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News Articles: 2020 Election

a black truck with FBI atlanta on it, two white trucks and a big pole with a wire

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Fulton election leaders await ruling on federal case demanding return of seized ballots

Fulton election leaders had their day in federal court Friday for a case against the U.S. government. They’re seeking the return of hundreds of boxes of ballots from the 2020 election seized in an FBI raid January 28.

March 30, 2026
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  • Amanda Andrews
Georgia General Election 2020 ballots are loaded by the FBI onto trucks at the Fulton County Election HUB, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, in Union City, Ga., near Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

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Judge orders Fulton County and U.S. government to mediation over seized 2020 election records

Fulton County and the Trump administration are being ordered into mediation over the U.S. Justice Department's seizure of hundreds of boxes of ballots from the 20-20 election.

February 26, 2026
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By:
  • Orlando Montoya
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is shown seated and looking forward.

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  • Politics

Trump seeks $6.2 million in legal fees from Fani Willis' office over election interference case

President Donald Trump is seeking over $6.2 million in attorney fees from the Fulton County District Attorney's office. This stems from an election interference case against him that was dismissed.

January 08, 2026
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  • Associated Press
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What are the implications of the newly released Trump-Ralston phone call on the 2020 election?

The New York Times released a recording of a 2020 phone call between President Donald Trump and then-speaker of the Georgia House David Ralston.  

December 18, 2025
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  • Sarah Kallis
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Georgia will continue to use election equipment under Liberty Votes ownership, spokesperson says

Dominion Voting Systems, the company contracted to supply Georgia’s elections equipment, has been sold to a former Republican elections director.

October 16, 2025
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  • Chase McGee
Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, speaks during a news conference on Aug. 26 in Washington, D.C.

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  • Media

Fox bosses privately called U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro 'reckless maniac' and more

Her colleagues made those remarks after the 2020 presidential election, when Pirro used her platform to amplify baseless claims of election fraud. She is now the U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C.

September 04, 2025
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  • David Folkenflik
Newsmax will pay $67 million to Dominion Voting Systems to settle a lawsuit over the network's coverage of the 2020 presidential election. In this photo from April 3, 2025, Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani join others at the opening of trading at the New York Stock Exchange.

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Newsmax pays $67 million to settle defamation case linked to 2020 election coverage

The right-wing news channel Newsmax has agreed to pay $67 million to Dominion Voting Systems over its coverage of the 2020 presidential election. A trial had been scheduled for October.

August 18, 2025
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By:
  • Maddy Lauria
Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy, center, and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, center left, celebrate the conservative network's initial public offering on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on April 3.

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  • Media

Judge finds Newsmax aired false and defamatory claims about voting-tech company

A Delaware judge finds the right-wing network aired false and defamatory statements about Dominion Voting Systems' role in the 2020 presidential election. A jury trial is slated for late April.

April 09, 2025
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  • Maddy Lauria
Newsmax Media CEO Christopher Ruddy, shown here in 2018, was the focus of a court hearing in a lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems against the network. Dominion is suing Newsmax for defamation over false claims of election fraud broadcast on the network following the 2020 presidential election.

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  • Media

Court hearing centers on Newsmax CEO's role in spreading election-fraud claims

Newsmax is being sued for defamation by Dominion Voting Systems — the same company that sued Fox News over false 2020 election-fraud claims and walked away with a nearly $800 million settlement.

March 22, 2025
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  • Maddy Lauria
Rudy Giuliani leaves Manhattan federal court in New York, on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025.

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  • Law

Rudy Giuliani is held in contempt of court in $148 million defamation case

Rudy Giuliani was found in contempt of court for failing to properly respond to requests for information as he turned over assets to satisfy a defamation ruling granted to two Georgia poll workers.

January 06, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Attorneys for former President Donald Trump Todd Blanche (C) and Emil Bove (L) arrive at the court house in 2023 in Washington, D.C.

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  • Law

Justice Department wants more time on Trump election interference case

The Justice Department is asking for more time to share next steps in the federal election interference case against former President Donald Trump.

August 08, 2024
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  • Carrie Johnson
Lamont Hart, a voter protection volunteer for the New Georgia Project, waits to speak with voters outside the Cobb County Senior Wellness Center in Marietta, Ga. He was one of many election monitors during May’s primary. Matt Vasilogambros/Stateline

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  • Politics

Election monitors nervously practice for the ‘big dance in November’

Just after 3 p.m. on the third Tuesday of May, Lamont Hart began his shift outside a suburban Atlanta precinct as a scorching Georgia sun reflected heat off the white-bricked Worship with Wonders Church. Tall, thin, wearing a backward flat cap and holding a notebook, Hart introduced himself to exiting voters and asked whether they’d had any issues casting their ballots.

June 03, 2024
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  • Matt Vasilogambros
Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Freeland, Mich., on Wednesday. A pair of rallies in the pivotal states of Wisconsin and Michigan are his first campaign trail appearances since his trial in New York over alleged campaign finance violations started.

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  • Politics

Away from his New York trial, Donald Trump's campaign rallies are business as usual

In Wisconsin and Michigan, Donald Trump largely avoided the hush money trial that has mostly sidelined his campaign efforts as he tried to woo voters with a familiar speech in two major swing states.

May 02, 2024
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Dominion voting tabulator machines are shown in use for the Michigan primary election in Grosse Pointe Farms on Feb. 27.

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  • Elections

Pro-Trump attorney arrested after hearing over leaking Dominion documents

Stefanie Lambert was arrested after a hearing over possible sanctions against her for disseminating confidential emails from Dominion Voting Systems.

March 19, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks after meeting with members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters at their headquarters in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024.

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  • News

With a single word — 'lover' — Trump employs familiar playbook in tweaking his investigators

During years of scrutiny from prosecutors, Donald Trump has repeatedly sought to deflect attention from himself by making the personal lives of investigators ripe for derision and ridicule. The latest example came in Georgia, where he has mocked Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis amid revelations that she had a personal relationship with an outside lawyer hired to help lead the case against Trump and 18 others with plotting to subvert Georgia's 2020 election.

February 05, 2024
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