting their votes.