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A Nevada judge dismissed charges against six Republicans who signed certificates falsely claiming Trump won Nevada in 2020, saying prosecutors failed to prove they acted with the intent to defraud election officials. Attorney General Aaron Ford plans to appeal, marking another setback for prosecutions of Trump allies involved in the false elector scheme as part of broader efforts surrounding the Jan. 6 certification.
President Donald Trump is planning a prime-time address to discuss findings from reexamined government files that suggest vulnerabilities in the country’s election infrastructure; the speech would reference discussions from a White House briefing on probes into the 2020 election, but airtime has not yet been requested and plans remain fluid.
Donald Trump walked out of NBC’s Meet the Press during a tense interview in Wisconsin after pushing unverified claims that the 2020 election was rigged, disputing questions about the California gubernatorial race, and accusing host Kristen Welker of bias. He dodged questions about funding for January 6 defendants, called NBC “crooked,” and ended the interview as he removed his microphone. NBC News did not respond to comment requests.
A federal judge, JP Boulee, refused Fulton County’s bid to compel the DOJ to return ballots and other 2020 election materials seized by the FBI, saying the county hadn’t met the high legal bar to intervene. While the court found some aspects of the affidavit used in the search to be problematic, it noted the FBI provided information that undermined some claims and that the DOJ has since supplied the records. The ruling emphasized the seizure did not interfere with the 2020 election or its certification, and county concerns about public records and future seizures were noted, with potential implications for the 2026 midterms.
Virginia lawmakers passed a bill barring schools from teaching that the Jan. 6 riot was peaceful or that there was widespread fraud in the 2020 election, the first Democratic-led state to try to shape how such events are taught in schools.