2020 US presidential elections

From left, Audrey Trujillo, candidate for New Mexico Secretary of State, Kristina Karamo, candidate for Michigan Secretary of State, Mark Finchem, candidate for Arizona Secretary of State and Jim Marchant, candidate for Nevada Secretary of State, attend a US conference on conspiracy theories about voting machines and discredited claims about the 2020 presidential election at a hotel in West Palm Beach, Florida, September 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Jim Rassol)

September 11, 2022, 4:38 am

‘They’re in on it’: GOP hopefuls loyal to Trump see enemies within own party

Four candidates in US state elections voice conspiracy theories about 2020 vote, claiming they’re up against a corrupt system backed by mysterious figures in Republican Party

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY

Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks during a news conference on June 7, 2022, in New York. (AP/Mary Altaffer)

August 16, 2022, 3:12 am

Giuliani faces possible criminal probe into illegal attempts to overturn 2020 vote

Former Trump lawyer and outspoken supporter, who spread false claims of election fraud, to testify this week before a special grand jury

By Kate Brumback and Jill Colvin

Local law enforcement officers are seen in front of the home of former president Donald Trump at Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, August 9, 2022. (Giorgio Viera/AFP)

August 10, 2022, 7:00 pm

Trump alleges FBI may be ‘planting’ evidence during Mar-a-Lago raid

‘Everyone was asked to leave the premises,’ former US president says; FBI declines to provide extra information

By AFP

Former President Donald Trump talks about lifting weights as he speaks at an America First Policy Institute agenda summit at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, Tuesday, July 26, 2022. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

July 27, 2022, 3:19 am

America’s ‘on its knees’: Touting election lies, Trump hints at 2024 White House run

Ex-president, who cheered violent mob in Jan. 6 attack on Capitol, says US a ‘failing nation’ and a ‘cesspool of crime’ under Biden

By Agencies and TOI staff

A video of former US president Donald Trump speaking is displayed as the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, June 13, 2022. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)

July 4, 2022, 5:20 am

‘Stay tuned’ for new evidence against Trump in July hearings, says committee member

Investigation ongoing into attack on US Capitol on January 6, 2021, ex-president’s efforts to overturn 2020 election

By Hope Yen

In this photo provided by the White House, US President Donald Trump is joined by from left, national security adviser Robert O'Brien, Vice President Mike Pence, Defense Secretary mark Esper, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley and Brig. Gen. Marcus Evans, Deputy Director for Special Operations on the Joint Staff, October 26, 2019, in the Situation Room of the White House in Washington, as they monitor developments in the US Special Operations forces raid that took out Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. (Shealah Craighead/The White House via AP)

May 8, 2022, 8:58 am

Trump sought pre-election strike on senior Iranian commander, says ex-Pentagon chief

In new book, Mark Esper claims then-national security adviser O’Brien wanted to ‘create news’ ahead of 2020 vote to boost former US president’s chance of winning

By TOI staff

Then-US president Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the electoral college certification of Joe Biden as president in Washington, on January 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

March 28, 2022, 9:15 pm

Judge sees likely Trump crimes, okays release of emails to Jan. 6 panel

Ruling marks major win for committee, as it looks into correspondence from John Eastman, who advised president in his attempt to stop certification of 2020 election

By Farnoush Amiri

Blue and White MK Alon Tal at the Knesset on June 30, 2021. (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset)

March 28, 2022, 2:26 pm

In rare rebuke, MK pans AIPAC endorsement of Republicans who disputed 2020 election

Breaking from Israelis’ usual unequivocal support for lobbying group, centrist Alon Tal calls its choices ‘outrageous,’ says criticism is necessary for healthy Israel-Diaspora ties

By Judah Ari Gross

Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Florida chapter of the Federalist Society's annual meeting at Disney's Yacht Club resort in Walt Disney World on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. Pence, on Friday, directly rebutted Donald Trump's false claims that Pence somehow could have overturned the results of the 2020 election, saying that the former president was simply “wrong.” (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

February 4, 2022, 11:39 pm

Pence comes out against Trump: He’s ‘wrong’ to say election could be overturned

Former vice president defends himself against ongoing attempts by former boss to advance false narrative that he could have done something to prevent Biden from taking office

By Jill Colvin

Former US president Donald Trump prepares to take the stage during a rally in Perry, Georgia, on September 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)

January 22, 2022, 8:11 am

Unsigned Trump order told Pentagon to seize voting machines after election — report

December 2020 order reprises debunked conspiracy theories, sought to appoint special counsel to bring charges on any fraud allegations that arose from the seizures

By AFP

In this Nov. 19, 2020, file photo, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who was a lawyer for President Donald Trump, speaks during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

January 19, 2022, 6:15 am

Rudy Giuliani among Trump allies subpoenaed by January 6 panel

Committee goes after Trump lawyers, advisers for advancing unsupported theories about election fraud and pushing efforts to overturn results

By Farnoush Amiri and Colleen Long

Former US president Donald Trump prepares to speak at a rally at the Canyon Moon Ranch festival grounds on January 15, 2022 in Florence, Arizona. The rally marks Trump's first of the midterm election year with races for both theUS Senate and governor in Arizona this year. (Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP)

January 17, 2022, 1:25 am

At Arizona rally, Trump stirs racial tensions, repeats claim of stolen election

Former US president falsely claims white people being denied vaccines, sent to back of line for therapeutics; indicates he won’t endorse candidates who accept 2020 results

By Agencies

US Capitol Police try to hold back rioters outside the east doors to the House side of the US Capitol, on January 6, 2021. (Andrew Harnik/AP)

January 6, 2022, 11:55 pm

Fuzzy memories and partisan divisions blur commemoration of January 6

The violent culmination of a bid to delegitimize the 2020 US election and block its certification has morphed into partisan accounts of what actually happened

By Jake Coyle

Vice President Mike Pence presides over a joint session of Congress as it convenes to count the Electoral College votes cast in November's election, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., stands at right.(Saul Loeb/Pool via AP, File)

January 6, 2022, 3:59 am

What if? How top Democrats grappled with chance that Pence would object to Biden win

Key lawmakers say path was unclear and that US remains vulnerable to attempts to undermine democracy, reliant on poorly written, vague laws governing transition of power

By MARY CLARE JALONICK

Members of the House of Representatives gather in the chamber to vote on creation of a select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, at the Capitol in Washington, on June 30, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

January 2, 2022, 7:41 am

After months of work, House panel probing Jan. 6 insurrection readies to go public

The nine lawmakers — seven Democrats and two Republicans — on the congressional committee are planning televised hearings and reports to bring their findings into the open

By MARY CLARE JALONICK