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Voting-technology company Dominion seeks $1.3 billion in defamation suit against pro-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dominion Voting Systems filed a defamation lawsuit against lawyer Sidney Powell on Friday, seeking at least $1.3 billion for Powell’s “wild accusations” that the company rigged the presidential election for Joe Biden. “Dominion brings this action to set the record straight,” the company said in the suit filed in federal court in …
Wisconsin dentist accused of breaking patients’ teeth in insurance fraud scheme
A Wisconsin dentist is accused of damaging his patients’ teeth so that he could bill insurance companies for crown procedures. Scott Charmoli, 60, of Grafton, was charged Tuesday in federal court with eight counts of health care fraud and two counts of false statements. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in …
Trump Pursues Appointing Special Counsel to Probe Election, Hunter Biden
President Trump has expressed interest in pursuing the appointment of a special counsel to investigate allegations of fraud in the November elections and issues related to Hunter Biden, according to people familiar with the matter. In recent days, the president has directed advisers to look for people who could serve in such a position, one …
Trump, GOP raise over $200M on claims Biden won election by voter fraud
President Donald Trump told a crowd of supporters in October that if he really wanted to overcome Joe Biden’s fundraising supremacy, he could call the heads of any major company and they would come to his aid. “All I have to do is call up the head of every Wall Street firm, head of every …
Tracking prescriptions with technology: EirSystems CTO Kenston O’Neal helps forge new tools to fight fraud and abuse
Kenston O’Neal says he always has been a tech-oriented person. “Even growing up as a kid when I got my first computer, I took it apart to see if I could put it back together,” he says. “My mom said ‘You better put it back together and it better work,’ and I did and it …
Technology brings more election fraud
Galesburg Register-Mail Editor, Register-Mail: During the recent election cycle many people voted through various questionable methods. When I first voted, many years ago, the one and only way to cast a vote was to go to the actual voting location. The one and only reason for using that particular procedure was to stymie multiple votes and other serious ways …
Trump’s legal team cried vote fraud, but courts found none
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — As they frantically searched for ways to salvage President Donald Trump’s failed reelection bid, his campaign pursued a dizzying game of legal hopscotch across six states that centered on the biggest prize of all: Pennsylvania. The strategy may have played well in front of television cameras and on talk radio. But it …
Election Officials Directly Contradict Trump on Voting System Fraud
It was not the first time that government agencies have taken on Mr. Trump’s falsehoods. In July, the Food and Drug Administration warned against the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat the coronavirus after Mr. Trump had embraced its use. The president was angry, but the head of the agency has survived. Many of the charges …
Trump Pennsylvania election lawsuit alleges voter fraud in 2 counties
The Trump campaign’s new major lawsuit in Pennsylvania alleges that voter fraud potentially happened in only two counties. Both counties, Fayette and Luzerne, voted for President Donald Trump. The news articles cited in the lawsuit to bolster its claims reported that local officials were addressing the irregularities before Election Day. The lawsuit also doesn’t offer …
Barr Hands Prosecutors the Authority to Investigate Voter Fraud Claims
WASHINGTON — Attorney General William P. Barr, wading into President Trump’s unfounded accusations of widespread election irregularities, told federal prosecutors on Monday that they were allowed to investigate “specific allegations” of voter fraud before the results of the presidential race are certified. Mr. Barr’s authorization prompted the Justice Department official who oversees investigations of voter …
