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On Monday, social media "influencer" and vocal Trump supporter Brandon Straka proclaimed victory in a January 6th-related civil case filed against him by several Capitol Police officers. Straka released this statement on X/Twitter:🚨VICTORY!!!🚨I have WON the J6 civil case against me by the corrupt, lying, leftist Soros-funded DC nonprofit lawfirm Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (@LawyersComm).Over 2 years ago I was served in a civil lawsuit by 8 black and brown Capitol Police officers whom I’ve never met, had no contact with on J6, and whom I was not even within proximity of. They sued me under the...

Political progressives who favor the expanded use of mail-in balloting have been telling the American people not to pay attention to that man on Twitter who sees a potential connection between their proposals and massive voter fraud. The Brennan Center for Justice, Priorities USA, and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law are three of the groups that, with an eye toward the November elections, are calling on government officials to make it easier to vote by mail. In a tweet Monday morning, President Donald Trump said mail-in ballots “will lead to a RIGGED ELECTION!” Barr: Mail-in Ballots ‘Absolutely...

...Call it the sour-grapes insurance policy: If John Kerry loses, Democrats can always use their lawyers to say the Republicans stole the election — again. [T]he Kerry team, has said the campaign intends to be able to "fight five statewide recounts and still have funds available to the campaign." The ...local Lawyers Committee for the Kerry Campaign has raised $2 million to support recount efforts [and] set up its own nationwide legal network, in lieu of the usual local Democratic Lawyers Associations.... The lawsuits may materialize even in the wake of a decisive Bush victory: Democrats have learned that hinting...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - European governments are failing to accurately report or effectively combat an alarming rise in anti-Jewish violence in their countries, according to a report by the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights. "European governments are inadequately reporting anti-Semitic violence, with some providing little public information on even the most serious hate crimes," said Michael Posner, executive director of the independent New York-based group. "Yet timely, accurate, and public information on crimes of racist violence are essential for effective action to suppress such violence," he said on Tuesday. The report, "Fire and Broken Glass: The Rise of Anti-Semitism in Europe,"...