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The FBI’s raid on Fulton County’s election center appears less about law enforcement than a strategic effort by the Trump administration to undermine trust in elections and interfere ahead of pivotal midterm contests. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/04/world/fbis-georgia-ballot-raid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #us #donaldtrump #republicans #joebiden #atlanta #fbi #2020uspresidentialelection #georgiastate

U.S. President Donald Trump has said he will likely sue the BBC for as much as $5 billion after the broadcaster admitted it wrongly edited a video of a speech he gave but insisted there was no legal basis for his claim. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/15/world/politics/trump-sue-bbc-edited-speech/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #donaldtrump #media #bbc #uk #fakenews #us #2020uspresidentialelection

A U.S. appeals court has declined to block the Justice Department from releasing a special counsel's investigative report on President-elect Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/10/world/court-trump-special-counsel/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #donaldtrump #2020uspresidentialelection

Congress has certified U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's election victory, a formality remarkable for its contrast to four years ago, when the Republican summoned a mob to Washington that ransacked the U.S. Capitol. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/07/world/politics/us-trump-four-years-capitol-riot/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #2024uspresidentialelection #democrats #kamalaharris #republicans #donaldtrump #jdvance #joebiden #capitolriot #washington #2020uspresidentialelection #congress

If Donald Trump wins the U.S. presidency, Richard Grenell hopes to be secretary of state. But his work raises questions, even from his former boss. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/26/world/politics/richard-grenell-donald-trump/ #worldnews #politics #richardgrenell #2020uspresidentialelection #donaldtrump

News of a popular “Stop the Steal” symbol on U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's front lawn have led jurists and politicians to express concerns about coming court decisions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/18/world/politics/alito-us-supreme-court-flag-impartiality/ #worldnews #politics #samuelalito #ussupremecourt #2020uspresidentialelection #donaldtrump #joebiden #ethics

The former president initially disavowed the attack on the Capitol, but he is now making it a centerpiece of his general election campaign. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/14/world/trump-jan-6/ #worldnews #donaldtrump #jan4 #whitehouse #uspolitics #election #2024uspresidentialelection #2020uspresidentialelection #republicans

Trump stated in a speech that former U.S. President Harry Truman would not have dropped atomic bombs on Japan during World War II if he had been concerned about facing criminal prosecution for it. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/01/22/japan/politics/trump-cites-atomic-bombs/?utm_content=buffer3f8a5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #politics #donaldtrump #atomicbombings #harrytruman #us #2020uspresidentialelection

A binder given to the Trump White House contained details that intelligence agencies believe could reveal secret sources and methods. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/16/world/politics/donald-trump-russia-documents/?utm_content=bufferc80d6&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #worldnews #politics #2020uspresidentialelection #donaldtrump #democrats #impeachment #republicans #russia #joebiden

A U.S. jury has ordered Rudy Giuliani to pay more than $148 million in damages to two former Georgia election workers he defamed through false accusations that they helped rig the 2020 election against Donald Trump. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/16/world/crime-legal/giuliani-148-million-damages/?utm_content=buffer22c90&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #worldnews #crimelegal #us #rudygiuliani #donaldtrump #2020uspresidentialelection

Donald Trump is not entitled to absolute presidential immunity against criminal charges over his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, a federal judge ruled, saying the office doesn’t come with a "lifelong ‘get-out-of-jail-free’ pass.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/02/world/politics/trump-immunity-denied-election/?utm_content=bufferfbf7f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #worldnews #politics #capitolriot #washington #donaldtrump #congress #2020uspresidentialelection #joebiden

The idea Trump's behavior should be protected as free speech is contradicted by legal precedent and the very structure of the democratic order itself. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2023/08/20/world/trumps-hollow-free-speech-defense/?utm_content=buffer6fc86&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #commentary #worldnews #donaldtrump #georgiastate #2020uspresidentialelection

The idea Trump's behavior should be protected as free speech is contradicted by legal precedent and the very structure of the democratic order itself. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2023/08/20/world/trump-indictment-defense/?utm_content=bufferbfec9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #commentary #worldnews #donaldtrump #georgia #2020uspresidentialelection #freespeech

Fulton County DA Fani Willis’s indictment of Donald Trump and his collaborators relies on an evidentiary trail that leaves little doubt about fraudulent conspiracy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2023/08/16/world/trump-georgia-indictment/?utm_content=buffer375c4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #commentary #worldnews #donaldtrump #2020uspresidentialelection #georgia #democrats #republicans

A prosecutor in Georgia is using the state’s version of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, better known as RICO, to go after former President Donald Trump alongside 18 of his allies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/world/2023/08/16/politics/in-trump-case-georgia-prosecutor-aims-to-tell-the-whole-story/?utm_content=buffereb606&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #worldnews #politics #us #2020uspresidentialelection #georgiastate #rudygiuliani #markmeadows

A prosecutor in Georgia is using the state’s version of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, better known as RICO, to go after former President Donald Trump alongside 18 of his allies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/world/2023/08/16/politics/racketeering-charges-whole-story/?utm_content=buffer926b1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #worldnews #politics #us #2020uspresidentialelection #georgiastate #rudygiuliani #markmeadows

U.S. prosecutors have asked a federal judge to begin the trial of former U.S. President Donald Trump on charges of trying to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden on Jan. 2, 2024. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/world/2023/08/11/politics/trump-trial-date-proposal-january/?utm_content=buffer67890&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #2020uspresidentialelection

Calls are growing for Donald Trump's criminal trials to be broadcast live, as the United States grapples with the prospect of seeing a former — and possibly future — president in the dock. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/06/world/crime-legal/trump-trial-tv-broadcast/?utm_content=buffer13df8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #worldnews #crimelegal #us #donaldtrump #capitolriot #2020uspresidentialelection

The outcome of the trial against former U.S. President Donald Trump will test the rule of law and U.S. democracy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2023/08/04/donald-trump-charges/?utm_content=buffer52fed&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #editorials #donaldtrump #us #2020uspresidentialelection #doj

[Commentary] Trump’s falsehoods about the federal case against him threaten to undermine public confidence in law enforcement — just as his lies about the 2020 election did for American democracy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2023/06/30/commentary/world-commentary/donald-trump-lies/?utm_content=buffera28e5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #opinion #commentary #republicans #joebiden #democrats #donaldtrump #2020uspresidentialelection

Prosecutors are nearing charging decisions after investigating whether former President Donald Trump and his allies illegally meddled in Georgia’s 2020 election. | via The New York Times https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/05/06/world/politics-diplomacy-world/georgia-trump-fake-electors-immunity/?utm_content=buffer14f58&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #news #politics #us #republicans #georgia #donaldtrump #2020uspresidentialelection