Election Workers Terrorized By Republicans File Lawsuits

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Two Georgia election workers who were threatened and terrorized by Trump supporters and right-wing media over false accusation that they committed election fraud in the 2020 Presidential election files lawsuits.

 

Trump Was Told Election Workers He Terrorized Was Innocent

Rachel Maddow looks at how Donald Trump and his supporters terrorized Georgia election workers, Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, he falsely accused of rigging the state’s election against him even though former Acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue told him the accusations were bogus.

 

Two Georgia election workers sue far-right website over false fraud allegations

Two Georgia election workers targeted by former U.S. President Donald Trump in a vote-rigging conspiracy theory have sued a far-right website that trumpeted the false story, alleging it incited months of death threats and harassment against them.

 

Rudy Giuliani And OAN Sued By Georgia Election Workers

Two Georgia election workers are suing both the One America News network and Rudy Giuliani for defamation. The pair – a woman and her daughter – allege that the network and the former President’s lawyer defamed them when they claimed that the women produced “suitcases” of ballots during the recount – a claim that was completely divorced from reality and resulted in threats and other problems for the women.

 

‘Heinous, vile, disgusting’: the worst crime Trump is accused of in the new Georgia indictment

91 criminal counts in four separate cases. Dozens of co-conspirators. But if you remember one thing about Donald Trump’s alleged crimes, Mehdi says, remember what the sitting president and his criminal enterprise did to the lives of two innocent women of color in Georgia.

 

Trevian Kutti, Chicago publicist, now co-defendant in Trump’s Georgia indictment

 

Former Kanye publicist Trevian Kutti, named in Trump Georgia case; could mean justice for election workers

In one of the more bizarre episodes in the effort by Donald Trump and his supporters to overturn the outcome of the 2020 election in Georgia, a series of Trump supporters, including a former publicist for Kanye West, Trevian Kutti allegedly tried to convince election worker Ruby Freeman to lie about tampering with the vote count. Freeman and her daughter would suffer significant harassment as targets of Trump “stolen election” conspiracy theories. Alex Wagner outlines the story and the attention it receives in the new indictment of Trump and his associates in Georgia.

 

Details Of Intimidation Of Georgia Election Workers Puts New Scrutiny On Trump Campaign

Rachel Maddow looks at new Reuters reporting on Georgia election workers who were pressured by Donald Trump supporters to falsely confess to election fraud, as well as how the new details overlap with ongoing investigations of Donald Trump in Georgia and where law

 

Trump Supporters Harassment, Terrorized & Threatened Election Officials as a result of Trump’s BIG LIE.

 

Giuliani concedes he made false statements about 2020 election workers!

 

‘We’re coming for you’: Election director shares threatening voicemail

Threats to election officials are on the rise. Experts say Trump and his Republican allies have injected enough doubt into the election process to threaten its stability. CNN’s Drew Griffin reports.

 

Election Worker Received Threats After Being Falsely Accused By Trump Of Rigging Votes

Trump falsely accusing Georgia election worker Ruby Freeman of rigging votes has led to numerous threats against her, to the point that she has had to change her appearance. Joy Reid and her panel discuss the call for greater protections for election workers, and more prosecutions for the perpetrators of these threats.

 

Lawyers Organize To Protect Elections Officials Threatened With Violence

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson talks with Rachel Maddow about how Donald Trump’s Big Lie has led to some elections officials being targeted with threats, and the launch of the Election Official Legal Defense Network to offer free legal advice or assistance to election