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11 articles tagged “History”.
The Fake Electors Scheme
On December 14, 2020, the duly appointed presidential electors met in states across the country. Joe Biden had won the certified results in seven contested states, but groups of Trump supporters also assembled and signed documents purporting to cast electoral votes for Donald Trump.
The Pressure Campaign Against Mike Pence
As Congress prepared to count electoral votes on January 6, 2021, President Donald Trump and allies insisted that Vice President Mike Pence could intervene to change the result. Pence’s constitutional role was to preside over the joint session, not independently choose the winner of the election.
The 187 Minutes During the Capitol Attack
The House January 6 committee used the phrase “187 minutes” to describe the period between the end of Donald Trump’s speech near the White House and his later video message telling supporters at the Capitol to go home. The phrase became central to the committee’s examination of presidential conduct during the attack.
The Georgia Phone Call
On January 2, 2021, President Donald Trump spoke by telephone with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and other officials about the state’s presidential election result. Georgia had certified Joe Biden’s narrow victory following recounts and reviews.
What the January 6 Committee Found
The House select committee investigating the January 6 attack gathered testimony, documents, recordings, and video over an extended inquiry. Its final report, released in December 2022, presented the attack as the culmination of a larger effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
The Epstein Non-Prosecution Agreement
Federal prosecutors in South Florida negotiated a non-prosecution agreement with Jeffrey Epstein in 2007, after investigators had examined allegations involving the sexual abuse of underage girls. The arrangement became one of the most heavily criticized decisions in the case.
Alexander Acosta and the Epstein Case
Alexander Acosta served as the United States attorney for the Southern District of Florida when federal prosecutors reached a controversial non-prosecution agreement with Jeffrey Epstein. That agreement resolved a federal investigation while Epstein later pleaded guilty to state offenses in 2008.
Trump and Epstein: The Documented Relationship
Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein moved in overlapping social circles in New York and Palm Beach during the 1990s and early 2000s. Photographs and contemporary reporting document that they knew one another. Trump publicly commented favorably about Epstein in a 2002 magazine profile, years before Epstein’s 2019 federal indictment.
The Survivors Who Challenged Epstein
The public record of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse is not only a story about powerful acquaintances and prosecutors. It is also the record of girls and young women who reported exploitation, endured years of litigation, and pressed institutions to respond.
The Fight to Release the Epstein Records
The phrase “Epstein files” is often used as though it refers to one definitive list. In reality, records associated with Jeffrey Epstein come from different sources: criminal case filings, civil litigation, investigative material, contact books, flight logs, and government disclosures. They differ greatly in reliability and meaning.