Woman convicted of storming Pelosi’s office in Jan. 6 attack
November 21, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — A Pennsylvania woman linked to the far-right “Groyper” extremist movement was convicted Monday of several federal charges after prosecutors said she was part of a group that stormed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office during the Jan.
‘Did not end well’: New Pence book details split with Trump
November 15, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence blames Donald Trump for endangering his family “and all those serving at the Capitol” on Jan.
Former Wyoming man gets 30 days for role in Capitol breach
October 14, 2022 GMTCASPER, Wyo. (AP) — A former Wyoming man who climbed through a broken window at the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and ordered to pay $1,500 in fines and restitution.
‘Fighting fit’: Trial to show Oath Keepers’ road to Jan. 6
September 24, 2022 GMTThe voting was over and almost all ballots were counted. News outlets on Nov. 7, 2020, had called the presidential race for Democrat Joe Biden. But the leader of the Oath Keepers extremist group was just beginning to fight.
QAnon follower who chased officer convicted in Jan. 6 trial
September 23, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — An Iowa man was convicted Friday of charges that he led a crowd of rioters in chasing a U.S. Capitol police officer up a staircase and accosting other officers guarding the Senate, one of the most harrowing scenes of the mob’s attack that day.
Michigan man gets 5 years in prison for role in Capitol riot
September 16, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — A Michigan man was sentenced on Friday to five years in federal prison for his role in the U.S. Capitol attack by a mob that disrupted Congress from certifying President Joe Biden's 2020 electoral victory.
GOP candidates in Georgia split over Trump’s election lies
September 12, 2022 GMTATLANTA (AP) — When asked about his decision to rebuff Donald Trump and certify Joe Biden's narrow victory in his state, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says he has no option but to defend his actions.
Proud Boys Hawaii leader, friend plead guilty in Jan. 6 riot
September 9, 2022 GMTThe founder of the Hawaii Proud Boys chapter and a Texas man who stormed the Capitol on Jan.
Feds ask probation for ex-police officer who stormed Capitol
August 9, 2022 GMTA former Virginia police officer who pleaded guilty to storming the U.S. Capitol with another off-duty officer deserves to avoid a prison sentence for his cooperation and trial testimony against the other officer, federal prosecutors argued in a court filing Tuesday.
EXPLAINER: What’s behind efforts to decertify 2020 election?
July 25, 2022 GMTMADISON, Wis. (AP) — A year and a half after Joe Biden's presidential inauguration, Donald Trump is still pushing for decertifying Biden's win, particularly in Wisconsin.
One of the loudest advocates in the battleground state, a Republican state lawmaker who is running for governor, wants the Legislature to rescind Biden's 10 Electoral College votes from Wisconsin.
Prosecutors seek 15-year sentence for armed Capitol rioter
July 16, 2022 GMTFederal prosecutors are seeking a 15-year prison sentence for a Texas man who was convicted of storming the U.S. Capitol with a holstered handgun, calling him a militia group member who took a central role in the pro-Trump mob's attack, according to a court filing Friday.
Idaho Republicans poised to reject 2020 election results
July 14, 2022 GMTBOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Republican Party will consider 31 resolutions at its three-day convention starting Thursday, including one already adopted by Texas Republicans that President Joe Biden isn’t the legitimate leader of the country.
Attorneys for Trump in New Mexico confront new scrutiny
July 2, 2022 GMTSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Renewed efforts are underway to investigate and possibly discipline two attorneys that helped the Donald Trump campaign challenge New Mexico's 2020 presidential election results in the weeks prior to the Jan.
Wisconsin Democrats focus ire on Republican Sen. Johnson
June 26, 2022 GMTMADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democrats looking to unseat Republican Sen. Ron Johnson focused their attacks on him Sunday, and not each other, as the eight candidates made their case to party activists at the state convention held six weeks before the primary.
Proud Boys riot trial delayed due to committee hearings
June 22, 2022 GMTA federal judge agreed on Wednesday to postpone a trial for the former leader of the Proud Boys and other members of the extremist group charged with attacking the U.S.
What we know about how Pence’s day unfolded on Jan. 6
June 16, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Pence won't be testifying at Thursday's Jan. 6 committee hearing. But he will be in the spotlight as the focus turns to former President Donald Trump’s desperate and futile attempts to persuade his vice president to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and deliver them a second term.
What we know about how Pence’s day unfolded on Jan. 6
June 16, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Pence won’t be testifying at Thursday’s Jan. 6 committee hearing. But he will be in the spotlight as focus turns to former President Donald Trump’s desperate and futile attempts to persuade his vice president to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and deliver them a second term.
Elections commission picks GOP attorney as new chair
June 10, 2022 GMTMADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Elections Commission on Friday selected a Republican attorney to be its new chairman, passing over another GOP member who tried to cast an Electoral College vote for Donald Trump even though Trump lost to President Joe Biden.
Proud Boys charged with seditious conspiracy in Capitol riot
June 7, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The former top leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group and other members were charged with seditious conspiracy for what federal prosecutors say was a coordinated attack on the U.S.
NC man pleads guilty to storming Capitol to disrupt Congress
May 28, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — A North Carolina man has pleaded guilty to charges that he stormed the U.S. Capitol last year to disrupt Congress from certifying the Electoral College vote, court filings show.
Matthew Mark Wood pleaded guilty on Friday to all six counts in his March 2021 indictment, including a felony charge of obstructing an official proceeding.
Ex-Proud Boys leader to stay jailed until Capitol riot trial
May 28, 2022 GMTThe former top leader of the Proud Boys will remain jailed while awaiting trial on charges that he conspired with other members of the far-right extremist group to attack the U.S.
Republican fake elector running to lead election commission
May 23, 2022 GMTMADISON, Wis. (AP) — One of the 10 Republicans who attempted to cast Electoral College ballot s for Donald Trump even though he lost Wisconsin said Monday he is running to become chairman of the state elections commission where he currently serves as a member.
Republicans reject recalling Biden votes, removing Vos
May 22, 2022 GMTMIDDLETON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans on Saturday rejected calls to rescind the state's Electoral College votes cast for President Joe Biden and to remove Robin Vos as speaker of the state Assembly.
How Pa. GOP gov pick could turn election lies into action
May 18, 2022 GMTHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Doug Mastriano is not the only candidate who won a Republican primary on Tuesday after embracing Donald Trump's lie that the 2020 election was stolen.
Call Trump or Pence? It’s decision time for Jan. 6 panel
May 9, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection has interviewed nearly 1,000 people.
Evidence mounts of GOP involvement in Trump election schemes
May 1, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Rioters who smashed their way into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, succeeded — at least temporarily — in delaying the certification of Joe Biden’s election to the White House.
Iowa GOP open to non-Trump prospects as 2024 gets underway
April 22, 2022 GMTDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former President Donald Trump's persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their activity in Iowa, the state that will formally launch the 2024 nomination process.
Proud Boys member pleads guilty to conspiracy in Jan. 6 riot
April 8, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — A North Carolina man on Friday became the second member of the extremist group Proud Boys to plead guilty to conspiring with other group members to stop Congress from formally certifying Joe Biden's 2020 election victory.
Attorney calls decertifying 2020 election ‘pointless’
March 24, 2022 GMTMADISON, Wis. (AP) — An attorney for the lead investigator hired by Wisconsin Republicans to look into the 2020 election told lawmakers on Thursday that the election is “done and over" and attempting to decertify President Joe Biden's win is “pointless.”
1st trial in Capitol riot ends in conviction on all counts
March 8, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — A Texas man was convicted on Tuesday of storming the U.S. Capitol with a holstered handgun, a milestone victory for federal prosecutors in the first trial among hundreds of cases arising from last year’s riot.
Takeaways as Jan. 6 panel eyes Trump ‘criminal conspiracy’
March 4, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol has previewed some of its findings in a federal court filing, and investigators for the first time said they have enough evidence to suggest then-President Donald Trump committed crimes.
Takeaways as Jan. 6 panel eyes Trump ‘criminal conspiracy’
March 3, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol has previewed some of its findings in a federal court filing, and investigators for the first time said they have enough evidence to suggest then-President Donald Trump committed crimes.
Jan. 6 panel sees evidence of Trump ‘criminal conspiracy’
March 3, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol said Wednesday for the first time that its evidence suggests crimes may have been committed by former President Donald Trump and his associates in the failed effort to overturn the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.
Montana man pleads guilty to his role in US Capitol breach
February 25, 2022 GMTHELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana man and former U.S. Marine has reached a plea agreement on a federal misdemeanor charge for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 breach of the U.S. Capitol as Congress was counting the Electoral College votes from the November 2020 presidential election.
Nebraska Democratic Party names new executive director
February 23, 2022 GMTLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A seasoned political operative from Omaha will become the next executive director of the Nebraska Democratic Party.
Party officials said Wednesday that Precious McKesson will replace the party's current executive director, Jim Rogers, in late March.
EXPLAINER: How fake electors tried to throw result to Trump
February 21, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — State attorneys general and the House committee investigating the Jan.
Kleefisch used to believe Biden won Wisconsin, now won’t say
February 17, 2022 GMTMADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch said five months ago that President Joe Biden won Wisconsin, but on Thursday she dodged the question while awaiting the results of pending GOP-led investigations into the 2020 election.
Jan. 6 panel subpoenas 6 more in fake GOP electors scheme
February 15, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection subpoenaed six more people Tuesday, including former Trump campaign members and state lawmakers, as it further expands its review into efforts to falsely declare Donald Trump the winner of the 2020 election in several swing states.
Senator seeking GOP governor nomination issued 1/6 subpoena
February 15, 2022 GMTHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania state senator who was in regular communication with Donald Trump as the then-president sought to reverse his 2020 election loss, and was outside the U.S. Capitol the afternoon of the Jan.
Pence: Trump is ‘wrong’ to say election could be overturned
February 5, 2022 GMTFormer Vice President Mike Pence has directly rebutted Donald Trump's false claims that he somehow could have overturned the results of the 2020 election, saying that the former president was simply “wrong.”
Pence: Trump is ‘wrong’ to say election could be overturned
February 5, 2022 GMTFormer Vice President Mike Pence on Friday directly rebutted Donald Trump’s false claims that he somehow could have overturned the results of the 2020 election, saying that the former president was simply “wrong.”
Arizona GOP chair files suit to block Jan. 6 panel subpoena
February 2, 2022 GMTPHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Republican Party Chair Kelli Ward and her husband have filed a lawsuit seeking to block a subpoena of their phone records by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S.
Trump attacks spur Congress to bolster electoral count law
February 2, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s relentless, false claims about the 2020 presidential election have sparked fresh urgency in Congress — and in both parties — for changing the Electoral Count Act to ensure no one can undo a future presidential election.
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas fake Trump electors in 7 states
January 28, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection subpoenaed more than a dozen individuals Friday who it says falsely tried to declare Donald Trump the winner of the 2020 election in seven swing states.
Democrats eye new strategy after failure of voting bill
January 21, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats were picking up the pieces Thursday following the collapse of their top-priority voting rights legislation, with some shifting their focus to a narrower bipartisan effort to repair laws Donald Trump exploited in his bid to overturn the 2020 election.
Wisconsin GOP lawmaker who questioned Biden win disciplined
January 20, 2022 GMTMADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's Republican Assembly leader on Thursday disciplined a lawmaker who falsely claimed that former President Donald Trump won the battleground state and that he wanted to award the state's electoral votes to Trump, even though that is not possible.
Big voting bill faces defeat as 2 Dems won’t stop filibuster
January 19, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Voting legislation that Democrats and civil rights leaders say is vital for protecting democracy appeared headed for defeat as the Senate churned into debate Tuesday, a devastating setback enabled by President Joe Biden’s own party as two holdout senators refuse to support rule changes to overcome a Republican filibuster.
Nessel expands on why feds should probe fake GOP electors
January 18, 2022 GMTLANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel expanded Tuesday on why she believes it's better for federal authorities to criminally investigate 16 Republicans who falsely claimed they were Michigan's presidential electors.
Michigan AG asks feds to investigate fake GOP electors
January 15, 2022 GMTLANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's attorney general is asking federal prosecutors to open a criminal investigation into 16 Republicans who submitted false certificates stating they were the state's presidential electors despite Joe Biden's 154,000-vote victory in 2020.
AP FACT CHECK: Trump sticks to election falsehoods on Jan. 6
January 6, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump and his allies on Thursday clung to false claims about the 2020 election and the Jan. 6 Capitol riot as the nation marked the one-year anniversary of the violent insurrection.
What if? Path was uncertain if Pence objected to Biden’s win
January 5, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — In the weeks leading up to Jan. 6, 2021, an elite group of House Democrats gathered to contemplate a question that their predecessors could have hardly imagined: What would they do if the vice president tried to overturn a free and fair election?
‘We have to be there’: AP photographer recalls Capitol siege
January 5, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Capitol was under siege. By Americans.
It was Jan. 6, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington, and Associated Press photographer J. Scott Applewhite was in the middle of it all — and was the eyes of the world in some respects.
GOP Missouri Rep. Hill resigning for Florida consulting job
January 4, 2022 GMTJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Suburban St. Louis-area Republican Rep. Justin Hill, known for skipping his own inauguration last year to oppose President Joe Biden's election, on Monday announced he’s resigning from the Missouri House.
‘Slow-motion insurrection’: How GOP seizes election power
December 30, 2021 GMTIn the weeks leading up to the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, a handful of Americans — well-known politicians, obscure local bureaucrats — stood up to block then-President Donald Trump’s unprecedented attempt to overturn a free and fair vote of the American people.
‘Slow-motion insurrection’: How GOP seizes election power
December 30, 2021 GMTIn the weeks leading up to the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, a handful of Americans — well-known politicians, obscure local bureaucrats — stood up to block then-President Donald Trump’s unprecedented attempt to overturn a free and fair vote of the American people.
Judge refuses to dismiss alleged Proud Boys leaders’ charges
December 29, 2021 GMTA federal judge refused to dismiss an indictment charging four alleged leaders of the far-right Proud Boys with conspiring to attack the U.S. Capitol to stop Congress from certifying President Joe Biden's electoral victory.
In milestone deal, Proud Boy pleads guilty in Capitol riot
December 22, 2021 GMTA New York man pleaded guilty Wednesday to storming the U.S. Capitol with fellow members of the far-right Proud Boys, a milestone in the Justice Department's prosecution of extremists who joined the Jan.
Republicans resist saying 3 simple words: ‘Joe Biden won’
December 18, 2021 GMTThey are just three little words, but they have become nearly impossible for many Republicans to say: “Joe Biden won."
Eleven months after the Democrat’s inauguration, Republican lawmakers and candidates across the country are squirming and stumbling rather than acknowledging the fact of Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election.
Republicans resist saying 3 simple words: ‘Joe Biden won’
December 17, 2021 GMTThey are just three little words, but they have become nearly impossible for many Republicans to say: “Joe Biden won."
Eleven months after the Democrat’s inauguration, Republican lawmakers and candidates across the country are squirming and stumbling rather than acknowledging the fact of Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election.
Far too little vote fraud to tip election to Trump, AP finds
December 14, 2021 GMTATLANTA (AP) — An Associated Press review of every potential case of voter fraud in the six battleground states disputed by former President Donald Trump has found fewer than 475 — a number that would have made no difference in the 2020 presidential election.