NEWS: The political consultant behind the fake Biden AI robocall — which spoofed Biden's voice to urge New Hampshire voters not to vote in the primary — is now facing 26 state charges AND a $6 million fine from the FCC. cnn.com/2024/05/23/pol…

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Federal prosecutors plan to introduce Hunter Biden's laptop as evidence against him at his gun trial. The move bolsters GOP claims that the laptop implicated Hunter in crimes, though not the foreign corruption claims they've peddled. w/ Holmes cnn.com/2024/05/22/pol…

James Comer introduces 1st piece of legislation to come out of his investigation into Biden family: a bipartisan bill with Dem Rep. Katie Porter that among other things would require presidents & vps to disclose any loans/ loan repayments made to them by family members over $10k

Noteworthy twist: special counsel David Weiss wants a judge to force Beau Biden’s widow Hallie Biden to testify at Hunter Biden’s upcoming tax evasion trial. (Hallie said she’d take the Fifth.) This pits DOJ against the mom of Joe Biden’s grandchildren (in addition to his son.)

Hunter Biden is trying AGAIN to delay his gun trial, according to new filings. It's set to begin in 2 weeks, but he's asking a federal appellate court to pause everything while he pursues some longshot appeals. (He's also been trying to move his tax trial from late June to Sep.)

News: Trump’s son Barron will no longer serve as a delegate at this summer’s Republican National Convention, per a senior Trump campaign adviser & a statement from Melania Trump’s office

The stmt from Melania Trump’s office said 'he regretfully declines due to prior commitments'

Come with me down the rabbit hole of the far-reaching fallout from Trump's 2020 election lies, and the ongoing efforts by his right-wing allies to undermine the results.

Election-denying 'Kraken' lawyer Stefanie Lambert was charged this week with state crimes tied to the

NEW: Trial judge rejects Hunter Biden's bid to dismiss his gun charges on Second Amendment grounds. (He claimed the case violated his 2A rights.) Comes hours after appeals court refused to step in and shut down the case for other reasons. Trial is June 3. cnn.com/2024/05/09/pol…

JUST IN: A federal appeals court just ruled against Hunter Biden, clearing the way for him to stand trial next month on three gun felonies. He wanted the appeals court to throw out the indictment, but the judges rejected his appeal on procedural grounds. Trial is set for June 3.

The notorious far-right website Gateway Pundit grossed approx. $3.1 million last year peddling clickbait and conspiracy theories, according to a new court filing in its bankruptcy proceedings. Reliable Sources Oliver Darcy

Michigan sheriff (and 2020 election denier) Dar Leaf continues doxxing Dominion Voting Systems employees. He just posted a 200-page PDF with names, emails and cell numbers of Dominion staff. Dominion says his recent doxxing campaign led to online harassment and violent threats.

“Trump originally approved of the hiring, one source told CNN, but sources said the former president was angered after his allies pointed to clips of Spies criticizing the false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.”

JUST IN: Fox News takes down Hunter Biden 'mock trial' miniseries, one day after lawsuit threat. A surprisingly swift move from Fox, which was defending the program a few hours ago. Fox says it was scrubbed 'out of an abundance of caution in the interim.' cnn.com/2024/04/30/pol…

MORE: Chesebro offered to fly out controversial right-wing figures to DC for Jan. 6, and to pay for their Trump Hotel rooms. He offered this to Sheriff David Clarke and the founder of the Gateway Pundit conspiracy site. (No indication they took his offer) cnn.com/2024/04/29/pol…

NEWS: Michigan AG got search warrants for Twitter and Google, netting hundreds of new files for their ongoing probe into the 2020 fake electors plot. They got Ken Chesebro's private DMs..... all after CNN revealed that he hid a secret Twitter from the AG cnn.com/2024/04/29/pol…

NEW: Far-right network OAN reached a settlement with Smartmatic, the voting tech company that was falsely accused of 'rigging' the 2020 election against Trump. Neither side disclosed terms of the deal to resolve the sprawling defamation lawsuit. cnn.com/2024/04/16/med…

Bill Barr came out swinging against Donald Trump & House GOP for tanking FISA in a phone interview with CNN:

“I think it’s a travesty and reckless”

On Trump urging GOP to vote against FISA: “I think that he’s a flawed leader and this shows one of the reasons he is flawed”