The Associated Press Stylebook has proclaimed there was no election fraud in 2020

I just noted this update to the AP Style Manual — "2021 Impeachment Topical Guide."

[T]here was no widespread fraud in the election, as has been confirmed by a range of election officials across the country and by former Attorney General William Barr. Nearly all the legal challenges to the election put forth by Trump and his allies were dismissed — a fact Democrats mention in their brief for the trial.

In terms of fact-checkers, this lacks context. Yes, many courts dismissed the many motions of the Trump legal team filed. But what the AP fails to disclose is that these dismissals were on jurisdiction and timing issues. There was never a full hearing on the evidence by the courts and subject to cross-examination. There wasn't a real investigation by the FBI for A.G. Barr to review before giving his opinion. Even the Supreme Court ducked the case from Texas, requesting it hear its case on original jurisdiction that other states' actions disenfranchised the voters of the State of Texas.

I would argue that these other states' responses that the Court gave deference to were written by those likely complicit in the fraud. These states violated the U.S. Constitution by certifying their electors not by the state legislatures as mandated, but by governors and secretaries of state who may likely be culpable in this fraud.

The AP Style Manual is the Gospel of journalists. I'll let you decide how factual this narrative is. As a longtime criminal investigator, I have my own professional opinion: follow the money, honey, and the truth will come out. My intense exasperation lies with the DOJ and especially the FBI, which not only was late out of the gate on 9/11, but never left it in this fraud of the century. Why?

Here’s an update on progress of 80+ election fraud cases

http://wiseenergy.org/Energy/Election/2020_Election_Cases.htm

Many have been withdrawn, or rejected by courts due to unrelated issues like “standing.” Most are still working their way through courts

Of those where evidence was actually presented, Trump/Republicans won

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