2020 Election Lies: Indictments, Pleas & Disbarments

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• Jack Smith · Special Counsel who indicted Trump for election subversion

  Jack Smith was appointed Special Counsel by Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Smith's office secured a four-count indictment against Trump for conspiracy to defraud the United…

• Kenneth Chesebro · Architect of fake electors scheme, pleaded guilty

  Kenneth Chesebro was the legal architect of the fake electors scheme, which involved creating slates of fraudulent electors in states Biden won and submitting them to Congress and the National Archives as if they were legitimate. Chesebro…

• Rudy Giuliani · Trump's personal attorney, led failed legal challenges

  Rudy Giuliani served as Trump's lead attorney in challenging the 2020 election results. He promoted debunked conspiracy theories about Dominion Voting Systems and other baseless fraud claims, including the infamous Four Seasons Total…

• Fani Willis · Fulton County DA, RICO case against fake electors scheme

  Fani Willis, the District Attorney of Fulton County, Georgia, brought a sweeping RICO case against Trump and 18 co-defendants for their efforts to overturn Georgia's 2020 election results. The case encompassed the Raffensperger phone…

• Donald Trump · 45th President, primary promoter of election fraud claims

  Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden by over 7 million popular votes and 74 Electoral College votes. Despite this, Trump refused to concede and launched an unprecedented campaign to overturn the results, promoting…

• Dominion v. Fox News $787M Settlement · Largest media defamation settlement in US history

  In April 2023, Fox News settled Dominion Voting Systems' defamation lawsuit for $787.5 million — the largest known media defamation settlement in US history. During pre-trial discovery, internal Fox communications revealed that hosts like…

• Jenna Ellis · Trump legal team member, pleaded guilty in GA RICO case

  Jenna Ellis served as a senior legal advisor on Trump's post-election legal team. She publicly promoted false claims about the election on television and social media. Ellis pleaded guilty to a reduced charge in the Fulton County RICO…

• John Eastman · Attorney, authored memo for VP to reject electors

  John Eastman authored a legal memo arguing that Vice President Mike Pence had the authority to reject certified Electoral College votes on January 6 — a theory rejected by virtually all constitutional scholars and by Pence himself…

• Sidney Powell · Attorney behind "Kraken" lawsuits, all dismissed

  Sidney Powell filed a series of lawsuits she called "Release the Kraken," claiming Dominion Voting Systems machines were rigged using Venezuelan software to flip votes. Every lawsuit was dismissed for lack of evidence. Powell was…

• Peter Navarro · White House advisor, wrote debunked "Navarro Report"

  Trump trade adviser who published a 2020 election-fraud report and was convicted of contempt of Congress in 2023; he served four months in 2024, and an appeals court upheld the conviction in July 2026.

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