#electoral-college

#electoral-college

Several observers questioned whether CNN would take Trump to task over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.A man is seen with a laptop depicting the CNN news network logo with Donald Trump appearing on a TV screen in the background.Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images CNN has drawn harsh criticism from media experts and observers for agreeing to host and broadcast a town hall-style event next week for former President Donald Trump.

"It was a danger on January 6th," said Raskin, who served on the House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, "There are so many curving by-ways and nooks and crannies in the Electoral College that there are opportunities for a lot of strategic mischief."The Electoral College was created by the Founding Fathers in the U.S. Constitution; the Electoral Count Act of 1887 has guided practical aspects of how it functions for well over a century.

In the final weeks of Congress's last session before Republicans take control of the House, Democratic lawmakers are planning to push a number of bills forward - including legislation that aims to prevent attempted usurpations of future presidential elections in wake of Donald Trump's attempt to overthrow the 2020 presidential election after he lost to President Joe Biden.

A 24-year-old Pennsylvania woman who barged into then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office during the January 6, 2021, US Capitol riot was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison after a federal judge ridiculed the idea she was a little girl.Riley Williams was convicted in November of several counts including resisting or impeding an officer, civil disorder, and disorderly conduct in the Capitol building and grounds.

Local "I think that the law should be followed and it is a very important example to set that even a president is not immune to being prosecuted if he has violated the law."It is important to set a precedent that no one, even a U.S. president, is immune to being prosecuted for breaking the law, Sen. Ed Markey said in an interview Wednesday on Boston Public Radio.

Local Suzanne Ianni, a member of "Super Happy Fun America," was sentenced to 15 days in prison.Suzanne Ianni, a former Natick Town Meeting member who was part of the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol, was sentenced to 15 days in prison on Friday, according to the Department of Justice.She was also sentenced to 30 months of probation, 60 hours of community service, and a $500 restitution payment.

In recent days, some top Republicans have called Rep. Hakeem Jeffries an election denier, starting a line of attack against the New York Democrat after he was chosen to lead his party as House Minority Leader next year.The newly elected incoming leader of House Democrats is a past election denier who basically said the 2016 election was quote illegitimate,' Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on the Senate floor on Thursday, and suggested that we had a quote fake president.'

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