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2020 Election
![Former President Donald Trump Holds Rally In Florence, Arizona](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/01/GettyImages-1364881985-400x300.jpg)
Trump Considered Using Military To Seize Voting Machines, New Documents Show
The draft order was among the records that Trump fought to keep from the January 6 committee.
![Men belonging to the Oath Keepers wearing military tactical gear attend the "Stop the Steal" rally on January 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/01/2022_0119-oath-keepers-400x300.jpg)
Oath Keepers Stored 30 Days of Supplies for January 6, Bracing for “Civil War”
Federal prosecutors say that the group had guns, rifles and ammunition stored in a hotel to prepare for a long fight.
![Stewart Rhodes, founder of Oath Keepers, is pictured on February 28, 2021, in Fort Worth, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/01/2022_0113-stewart-rhodes-400x300.jpg)
Oath Keepers Founder Arrested on January 6 Sedition Charge
The far right leader is the first to be charged with seditious conspiracy in relation to January 6.
![Former President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at the Trump National Golf Club on July 7, 2021, in Bedminster, New Jersey.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/01/2022_0113-donald-trump-p-400x300.jpg)
Trump Is Still Casting Himself as the Victim to Keep Political Control
Trump is trying to rally his base by slandering anyone who investigates him and his family's business practices.
![President Joe Biden is seen before giving remarks in Statuary Hall of the U.S Capitol on January 6, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/01/2022_0106-joe-biden--400x300.jpg)
Biden Is Finally Confronting Trump’s Big Lie — But There’s Much Left to Do
Even if the 1/6 commission succeeds in its important work, that work is only a beginning.
![Trump supporters gather outside the U.S. Capitol building following a "Stop the Steal" rally on January 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/12/2021_1229-capitol-january-6-400x300.jpg)
At Least 13 Republicans Who Participated in Jan. 6 Attack Are Running for Office
Two of the candidates are facing federal charges in relation to the attempted coup.
![President Donald Trump speaks at the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, on February 23, 2018.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/12/2021_1228-donald-trump-c-400x300.jpg)
Donald Trump Has Spent the Last Two Weeks Offending His Closest Allies
Trump seems to be running out of friends at an accelerating rate; it is his own behavior that is creating the distance.
![Mark Meadows walks across a field](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/12/2021_1215-mark-meadows-400x300.jpg)
The Meadows Texts May Be the Watergate Tapes of the 1/6 Inquiry
Mark Meadows likely knows a hell of a lot more than he’s saying about what really went down on January 6.
![Attorney General Merrick B. Garland speaks at a press conference at the Department of Justice on December 06, 2021 in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/12/2021_12-06-merrick-garland-press-release-400x300.jpg)
Justice Department Sues Texas Over Racist Congressional Maps
The agency says that the new Republican-drawn maps dilute Latinx people’s voting power in the state.
![Longtime informal adviser to President Trump Roger Stone, right, and Alex Jones of Infowars speak to cameras outside a hearing at the Rayburn House Office Building on December 11, 2018, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/11/2021-1023-alex-jones-roger-stone-400x300.jpg)
Subpoenas for Roger Stone, Alex Jones Expose Bizarre Underbelly of Jan. 6 Attack
Say you’re a president staring defeat in the face. You refuse to accept it. Who do you call? Those guys!