He certainly knew it, and everyone understands that conspiring to commit a crime isn’t protected by the First Amendment.
Years after President Joe Biden’s inauguration, Republican voters believe his election was illegitimate, and the idea that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump is now a defining issue of the Republican Party. Yet the story of how lies about election fraud made their way to the center of American politics has not been fully told.
In a new investigative collaboration, FRONTLINE and ProPublica trace the hidden sources of misinformation about the 2020 election, demonstrating how a handful of people have had an outsized impact on the current U.S. crisis of democratic legitimacy.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/plot-to-overturn-the-ele…
For several years, FRONTLINE has collaborated with ProPublica to investigate the rise of extremism in America. In the aftermath of the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, FRONTLINE, ProPublica and Berkeley Journalism’s Investigative Reporting Program teamed up to examine how far-right extremist groups had evolved in the wake of the deadly 2017 Charlottesville rally — and the threat they posed.
An updated version of the documentary airing Jan. 4, 2022, examines the latest developments and where the movement may be headed a year after the attack on the Capitol.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/american-insurrection/
Who Fueled Donald Trump’s Stolen Election Myth?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1aZU-aB3_oE&embeds_referring_euri=https%3…
LIES, POLITICS, AND DEMOCRACY
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/lies-politics-and-democr…