Donald Trump has lashed out at Special Counsel Jack Smith after he outlined a sprawling criminal case against the Republican presidential nominee over his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election.
Smith’s latest filing in a Washington DC federal court was unsealed by Judge Tanya Chutkan on Wednesday and detailed the former president’s alleged “increasingly desperate efforts” to cling to power with “knowingly false claims of election fraud”.
Responding on Truth Social, Trump furiously – and baselessly – claimed the allegations are an “obvious attempt by the Harris-Biden regime to undermine and Weaponize American Democracy, and INTERFERE IN THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.”
While the Republican nominee fields his legal problems, Kamala Harris is heading to the birthplace of the GOP to campaign with anti-Trump Republican Liz Cheney.
The Vice President will be joined by the former Wyoming representative in Ripon, Wisconsin – the site of political meetings in 1854 that led to the formation of what became the Republican Party.
Meanwhile, Melania Trump has publicly voiced her support for abortion rights in her new memoir and in a new post on X – despite her own husband’s pivotal role in rolling back protections.
Key Points
- Donald Trump ‘pursued multiple criminal means to overturn election’ new special counsel filing claims
- Trump posts furious and defiant reaction to election subversion filing
- Kamala Harris to campaign with Liz Cheney in birthplace of the GOP
- Melania defends ‘fundamental’ right to abortion in memoir despite husband bringing about demise of Roe v Wade
- JD Vance again refuses to answer 2020 question as Tim Walz presses his advantage
Ex-Republican strategist says Vance’s debate performance was ‘hated by hardcore MAGA'
17:10
Oliver O'Connell
JD Vance’s debate performance was “hated by hardcore MAGA social media,” according to a top former Republican strategist.
Former GOP operative and author Stuart Stevens said that Donald Trump’s running mate was on a “personal rehabilitation campaign aimed at 2028” in the debate against Tim Walz on Tuesday night – something he claims did not go down well with the MAGA movement.
“Dive into hard core MAGA social media. A lot of them hated Vance’s debate. They wanted Vance to expose Harris as the devil,” Stevens said in a post on X.
“Instead he was on a personal rehabilitation campaign aimed at 2028.”
Rhian Lubin reports.
Did Melania Trump’s publisher try to charge CNN for an interview?
17:04
Oliver O'Connell
CNN reports that when the network reached out to Melania Trump’s book publisher to request an interview with the former first lady about the publication of her memoir they were sent an NDA agreement with the stipulation that a “licensing fee” for the sitdown would cost $250,000.
The network did not sign the agreement and the publisher has said the payment demand was sent by mistake.
“Neither Melania nor anyone from her team knew anything about the NDA and the document that was sent reflected an internal miscommunication,” Tony Lyons, the president and publisher of Skyhorse, told CNN in a statement. “Had CNN signed an NDA, in the normal course of business, we would have approached Melania’s team to discuss [specifics of the interview].”
Everything you need to know about the election interference case against Trump
16:50
Oliver O'Connell
Alex Woodward explains the case against Donald Trump as new evidence comes to light in Jack Smith’s latest court filing.
Watch: John Bolton reassesses support for Dick Cheney in light of Harris endorsement
16:30
Oliver O'Connell
John Bolton on CNN on if Dick Cheney endorsing Kamala Harris sways him against his plan to write in Dick Cheney: "It has caused me to reassess whether to vote for Dick." pic.twitter.com/S30mciJhTe
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 3, 2024
A ranting, QAnon-adjacent fired weatherman is trying to pass himself off as a moderate Republican
16:20
Oliver O'Connell
MAGA Republicanism has a pretty simple recipe for success: untested political novice with celebrity appeal, plus right-wing populism, equals election victories.
John Bowden looks at how this is playing out on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
Is there a political motive behind Melania Trump’s beliefs on abortion rights?
16:00
Oliver O'Connell
Journalist and former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson believes there is a political strategy to Melania Trump confirming her support for abortion rights.
Carlson wrote on X: “Why now? Ya she’s selling a book — but don’t think for a minute there’s not massive political strategy here to try & move the needle w/ suburban moms & independents …. As both Trump & Vance have tried to moderate destroying a woman’s choice.”
Why now? Ya she’s selling a book — but don’t think for a minute there’s not massive political strategy here to try & move the needle w/ suburban moms & independents …. As both Trump & Vance have tried to moderate destroying a woman’s choice. #melaniatrump #melania #abortion https://t.co/cvdqWsiG0e
— Gretchen Carlson (@GretchenCarlson) October 3, 2024
Watch: Ex-Trump White House aide backs Harris for president
15:50
Joe Sommerlad
Cassidy Hutchinson, formerly an assistant to Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows who spoke up over the trauma of January 6, has been discussing her endorsement of the Democratic nominee with Lawrence O’Donnell on MSNBC, backing the VP to safeguard the US Constitution.
NEW: Cassidy Hutchinson endorses Kamala Harris.
— Republicans for Harris (@RepsForHarris) October 3, 2024
The #RepublicansForHarris coalition grows every day. pic.twitter.com/KtHWG2aykN
Truth Social: Trump attacks Harris over inflation and Hurricane Helene response and Jack Smith over ‘election interference'
15:30
Joe Sommerlad
Here’s the latest all-caps rant from the Desk of Don:
“PRICES ARE TOO HIGH! THE CONSUMER IS ANGRY AT THIS INCOMPETENT ADMINISTRATION. KAMALA HAS NO IDEA HOW TO BRING PRICES DOWN. SHE IS AFRAID TO EVEN DISCUSS IT WITH THE FAKE NEWS MEDIA. EVEN WORSE THAN HER V.P. CANDIDATE, SHE DOESN’T EVEN HAVE A CLUE….BUT I DO, AND IT WILL HAPPEN FAST!”
A short while earlier, he was back to bashing Kamala and President Biden over their hurricane response (which has been proactive and positive and is starting to make him look bad) and accusing Jack Smith of election interference for having the temerity to investigate him for election interference.
Kamala and Sleepy Joe are universally being given POOR GRADES for the way that they are handling the Hurricane, especially in North Carolina. It is going down as the WORST & MOST INCOMPETENTLY MANAGED “STORM,” AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, EVER SEEN BEFORE - BUT THEIR MANAGEMENT OF THE…
— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) October 3, 2024
This is a case of Election interference by Jack Smith. Old information that should not have been released prior to the Election. There was no reason to release it. Gregg Jarrett, FoxNews
— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) October 3, 2024
Donald Trump Truth Social 07:03 AM EST 10/03/24 @realDonaldTrump
Hurricane Helene brings climate change to forefront of the presidential campaign
15:10
Joe Sommerlad
As we’ve seen, Kamala Harris traveled to Georgia on Wednesday to see hard-hit areas, two days after her Republican opponent was in the state and criticized the federal response to the storm, which has killed at least 178 people.
Thousands of people in the Carolinas still lack running water, cellphone service and electricity.
President Joe Biden toured some of the hardest-hit areas by helicopter on Wednesday.
Biden, who has frequently been called on to survey damage and console victims after tornadoes, wildfires, tropical storms and other natural disasters, traveled to the Carolinas to get a closer look at the hurricane devastation.
He is expected to visit Georgia and Florida later this week.
Trump-endorsed candidate slams Republican nominee for refusing to back Ukraine
14:50
Joe Sommerlad
Donald Trump-endorsed Republican senate candidate Larry Hogan has attempted to further distance himself from the Republican presidential nominee by criticizing the ex-president for refusing to say whether he wants Ukraine to defeat Russia.
Speaking at a campaign press conference at the Washington headquarters of the Jewish Institute for National Security of America, Hogan, the former Maryland governor running for Senate, slammed Trump for exhibiting what he described as a “lack of moral clarity” on the war during his debate with Vice President Harris last month.
Andrew Feinberg and John Bowden have more.
Jimmy Kimmel says Jack Smith’s filing shows Mike Pence was Trump’s ‘Baby Reindeer’
14:30
Joe Sommerlad
Here’s James Liddell with the latest from late-night as Kimmel offers his take on the Special Counsel’s damning new Trump filing.
Vance’s debate performance was ‘hated by hardcore MAGA social media,’ ex-Republican strategist says
14:10
Joe Sommerlad
Former GOP operative and author Stuart Stevens has said that Trump’s running mate was on a “personal rehabilitation campaign aimed at 2028” in the debate against Tim Walz on Tuesday night – something he claims did not go down well with the MAGA movement.
Rhian Lubin has more.
Harris now tied with Trump on who voters think will best handle inflation
13:50
Joe Sommerlad
The Vice President is now tied with Donald Trump on who voters believe will do a better job as president on bringing down inflation, according to a new survey.
Polling by the Cook Political Report Swing State Project, released on Wednesday, shows Harris has closed a six-point gap on the issue, which Trump led her on in August.
Back then, the former president led Harris on inflation and cost of living 48 percent to 42 percent.
The latest figures show that voters are evenly divided, with both candidates taking 47 percent.
Mike Bedigan has the details.
Corey Lewandowski scolded by Jim Acosta for botching Harris’s name
13:30
Joe Sommerlad
On the same network, Acosta quickly lost patience with the Trump stooge over the 2020 question and the Haitian immigrants smear before rebuking him for seemingly-intentionally mispronouncing “Kamala”.
“I think you’re a mature grown-up... Can you say Kamala?”
Kaitlan Collins pushes Republican who coached Vance on 2020 question
13:10
Joe Sommerlad
The CNN anchor has been at it again, this time putting Minnesota GOP Representative Tom Emmer – who stood in for Tim Walz in JD Vance’s debate prep – on the rack over the 2020 election question.
Collins: Did you talk about how to answer the 2020 question?
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 3, 2024
Emmer: Listen, he answered it. You don't like the answer, but he answered it. This is something that you folks in the media want to focus on.. pic.twitter.com/g9vkqlpFGh
Collins: Is that the tactic for Republicans is just to not answer questions about that?
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 3, 2024
Emmer: Apparently, you don’t like my answer either pic.twitter.com/IiFvR8b0SZ
Emmer: What are you doing talking about something that's four years ago?
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 3, 2024
Collins: Donald Trump is still talking about it pic.twitter.com/NhRuDa1pUa
Watch: Melania says access to abortion ‘a fundamental principle’
12:52
Joe Sommerlad
Here’s the former first lady breaking with her husband on women’s rights in the latest promo for her new memoir.
https://t.co/ZCTwZSqZND pic.twitter.com/Y9MT3uj97b
— MELANIA TRUMP (@MELANIATRUMP) October 3, 2024
Liz Cheney to campaign with Harris in birthplace of Republican Party
12:30
Joe Sommerlad
The New York Times reports this morning that the former Wyoming GOP representative, who broke with her party after chairing the House panel that investigated the events of January 6, will join Kamala Harris today in Ripon, Wisconsin, the site of political meetings in 1854 that led to the formation of what became the Republican Party.
Cheney has endorsed Harris and will hope to persuade disaffected conservatives and liberals alike to follow her example in shunning the Trump takeover of her old party.
Rudy Giuliani allegedly sent a text begging Michigan to overturn 2020 election. But he got the wrong number
12:10
Joe Sommerlad
Rhian Lubin brings us this particularly delicious nugget on the disgraced former New York City mayor from Jack Smith’s latest filing on Trump’s alleged 2020 election interference plot.
Kamala HQ trashes Vance with Mike Pence meme
11:50
Joe Sommerlad
This is, all at once, incredibly brutal, bang on and just good advice to job-seekers generally, I’d say.
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) October 2, 2024
Kamala Harris visits victims of Hurricane Helene in Georgia
11:20
Joe Sommerlad
This is what actual leadership in a crisis looks like, since we’re on the subject.
Kamala Harris: We are here for the long haul. pic.twitter.com/B7KSQ2gffZ
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 2, 2024
Over the past few days, communities in the southeast have endured destruction and devastation.
— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) October 3, 2024
While in Augusta, Georgia today, I spoke with people impacted by Hurricane Helene. I also received briefings from those who are working around the clock to help folks on the ground. We… pic.twitter.com/5Hrmg8AexJ
Thank you to all those who are doing critical work in Georgia and throughout the region to get folks the support and the relief that they so desperately need, and so rightly deserve, in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. pic.twitter.com/Spbe21jhgK
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) October 3, 2024
Vance drops nice guy act to resume attacks on Harris and Walz
11:00
Joe Sommerlad
Just hours after attracting congratulatory headlines for the “cordial” and “collegiate” manner in which Tuesday night’s VP debate was conducted, Vance was back out there mocking Walz, calling Harris “an absolute disgrace” and “very insecure” (who does that remind you of ?) and reverting to his anti-intellectual guise to bash economists who “don’t know what the hell they’re talking about”.
His no-inflation-under-Trump argument rather overlooks a little affair you might recall known as the Covid-19 pandemic, which caused the total shutdown of the entire world and which Trump, then the president of the United States of America, entirely mismanaged.
JD Vance says he was "annoyed" by Tim Walz citing economists saying Trump's policies will lead to a rise in inflation, because "I don't think economists know what the hell they're talking about" pic.twitter.com/o17KJFB5h2
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 2, 2024
Vance: "Kamala Harris is very insecure. She doesn't like to be challenged." pic.twitter.com/Ka8HZhsbK4
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 2, 2024
JD Vance again refuses to answer 2020 question as Tim Walz presses his advantage
10:40
Joe Sommerlad
On the campaign trail in Auburn Hills, Michigan, yesterday, Trump’s running mate again declined to admit that Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election fairly, instead preferring to – you guessed it – attack the media.
Reporter: Why did you not answer the question last night during the debate about who won the 2020 presidential election?
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 2, 2024
Vance: The media is obsessed with talking about the election from four years ago… pic.twitter.com/LTmvyUPRGf
Over in York, Pennsylvania, his Democratic rival Tim Walz addressed the same issue he raised at the close of their debate and said Vance’s refusal to answer so simple a question should “absolutely disqualify” him and his boss from higher office.
Walz: I asked the simplest of all questions that every single American should be able to answer. I asked him if Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. He refused to answer. pic.twitter.com/icNeGRCGwu
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 2, 2024
Walz: Understand in that 88th minute last night with that damning nonanswer, Vance made it clear he will always make a different choice than Mike Pence made. And as I said then and I will say now, that should be absolutely disqualifying.. pic.twitter.com/LxzsIxvuXs
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 2, 2024
Trump says he will ‘absolutely’ revoke temporary protection status for Springfield’s Haitian migrants
10:20
Joe Sommerlad
Also taking to the airwaves last night was the Republican nominee himself, keen to air his grievances against Jack Smith to NewsNation’s Ali Bradley.
He again called the Justice Department Special Counsel “a deranged person”, said his latest filing amounted to “pure election interference” and its unsealing by Judge Chutkan nothing less than the “weaponization of the government”.
Of course it is.
More worryingly, he also pledged to deport Springfield’s Haitian migrant population should he return to the White House.
There are around 15,000 Haitians in Springfield, for the record, at least 12,000 of whom are in the United States legally, as the CBS fact-checkers reminded JD Vance during Tuesday’s vice presidential debate.
Donald Trump said he would “absolutely” revoke temporary protection status for Haitian migrants in order to have them removed from Springfield, Ohio, in an exclusive interview with NewsNation's @AliBradleyTV.
— NewsNation (@NewsNation) October 3, 2024
MORE: https://t.co/T8JNEbH6IM pic.twitter.com/uVVxialnGq
Rhian Lubin reports.
Melania surprised it took so long for husband to be impeached as rivals feared his ‘peace through strength’
10:00
Joe Sommerlad
Speaking of the former first lady, she was interviewed by Fox News’s Sean Hannity last night, during which this interesting exchange took place.
“What stunned me is when you actually said that when they first impeached him, ‘I’m surprised it took so long’,” Hannity said, alluding to a passage in her new memoir.
“I did because I saw how they treat him, how the media was against him. I think they are afraid of his strength – he was leading this country with peace through strength,” she responded.
“So as soon as he announced that he’s running for president, everything changed. I saw it and I said, ‘You know, this will not be very pleasant,’ but I knew that he’s into it, what he’ll need to deal with.
“And as soon as they announced his presidency, and then when he won, they start already talking about impeachment… I always said to him, ‘What is next?’
“Every event that happened, I’m thinking, ‘What is next? What are they trying to do?’You always fear the worst, and that happened.”
Melania: I saw how they treat him, how the media was against him. I think they are afraid of his strength. pic.twitter.com/gdZdxWn6q9
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 3, 2024
Here’s more from James Liddell.
Melania defends ‘fundamental’ right to abortion in memoir despite Trump bringing about demise of Roe v Wade
09:30
Joe Sommerlad
The former first lady reportedly offers vocal support for abortion rights in her “deeply personal” new memoir, despite her own husband’s instrumental role in rolling back abortion protections.
“Why should anyone other than the woman herself have the power to determine what she does with her own body?” Melania Trump writes in the forthcoming Melania, according to a review copy obtained by The Guardian.
“A woman’s fundamental right of individual liberty, to her own life, grants her the authority to terminate her pregnancy if she wishes.”
Josh Marcus has more.
Trump, January 6 and a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election: The federal investigation explained
09:03
Joe Sommerlad
A sprawling Justice Department probe into the former president and his allies yielded four criminal charges in a stunning indictment outlining a path to power at whatever cost, Alex Woodward reports.
‘What does injured mean?’: Fury as Trump downplays severity of brain injuries suffered by 109 US soldiers
08:30
Oliver O'Connell
Donald Trump is facing backlash for downplaying the traumatic brain injuries suffered by 109 U.S. service members after an Iranian ballistic missile attack in 2020.
The Republican presidential candidate made the remarks at a campaign press event on Tuesday after a reporter asked him if he should have been “tougher” on Iran during his time in the White House following the attack that left troops injured.
“First of all, injured, what does injured mean?” Trump replied. “You mean because they had a headache? Because the bombs never hit the fort.”
Ariana Baio reports.
Full story: Trump ‘pursued multiple criminal means to overturn election’ new special counsel filing claims
07:30
Oliver O'Connell
Special counsel Jack Smith has outlined a sprawling criminal case against Donald Trump for his attempts to overturn his loss in the 2020 presidential election, detailing for the first time the former president’s “increasingly desperate efforts” to cling to power with “knowingly false claims of election fraud.”
Trump intentionally lied to voters, election officials, and his own vice president Mike Pence in what amounted to a criminal effort to stay in office, culminating in his failure to stop a mob that tried to do it with violence, according to the document filed in federal court in Washington DC on Wednesday.
Alex Woodward has been closely following the case for The Independent and has the details.
Trump posts furious and defiant reaction to election subversion filing
06:30
Oliver O'Connell
Former president Donald Trump has posted a furious and defiant reaction to the publication of the redacted Jack Smith filing in the election interference case brought against him — saying that it was an “obvious attempt by the Harris-Biden regime to undermine and Weaponize American Democracy, and INTERFERE IN THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.”
There is no evidence of any coordination between the White House and Smith.
The Republican nominee posted on Truth Social:
The release of this falsehood-ridden, Unconstitutional, J6 brief immediately following Tim Walz’s disastrous Debate performance, and 33 days before the Most Important Election in the History of our Country, is another obvious attempt by the Harris-Biden regime to undermine and Weaponize American Democracy, and INTERFERE IN THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. Deranged Jack Smith, the hand picked Prosecutor of the Harris-Biden DOJ, and Washington, D.C. based Radical Left Democrats, are HELL BENT on continuing to Weaponize the Justice Department in an attempt to cling to power. “TRUMP” is dominating the Election cycle, leading in the Polls, and the Radical Democrats throughout the Deep State are totally “freaking out.” This entire case is a Partisan, Unconstitutional, Witch Hunt, that should be dismissed, entirely, just like the Florida case was dismissed!
He added:
WHETHER NOW THE FULLY DEBUNKED RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA, IRAN, IRAN, IRAN, UKRAINE, UKRAINE, UKRAINE, 51 INTELLIGENCE AGENTS, SPYING ON MY CAMPAIGN, IMPEACHMENT HOAX NUMBER ONE, IMPEACHMENT HOAX NUMBER TWO, OR ANY OF THE OTHER SCAMS, THIS ILLEGAL ACTION TAKEN BY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING THEIR RAID ON MAR-A-LAGO FOR A CASE THAT WAS DISMISSED, WILL END JUST LIKE ALL OF THE OTHERS - WITH COMPLETE VICTORY FOR “PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP.” MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
The former president wasn’t done there:
Democrats are Weaponizing the Justice Department against me because they know I am WINNING, and they are desperate to prop up their failing Candidate, Kamala Harris. The DOJ pushed out this latest “hit job” today because JD Vance humiliated Tim Walz last night in the Debate. The DOJ has become nothing more than an extension of Joe’s, and now Kamala’s, Campaign. This is egregious PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT, and should not have been released right before the Election. The Democrat Party is turning America into a Third World Country that tries to censor, harass, and intimidate their Political Opponents. What they have done to our Justice System is one of the Great, All Time, Tragedies….
….The Democrat Party is guilty of the Worst Election Interference in American History. They are trying to DESTROY OUR DEMOCRACY, allowing millions of people to enter our Country illegally. They are determined to stop us from winning back the White House, sealing the Border, and MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. BUT THEY WILL FAIL, AND WE WILL SAVE OUR NATION!
Vance is a better debater than Trump, Gretchen Whitmer says - but still thinks Walz triumphed
05:30
Oliver O'Connell
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer weighed in following the vice presidential debate on Tuesday and believes that JD Vance outperformed running mate Donald Trump when it comes to debating skills.
“JD Vance was a better debater than Donald Trump,” Whitmer said, during an appearance on late-night show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, on Tuesday evening. “Donald Trump should have taken some lessons from him.”
Ariana Baio reports.
Vance-Walz debate attracts 20m fewer viewers than 2020 face-off between Harris and Pence
04:30
Oliver O'Connell
Just under 39 million people tuned in across eight networks to watch Tuesday’s vice presidential debate between Senator JD Vance and Governor Tim Walz, falling 20 million people short of the audience draw when Vice President Kamala Harris and former Vice President Mike Pence debated in 2020.
Graig Graziosi has the details.
Polling shows the vice presidential debate was a draw — that’s good news for JD Vance
03:30
Oliver O'Connell
Eric Garcia writes:
Most political pundits declared that Republican Senator JD Vance got the better of Democratic Minnesota Governor Tim Walz during the sole vice presidential debate on Tuesday evening. Walz made a few slip-ups, such as when he accidentally said he befriended school shooters and had to own up to the fact he had not been in Hong Kong during the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre in China.
Many were also surprised by the fact that Vance presented a more restrained and less awkward version of himself than has been seen on the campaign trail so far.
Put together, these facts have made commentators likely to say that Vance was the winner.
The truth is a bit more complicated than that.
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Latest poll updates: Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump?
02:30
Oliver O'Connell
Alicja Hagopian looks at the latest polling.
Vance’s debate performance has Republicans hopeful he can shake off ‘weird’ label
01:30
Oliver O'Connell
The Trump-Vance campaign is hopeful the vice presidential candidate’s debate performance last night will improve his “weird” image and could kick-start the campaign for the Republican ticket, according to reports.
For months, JD Vance has struggled to shirk off the “weird” label given to him by his Democratic opponent Tim Walz early on in the 2024 presidential campaign.
But last night could mark a turning point. Trump’s aides believe Vance “reset the narrative over his image”.
Rhian Lubin reports.
Cybersecurity head says no chance foreign country could change election results in November
01:00
Ariana Baio, AP
The United States’s election systems are so secure that Russia, Iran or any other foreign adversary would be able to alter the outcome of the presidential election, the director of the nation’s cybersecurity agency said on Wednesday
“Malicious actors, even if they tried, could not have an impact at scale such that there would be a material effect on the outcome of the election,” Jen Easterly, the director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency told the Associated Press.
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Scandal-hit Mark Robinson blows off voting for North Carolina hurricane relief
Thursday 3 October 2024 00:30
Oliver O'Connell
North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson did not vote to pass an emergency relief declaration as Hurricane Helene barrelled towards the state, public records have shown.
Robinson, who has been rocked by public scandal in recent weeks, skipped out on a vote on September 25, shortly before the storm arrived, leaving communities devastated and at least 160 people dead across multiple states.
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper said on Tuesday that his office was working with the state’s information and referral service to determine the number of missing, but that “more fatalities” were expected.
Mike Bedigan reports.