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Trump attorneys pursuing voting fraud claims snatch defeat from jaws of victory

'elite strike force team' Sidney Powell and Rudolph W. Giuliani said, among other things, that part of the Nov. 3 presidential ballots were counted overseas using Dominion Voting Systems. They claimed to have found a communist money trail that flowed from Europe to Venezuela. (Associated Press photographs)

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Three lawyers in the national spotlight for their defense of President Trump scored major public victories before the Nov. 3 election, fueling conservatives’ hopes that they could overturn the loss to Joseph R. Biden.

Photos and video of the Capitol assault showed rioters with clothing, emblems and flags identifying themselves as members of the conspiracy group QAnon, the loosely allied alt-right America First group, and militias such as Three Percenters, the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers. (Associated Press/File)

When extremist groups converge: Attackers at Capitol carried diverse agendas

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Trump, while taking golf escapes from a city he felt was a prison, would get heckled by D.C. residents. (Associated Press/File)

No love lost as Trump prepares to leave capital city

By Stephen Dinan and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

While covering First Amendment protests on.campuses, The College Fix and its staffers pursue a goal to strengthen and preserve a sense of balance and objectivity that once stood as a golden rule for journalism. (Associated Press/File)

College Fix editor puts student journalists on front line of fight for free speech

By James Varney - The Washington Times

James B. Comey, then-FBI Director, is shown in this July 2016 file photo testifying before Congress. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

FBI, Justice Department knew there was no Russia collusion by spring of 2017

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American Thinker, conservative blog, apologizes for ‘completely false’ Dominion Voting articles

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President Trump, while taking golf escapes from a city he felt was a prison, would get heckled by D.C. residents. (Associated Press/File)

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Rand Paul warns Senate Republicans will ‘destroy the party’ if they vote to convict Trump

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House Republican Conference chair Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., flanked by Rep. Doug Collins, R-Georgia, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, left, and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, D-Calif., criticizes House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and the Democrats for launching a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Liz Cheney suffers impeachment vote blowback at home: ‘Couldn’t win a primary today for dog catcher’

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A poll found that only 2% of Americans said investigating President Trump should be a top priority for the incoming Biden administration. (Associated Press)

Rep. Adam Schiff, House intel panel chairman: Trump should not get briefings

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