2020 US presidential elections

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

US President Donald Trump arrives on the South Lawn of the White House after a trip to Texas, Washington, Jan. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

December 12, 2021, 12:25 pm

US Capitol riot probe gets coup plan presentation from Trump chief of staff – report

PowerPoint handed to US House investigation reportedly suggests several options for then-president to pursue to derail Congress’s January 6 certification of Biden’s election win

By TOI staff and AFP

In this file photo taken on September 29, 2020, then-US President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden participate in the first presidential debate at the Health Education Campus of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. (WIN MCNAMEE / AFP)

December 1, 2021, 7:56 pm

Trump tested positive for COVID just before Biden debate — chief of staff’s book

While then-US president tested negative soon after positive test, got all-clear from doctor, he wound up getting so sick days later that he had to be hospitalized, memoir recalls

By AFP

In this January 6, 2021, photo, violent insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump scale the west wall of the the US Capitol in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

November 22, 2021, 6:21 pm

US joins annual list of ‘backsliding’ democracies after 2020 election fraud claims

Trump’s accusations of fraud without evidence are being replicated by leaders in countries across the globe, including Israel, Myanmar and Peru, says think tank

By Marc Preel

In this October 8, 2019 file photo, a woman types on a keyboard in New York. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

October 16, 2021, 10:49 am

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has key role in state-backed hack surge, Google warns

Tech giant says Tehran group targeted campaign staffers in US 2020 election; used phishing attacks as well as trying to upload a malware app to Play Store

By TOI staff

In this December 5, 2020 file photo, US President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally for Senate Republican candidates, in Valdosta, Georgia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

October 7, 2021, 10:21 pm

US Senate report details Trump’s all-out bid to undo election results

Former president’s extraordinary steps brought the Justice Department to the brink of chaos as he ‘grossly abused the power of the presidency,’ according to findings

By MARY CLARE JALONICK, Eric Tucker and Colleen Long