Peter Eisler

5 hours ago ... Within hours of the assassination attempt on former U.S. President Donald Trump, many of his supporters began laying blame on Democrats, ...

Some called for attacks on jurors, the execution of the judge or outright civil war and armed insurrection after Donald Trump became the first U.S. president to be convicted of a crime.

When Donald Trump attacks the integrity of judges hearing cases against him, his followers often respond with posts urging that the jurists be beaten, tortured and killed.

The wave of intimidation follows the Trump’s attacks on judges as corrupt and biased – and some worry it threatens America’s long tradition of judicial independence.

In Vermont, lawmakers are considering bills to make it easier to prosecute people who threaten election officials. In Maine, proposed legislation would stiffen penalties for such intimidation. In Washington, state senators voted this month to make threatening election workers a felony.

After Donald Trump lost the White House, a core of current and former military figures challenged the vote’s legitimacy and pushed baseless conspiracy claims.

The story had a bombshell headline: “Thousands of fake votes” had been discovered in Madison, Wisconsin, two weeks after Democrat Joe Biden narrowly beat then-President Donald Trump in the state.

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.

The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has subpoenaed a New York City property tax agency as part of a criminal investigation into Donald Trump’s company, the agency confirmed on Friday, suggesting prosecutors are examining the former president’s efforts to reduce his...

By the time anyone at the Milwaukee County Jail noticed Shade Swayzer had given birth alone in a filthy cell, her baby was dead.