Opinion | Trump should be criminally investigated
This riot, of course, did not happen by accident. For weeks, Trump and his allies whipped up his supporters by spreading false claims of election fraud.
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Carl Bernstein Says Latest Trump Tapes Are ‘Far Worse’ Than Watergate
“This is the ultimate smoking gun tape,” Bernstein said. “It is the tape with the evidence of what this president is willing to do to undermine the electoral system and illegally, improperly and immorally try to instigate a coup.”
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WAPO: Republican officials have followed Trump along his dangerous and destructive path
Many Republicans have been silent as Trump has pursued his baseless claims. When a team of Washington Post reporters contacted all Republicans in Congress, just 27 said Biden had won. Two others actually said Trump was the winner, while 219 either gave no answer or were not definitive.
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Trump attacks the Supreme Court for rejecting Texas’ election lawsuit
“It is a legal disgrace, an embarrassment to the USA!!!” Trump tweeted in the early hours of Saturday morning, citing a lie from Texas lieutenant governor Dan Patrick claiming that no court has judged any legal challenge to the election “on its merit.” In reality, courts have found these challenges to be meritless.
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