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Accountability

Behind the Tweet That Became the Rallying Cry for the Insurrection

by Stan Alcorn November 24, 2021December 3, 2021

“I underestimated how crazy certain people could get.”

An illustration shows a group of people from behind facing the U.S. Capitol. Among them are people holding up a cross, a Confederate flag and a sign that reads, “Stop the steal.”

How the Christian right helped foment insurrection

by Sarah Posner January 30, 2021June 30, 2021

Christian-right activists inside and outside of government promoted the election fraud lie and claimed God told them to “let the church roar.”

Kamala Harris, in a long blue coat, smiles as she holds up her hand to be sworn in as Vice President. Behind her is the US Capitol, decorated with American flags. Justice Sonia Sotomayor stands several feet away, dressed in her judges robe and swearing Harris in.

Accountability

A transfer of power

by Kevin Sullivan, Taki Telonidis, Michael Montgomery, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Brett Simpson, Brett Myers, Najib Aminy, Elizabeth Shogren, Al Letson, Chris Harland-Dunaway, Jonathan Jones, Anjali Kamat, Amy Mostafa and Chris Jones January 23, 2021July 1, 2021

As the nation swears in President Joe Biden, we look at the long shadow cast by the forces that brought Donald Trump to power.

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A trump supporter wearing a gas mask and waving an american flag stands in an unruly crowd outside the Capitol building.

Hate

The evolution of all-American terrorism

by Kevin Sullivan, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Brett Myers, Brett Simpson, Najib Aminy, Amy Mostafa, Jen Chien, Priska Neely, Stan Alcorn, David Neiwert, Esther Kaplan, Taki Telonidis, Soo Oh and Al Letson January 16, 2021July 1, 2021

Long before the attempted coup by his supporters, Trump fanned the flames of white supremacy and domestic terrorism.

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Trump Supporters Hold "Stop The Steal" Rally In DC Amid Ratification Of Presidential Election

Accountability

Democracy under siege

by Kevin Sullivan, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Al Letson, Brett Simpson, Anjali Kamat, Katharine Mieszkowski, Najib Aminy, Chris Harland-Dunaway, Michael Montgomery, Jen Chien, Taki Telonidis and Amy Mostafa January 9, 2021July 1, 2021

A mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, aiming to block the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory. How did we get here?

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Accountability, Criminal Justice

Pardon me, President Trump

by Michael I Schiller and David Ritsher December 26, 2020June 30, 2021

Boxer Charles “Duke” Tanner, among the few to receive clemency from President Donald Trump, returns to his hometown after spending 16 years in prison.

An illustration shows a president's hand pulling a person out of a prison cell.

Accountability, Criminal Justice

All the president’s pardons

by Michael I Schiller, Anna Hamilton, Taki Telonidis, Melissa Lewis, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Katherine Rae Mondo, Najib Aminy and Amy Mostafa December 12, 2020July 1, 2021

Under President Donald Trump, the pardon system has completely broken down.

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A group of world leaders posing for a photo at a NATO conference.

The Trump Era

Trump’s global echoes

by Jen Chien, Kevin Sullivan, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Amy Mostafa, Laura Starecheski, Katharine Mieszkowski and Brett Simpson November 18, 2020July 1, 2021

Over the last four years, as Americans were consumed by endless Trump news, our partners at Coda Story have tracked his echoes on the global stage.

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Melquan Barnett sits just inside the doorway to a house.

Accountability

‘Go after the troublemakers’

by Anjali Kamat November 1, 2020June 30, 2021

Inside the federal government’s unprecedented campaign to prosecute Black Lives Matter protesters.

Two people stand near signs that read, “Vote by Mail Ballot Drop Off.”

Voting

John Johnson isn’t dead: How claims of voter fraud in Florida fell apart

by Will Carless October 22, 2020June 30, 2021

The Public Interest Legal Foundation, a conservative nonprofit, has a long history of claiming voter fraud but getting its facts wrong.

The truth will not reveal itself.

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