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Trump’s Election Lies Unleashed Racist Death Threats Against Poll Workers
In yesterday's hearings, two former Georgia election workers described the terrifying harassment they endured.
![President Donald Trump leaves after speaking at a Make America Great Again rally at Ocala International Airport in Ocala, Florida, on October 16, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/06/2022_0621-donald-trump-r-400x300.jpg)
Watergate Prosecutor Says Trump Has “Zero Defense” in Georgia Inquiry
The investigation in Georgia could “send Trump to prison,” former federal prosecutor Nick Akerman said.
![Former President Donald Trump gives the keynote address at the Faith & Freedom Coalition at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center on June 17, 2022, in Nashville, Tennessee.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/06/2022_0621-donald-trump-400x300.jpg)
Trump Claims His Mob That Attacked Capitol Was “Well Behaved”
The former president also refused to acknowledge any responsibility for the violence that happened on January 6, 2021.
![Video of Donald Trump being shown during the hearings on the January 6 Capitol attack](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/06/GettyImages-1241285861-400x300.jpg)
Trump Allies Paid Millions to Jan. 6 Rally Organizers Since 2020
Since 2020, Trump’s campaign has paid over $12.6 million to organizers of the rally that preceded the Capitol attack.
![Then-president Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office on September 17, 2020, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/06/2022_0617-donald-trump-o-400x300.jpg)
Trump Saying He Believed Lies About Voter Fraud Is No Defense, Legal Experts Say
Even if Trump actually believed the false claims, his worries do not justify his actions, two legal experts say.
![Associate Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife Virginia "Ginni" Thomas are pictured in a collage](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/06/2022_0616-clarence-ginni-thomas-400x300.jpg)
Does the Future of US Democracy Hang on Talks Between Clarence and Ginni Thomas?
The January 6 committee is right to investigate far-right activist Ginni Thomas’s role in Donald Trump’s attempted coup.
![Vice President Mike Pence presides over a joint session of Congress on January 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/06/2022_0616-mike-pence-400x300.jpg)
Photo Shows Pence and His Family Hiding From Trump Mob on January 6
The photograph was taken just after Pence and his family members were evacuated from the Senate.
![Otero County Commission Chairman and Cowboys for Trump co-founder Couy Griffin rides his horse on 5th avenue on May 1, 2020, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/06/2022_0615-couy-griffin-400x300.jpg)
New Mexico Is Suing Trumpist County Officials Over Refusal to Certify Primaries
The county officials are using former President Trump's false claims that Dominion voting machines are rigged.
![Gov. Ron Desantis lurks behind his wife as she speaks at a podium](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/06/2022_0615-ron-desantis-1-400x300.jpg)
A Bigotry-Laced 2024 GOP Primary Is Already Breathing Down Our Necks
Trump is reportedly considering the possibility of declaring a 2024 presidential bid in Florida to irk DeSantis.
![This photo illustration shows an image of former President Donald Trump reflected in a phone screen that is displaying the Truth Social app, in Washington, D.C., on February 21, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/06/2022_0614-trump-truth-400x300.jpg)
Trump’s Site Truth Social Has Been Banning Users Over Posts on Jan. 6 Hearings
The site's terms of service allow its managers to suspend users for “any reason or no reason” whatsoever.