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Month: August 2021

January 6 committee considers whether to seek Trump White House call logs as investigators eye next steps

In 2019, Jerry Goldfeder, who teaches election law at Fordham Law School, and Lincoln Mitchell, who teaches in political science department at Columbia University, predicted that then president Donald Trump would attempt to overturn the 2020 election if he lost. They say they are worried that even with Trump out office not much has changed and another January 6-style riot could occur if the Republican candidate doesn’t win in 2024.

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Bolsonaro is sowing doubt in Brazil’s electoral system. His claims could endanger his own candidacy.

By Marcia Reverdosa and Juliana Koch, CNN As Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro falls further and further behind in the polls, his unsupported claim that the 2022 elections could be rigged have only increased in fervor and frequency. But those freewheeling statements have now sparked investigations that could threaten his very eligibility to run as a

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New Jersey gym owner is first US Capitol rioter to plead guilty to assaulting a police officer on January 6

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Joe Beare, CNN A New Jersey gym owner and former MMA fighter pleaded guilty on Friday to assaulting a police officer during the January 6 insurrection, marking the first time a Capitol rioter has been convicted of violence against police. Scott Fairlamb, 44, also pleaded guilty to obstructing an official proceeding.

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