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Half of that group ended up in then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office. The other half headed to the #Senate chamber, where they tried with other rioters to “storm past a line of police officers,” wrote Mehta….
A second contingent of #OathKeepers later entered the Capitol & clashed with police trying to clear the building, according to the trial evidence Mehta cited in his ruling.
#Trump #RevisionistHistory #law #BigLie #coup #Jan6 #ConspiracyTheories #SeditiousConspiracy #authoritarianism
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Half of that group ended up in then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office. The other half headed to the #Senate chamber, where they tried with other rioters to “storm past a line of police officers,” wrote Mehta….
A second contingent of #OathKeepers later entered the Capitol & clashed with police trying to clear the building, according to the trial evidence Mehta cited in his ruling.
#Trump #RevisionistHistory #law #BigLie #coup #Jan6 #ConspiracyTheories #SeditiousConspiracy #authoritarianism
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…In his ruling, Mehta recounted how the #OathKeepers stocked #firearms at a hotel outside DC & exchanged encrypted messages about using #violence to thwart the congressional proceedings. The Oath Keeper with the guns, Edward Vallejo, was not called into action, Mehta added.
When the rioters breached the Capitol, about 10 members of the Oath Keepers wearing military gear entered the building.#Trump #RevisionistHistory #law #ElectionInterference #BigLie #coup #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy
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…In his ruling, Mehta recounted how the #OathKeepers stocked #firearms at a hotel outside DC & exchanged encrypted messages about using #violence to thwart the congressional proceedings. The Oath Keeper with the guns, Edward Vallejo, was not called into action, Mehta added.
When the rioters breached the Capitol, about 10 members of the Oath Keepers wearing military gear entered the building.#Trump #RevisionistHistory #law #ElectionInterference #BigLie #coup #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy
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In a written ruling Tuesday, Mehta said he was dismissing the #OathKeepers’ charges reluctantly at the request of the #DOJ. He criticized prosecutors for claiming in a court filing that wiping out the most serious convictions from the #Jan6 riot was in the public interest.
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In a written ruling Tuesday, Mehta said he was dismissing the #OathKeepers’ charges reluctantly at the request of the #DOJ. He criticized prosecutors for claiming in a court filing that wiping out the most serious convictions from the #Jan6 riot was in the public interest.
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Mehta had sentenced Rhodes to 18 years in prison & imposed lesser prison terms on other top #OathKeepers who were #convicted at #jury trials. #Trump commuted those prison sentences on his first day in office last year, & he pardoned more than 1,500 rioters.
#whitewashing #RevisionistHistory #propaganda #law #ElectionInterference #BigLie #coup #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
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Mehta had sentenced Rhodes to 18 years in prison & imposed lesser prison terms on other top #OathKeepers who were #convicted at #jury trials. #Trump commuted those prison sentences on his first day in office last year, & he pardoned more than 1,500 rioters.
#whitewashing #RevisionistHistory #propaganda #law #ElectionInterference #BigLie #coup #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
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WTF???
Judge dismisses #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy charges against #OathKeepers
While taking the last step in the legal process to wipe out penalties from the #insurrection, the judge also criticized the #DOJ for undoing the most serious convictions.#Trump #whitewashing #RevisionistHistory #propaganda #law #ElectionInterference #BigLie #coup #ConspiracyTheories #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/08/04/judge-dismisses-jan-6-seditious-conspiracy-charges-against-oath-keepers/ -
WTF???
Judge dismisses #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy charges against #OathKeepers
While taking the last step in the legal process to wipe out penalties from the #insurrection, the judge also criticized the #DOJ for undoing the most serious convictions.#Trump #whitewashing #RevisionistHistory #propaganda #law #ElectionInterference #BigLie #coup #ConspiracyTheories #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/08/04/judge-dismisses-jan-6-seditious-conspiracy-charges-against-oath-keepers/ -
@TCatInReality That's old #BigLie that NATO is a "defence" organisation.
In reality NATO is and always has been the military arm of the USA"s obsessive anticommunism and Russophobia, now with an expanded role in global imperialism (e.g. Afghanistan).
No nation has a right to sign up to imperial aggression. But Russia had a right to respect for firm security guarantees.
Gorbachev was a fool not to get that signed as a treaty.
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@TCatInReality That's old #BigLie that NATO is a "defence" organisation.
In reality NATO is and always has been the military arm of the USA"s obsessive anticommunism and Russophobia, now with an expanded role in global imperialism (e.g. Afghanistan).
No nation has a right to sign up to imperial aggression. But Russia had a right to respect for firm security guarantees.
Gorbachev was a fool not to get that signed as a treaty.
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…Dividing the world into #SpheresOfInfluence & pursuing #neocolonial ventures for strategic resources are anachronistic gestures & steps backward.
Despite the #US’ long history of political & military interventions in #LatinAmerica & the #Caribbean, there have been moments when Washington proved capable of being a partner worthy of our development interests.#Brazil #geopolitics #Lula #law #sovereignty #trade #economy #Trump #tariffs #ElectionInterference #coup #Jan6 #BigLie #JairBolsonaro
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…Dividing the world into #SpheresOfInfluence & pursuing #neocolonial ventures for strategic resources are anachronistic gestures & steps backward.
Despite the #US’ long history of political & military interventions in #LatinAmerica & the #Caribbean, there have been moments when Washington proved capable of being a partner worthy of our development interests.#Brazil #geopolitics #Lula #law #sovereignty #trade #economy #Trump #tariffs #ElectionInterference #coup #Jan6 #BigLie #JairBolsonaro
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Besides being unfair, the new #tariffs are a strategic mistake: They will harm the #US #economy & the US partnership with #Brazil. Several US industrial sectors depend on Brazilian inputs. Food, footwear, textiles, furniture, auto parts & many other products will become more expensive for US #consumers.
#Lula #law #InternationalLaw #sovereignty #trade #Trump #ElectionInterference #coup #Jan6 #BigLie #JairBolsonaro
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Besides being unfair, the new #tariffs are a strategic mistake: They will harm the #US #economy & the US partnership with #Brazil. Several US industrial sectors depend on Brazilian inputs. Food, footwear, textiles, furniture, auto parts & many other products will become more expensive for US #consumers.
#Lula #law #InternationalLaw #sovereignty #trade #Trump #ElectionInterference #coup #Jan6 #BigLie #JairBolsonaro
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As a result, Global Trade Alert, an independent organization based in Switzerland, estimates that #Brazil & #Turkey are now the second most heavily tariffed countries by the #UnitedStates, behind only #China. This is despite the #US surplus with Brazil in bilateral trade in goods & services, which has totaled $428 billion over 15 consecutive years.
#Lula #law #InternationalLaw #sovereignty #trade #economy #Trump #tariffs #ElectionInterference #coup #Jan6 #BigLie #JairBolsonaro
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As a result, Global Trade Alert, an independent organization based in Switzerland, estimates that #Brazil & #Turkey are now the second most heavily tariffed countries by the #UnitedStates, behind only #China. This is despite the #US surplus with Brazil in bilateral trade in goods & services, which has totaled $428 billion over 15 consecutive years.
#Lula #law #InternationalLaw #sovereignty #trade #economy #Trump #tariffs #ElectionInterference #coup #Jan6 #BigLie #JairBolsonaro
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Negotiations between us, together with rulings by the #US #SupremeCourt, dismantled the initial version of the sweeping #tariff measures. Yet this month, disregarding dozens of meetings between our teams, solid technical arguments & documents I personally handed to #Trump, the US government imposed new #tariffs on #Brazil ranging from 12.5% to 37.5%.
#Lula #law #InternationalLaw #sovereignty #trade #economy #ElectionInterference #coup #Jan6 #BigLie #JairBolsonaro
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Negotiations between us, together with rulings by the #US #SupremeCourt, dismantled the initial version of the sweeping #tariff measures. Yet this month, disregarding dozens of meetings between our teams, solid technical arguments & documents I personally handed to #Trump, the US government imposed new #tariffs on #Brazil ranging from 12.5% to 37.5%.
#Lula #law #InternationalLaw #sovereignty #trade #economy #ElectionInterference #coup #Jan6 #BigLie #JairBolsonaro
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In my conversations with President #Trump since then, I have stressed that we do not need to share the same worldview to pursue a mutually beneficial relationship between our countries. After all, we lead the two largest #democracies & economies in the #Americas.
#Lula #Brazil #law #InternationalLaw #sovereignty #trade #economy #ElectionInterference #coup #Jan6 #BigLie #JairBolsonaro
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In my conversations with President #Trump since then, I have stressed that we do not need to share the same worldview to pursue a mutually beneficial relationship between our countries. After all, we lead the two largest #democracies & economies in the #Americas.
#Lula #Brazil #law #InternationalLaw #sovereignty #trade #economy #ElectionInterference #coup #Jan6 #BigLie #JairBolsonaro
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A year ago, I was taken aback by the publication, on a digital platform, of a letter from President Donald #Trump imposing a 50% #tariff on Brazilian goods. Its very first paragraph referred to former president #JairBolsonaro — who was #convicted last year for attempting a #coup d’état in #Brazil & is now under house arrest — making the political motivation behind the measure explicit.
#Lula #Brazil #law #InternationalLaw #trade #economy #sovereignty #ElectionInterference #coup #Jan6 #BigLie
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A year ago, I was taken aback by the publication, on a digital platform, of a letter from President Donald #Trump imposing a 50% #tariff on Brazilian goods. Its very first paragraph referred to former president #JairBolsonaro — who was #convicted last year for attempting a #coup d’état in #Brazil & is now under house arrest — making the political motivation behind the measure explicit.
#Lula #Brazil #law #InternationalLaw #trade #economy #sovereignty #ElectionInterference #coup #Jan6 #BigLie
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#Lula to #Trump∶ ‘No one will defeat us through #lies’
Opinion by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is the president of #Brazil.
#US #geopolitics #law #InternationalLaw #sovereignty #trade #economy #tariffs #ElectionInterference #coup #Jan6 #BigLie #JairBolsonaro
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#Lula to #Trump∶ ‘No one will defeat us through #lies’
Opinion by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is the president of #Brazil.
#US #geopolitics #law #InternationalLaw #sovereignty #trade #economy #tariffs #ElectionInterference #coup #Jan6 #BigLie #JairBolsonaro
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Every “observation mission to #Brazil since 2018, when they started, including the 2022 presidential #election, has found the country’s electoral system to be secure, reliable & fully capable of producing legitimate election results,” said Benoni Belli, the Brazilian ambassador to the Organization of American States.
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Every “observation mission to #Brazil since 2018, when they started, including the 2022 presidential #election, has found the country’s electoral system to be secure, reliable & fully capable of producing legitimate election results,” said Benoni Belli, the Brazilian ambassador to the Organization of American States.
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#FlávioBolsonaro, who is trailing in the polls, appeared to echo his father’s false allegations this week in a meeting with diplomats. He said #Brazil’s voting machines were made by the Venezuelan company #Smartmatic & vulnerable to fraud — claims rebutted by the Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court.
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#FlávioBolsonaro, who is trailing in the polls, appeared to echo his father’s false allegations this week in a meeting with diplomats. He said #Brazil’s voting machines were made by the Venezuelan company #Smartmatic & vulnerable to fraud — claims rebutted by the Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court.
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The snr ofcl said he saw #US #intelligence assessments at the time that found “there is no credibility to these accusations against the credibility of #Brazil’s electoral system.”
…Following the #election, #JairBolsonaro tried to overturn the results showing he had lost to #Lula & initiate a #military #coup, but most of the country’s generals balked at the plan. Last year, he was convicted of attempting to overthrow the Brazilian state & sentenced to 27 years in prison….
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The snr ofcl said he saw #US #intelligence assessments at the time that found “there is no credibility to these accusations against the credibility of #Brazil’s electoral system.”
…Following the #election, #JairBolsonaro tried to overturn the results showing he had lost to #Lula & initiate a #military #coup, but most of the country’s generals balked at the plan. Last year, he was convicted of attempting to overthrow the Brazilian state & sentenced to 27 years in prison….
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#JairBolsonaro, a former #military officer, simultaneously worked to #politicize the Brazilian military & warned of a democratic “rupture” if his power was threatened.
Two days after Bolsonaro proclaimed that “the army is on our side,” then-Defense Secretary #LloydAustin spoke out in support of #democracy in #Brasília & about the need for #civilian control of the military.
#law #InternationalLaw #sovereignty #US #Brazil #Trump #BigLie
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#JairBolsonaro, a former #military officer, simultaneously worked to #politicize the Brazilian military & warned of a democratic “rupture” if his power was threatened.
Two days after Bolsonaro proclaimed that “the army is on our side,” then-Defense Secretary #LloydAustin spoke out in support of #democracy in #Brasília & about the need for #civilian control of the military.
#law #InternationalLaw #sovereignty #US #Brazil #Trump #BigLie
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The senior ofcl drew a distinction between this diplomatic mission & efforts by the #US govt in 2022 [under #Biden] to fortify Brazilian #democracy & avert a #military takeover. In the lead-up to that #election, #JairBolsonaro [aping #Trump] repeatedly sought to sow doubt over Brazil’s electoral system, which he [falsely] alleged was rife with fraud.
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The senior ofcl drew a distinction between this diplomatic mission & efforts by the #US govt in 2022 [under #Biden] to fortify Brazilian #democracy & avert a #military takeover. In the lead-up to that #election, #JairBolsonaro [aping #Trump] repeatedly sought to sow doubt over Brazil’s electoral system, which he [falsely] alleged was rife with fraud.
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“We used to deploy power in dangerous situations for #democracy,” the senior #State Dept ofcl said. “Now we send political appointees to discredit another country’s electoral system.”
[damn 🔥]
#law #InternationalLaw #sovereignty #US #Brazil #Trump #BigLie
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“We used to deploy power in dangerous situations for #democracy,” the senior #State Dept ofcl said. “Now we send political appointees to discredit another country’s electoral system.”
[damn 🔥]
#law #InternationalLaw #sovereignty #US #Brazil #Trump #BigLie
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“For those of us who lost friends bringing #democracy to other countries, it’s incredibly noxious seeing this secretary [ #MarcoRubio ] using American power to undermine credible #elections in other countries for ideological purposes,” the senior #US #State Department official with knowledge of the endeavor said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak publicly [& feared retaliation].
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“For those of us who lost friends bringing #democracy to other countries, it’s incredibly noxious seeing this secretary [ #MarcoRubio ] using American power to undermine credible #elections in other countries for ideological purposes,” the senior #US #State Department official with knowledge of the endeavor said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak publicly [& feared retaliation].
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…The attempted mission by the #Trump officials marked an escalation in a lengthy feud between the #US & #Brazil over the limits of #FreedomOfExpression & the #criminal case against Trump ally former president #JairBolsonaro, who is under house arrest after being #convicted of attempting to lead an armed #coup & other charges [that was inspired by Trump’s #Jan6 coup attempt].
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…The attempted mission by the #Trump officials marked an escalation in a lengthy feud between the #US & #Brazil over the limits of #FreedomOfExpression & the #criminal case against Trump ally former president #JairBolsonaro, who is under house arrest after being #convicted of attempting to lead an armed #coup & other charges [that was inspired by Trump’s #Jan6 coup attempt].
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“It is a ploy that is completely incompatible with Brazilian democracy,” said one of the officials…. This official said the #Brazil government would move to “protect our voting system.”
The Brazilian officials said they suspected that the Americans’ goal was to meet with electoral skeptics & produce a report that could be used to delegitimize the nation’s electronic #voting system. -
“It is a ploy that is completely incompatible with Brazilian democracy,” said one of the officials…. This official said the #Brazil government would move to “protect our voting system.”
The Brazilian officials said they suspected that the Americans’ goal was to meet with electoral skeptics & produce a report that could be used to delegitimize the nation’s electronic #voting system. -
…It was unclear whom the #US “diplomats” had planned to meet or how they would impugn a system long seen as an electoral standard-bearer in #SouthAmerica, returning results within hours of Brazilians casting their ballots.
Two senior #Brazil officials told WaPo on Thursday that they had recently learned of what they described as the American “ploy” & had vowed to block the US officials from entering the country. -
…It was unclear whom the #US “diplomats” had planned to meet or how they would impugn a system long seen as an electoral standard-bearer in #SouthAmerica, returning results within hours of Brazilians casting their ballots.
Two senior #Brazil officials told WaPo on Thursday that they had recently learned of what they described as the American “ploy” & had vowed to block the US officials from entering the country. -
A #US #State Dept delegation, including #Trump political appointees…, had planned to depart for #Brasília, the capital, in coming days, acc/to a snr State Dept ofcl & 3 Brazilian ofcls….
But Brazilian ofcls, apprised of the plans, denied the Americans permission to travel….The US ofcls applied for #visas through the Brazilian consulate in DC, saying they planned to hold “meetings with authorities involved in the electoral process,” #Brazi ofcls said.
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A #US #State Dept delegation, including #Trump political appointees…, had planned to depart for #Brasília, the capital, in coming days, acc/to a snr State Dept ofcl & 3 Brazilian ofcls….
But Brazilian ofcls, apprised of the plans, denied the Americans permission to travel….The US ofcls applied for #visas through the Brazilian consulate in DC, saying they planned to hold “meetings with authorities involved in the electoral process,” #Brazi ofcls said.
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Good on #Brazil. Give #Trump admin a taste of their own medicine.
Brazil denies #visas to #US delegation aiming to impugn #election system.
The US delegation had planned to visit the Brazilian capital & cast doubt on the integrity of the #voting system before a presidential election this fall, officials said.#law #InternationalLaw #sovereignty #BigLie
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Good on #Brazil. Give #Trump admin a taste of their own medicine.
Brazil denies #visas to #US delegation aiming to impugn #election system.
The US delegation had planned to visit the Brazilian capital & cast doubt on the integrity of the #voting system before a presidential election this fall, officials said.#law #InternationalLaw #sovereignty #BigLie
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Railing against the FBI & intelligence agencies’ investigations into to Russian meddling in 2016 is one of Trump’s favorite themes. And in 2020, a majority of intelligence officials assessed that the Russian campaign to denigrate Joe Biden was the most robust.
But #Trump barely mentioned #Russia in his speech Thursday, using most of it to lament Chinese efforts to denigrate him.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #ElectionLaw #midterms #ElectionInterference #BigLie #VotingRights #elections #USpol
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Railing against the FBI & intelligence agencies’ investigations into to Russian meddling in 2016 is one of Trump’s favorite themes. And in 2020, a majority of intelligence officials assessed that the Russian campaign to denigrate Joe Biden was the most robust.
But #Trump barely mentioned #Russia in his speech Thursday, using most of it to lament Chinese efforts to denigrate him.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #ElectionLaw #midterms #ElectionInterference #BigLie #VotingRights #elections #USpol
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And, John Solomon, who is leading #Trump’s task force on declassifying documents on a range of issues, told reporters outside the White House that the intelligence community documents show NO EVIDENCE that votes in election machines were changed in the past three #elections.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #ElectionLaw #midterms #ElectionInterference #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #VotingRights #USpol #WhiteSupremacy #coup #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy
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And, John Solomon, who is leading #Trump’s task force on declassifying documents on a range of issues, told reporters outside the White House that the intelligence community documents show NO EVIDENCE that votes in election machines were changed in the past three #elections.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #ElectionLaw #midterms #ElectionInterference #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #VotingRights #USpol #WhiteSupremacy #coup #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy
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#Trump also referred to a report about #Venezuela showing it could successfully tamper with #VotingMachines.
But documents posted by the White House featured an analysis by the #CIA last month that assessed intelligence collected over nearly two decades about the Venezuelan government’s ability to rig elections through voting machine tech.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #ElectionLaw #midterms #ElectionInterference #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #VotingRights #elections
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#Trump also referred to a report about #Venezuela showing it could successfully tamper with #VotingMachines.
But documents posted by the White House featured an analysis by the #CIA last month that assessed intelligence collected over nearly two decades about the Venezuelan government’s ability to rig elections through voting machine tech.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #ElectionLaw #midterms #ElectionInterference #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #VotingRights #elections
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What’s more, former intelligence officials have said, #China gathered the data not to manipulate voting results, but instead to better craft influence campaigns to shape voters’ perceptions.
While the documents outline some nascent interest by Chinese officials in influence operations, they concede Beijing never endorsed any broad-based effort to undercut #Trump.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #ElectionLaw #midterms #ElectionInterference #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #VotingRights #elections
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What’s more, former intelligence officials have said, #China gathered the data not to manipulate voting results, but instead to better craft influence campaigns to shape voters’ perceptions.
While the documents outline some nascent interest by Chinese officials in influence operations, they concede Beijing never endorsed any broad-based effort to undercut #Trump.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #ElectionLaw #midterms #ElectionInterference #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #VotingRights #elections