Jesse Wegman

Oct 11, 2024 | pressdemocrat.com | Jesse Wegman

For four years, Donald Trump and his allies have been injecting dangerous lies into the American bloodstream, claiming without any actual evidence that the 2020 election he lost was tainted by serious fraud. As it turns out, there was indeed serious fraud in the 2020 election. On Oct. 3, one perpetrator of that fraud was sentenced to nine years in prison for her crimes.

Oct 10, 2024 | sanjuandailystar.com | Jesse Wegman

By Jesse WegmanFor four years, Donald Trump and his allies have been injecting dangerous lies into the American bloodstream, claiming without any actual evidence that the 2020 election he lost was tainted by serious fraud. As it turns out, there was indeed serious fraud in the 2020 election. On Thursday, one perpetrator of that fraud was sentenced to nine years in prison for her crimes.

Sep 27, 2024 | clarin.com | Jesse Wegman

A pesar de todos los debates sobre nuestras insolubles divisiones políticas y los estrechos márgenes de votación, las últimas elecciones presidenciales estadounidenses no han sido especialmente reñidas. Desde 2000, el margen medio de voto popular es de más de 4,6 millones. Eso es un montón de votos.

Sep 26, 2024 | nytimes.com | Jesse Wegman

For all the debates over our intractable political divisions and razor-thin vote margins, American presidential elections of late have not been particularly close. Since 2000, the average popular-vote margin is more than 4.6 million. That's a lot of votes. The appearance that the outcomes are closer is an artifact of the Electoral College, specifically the winner-take-all method of awarding electors, which significantly magnifies the influence of a few arbitrary states.

Aug 8, 2024 | nytimes.com | Jesse Wegman

Pity Tanya Chutkan, the punctilious federal district judge in Washington who inherited the ill-fated Jan. 6 prosecution of Donald Trump one year ago and has since done everything by the book, only to be rewarded with an eight-month delay while the defendant pressed his claim that he exists magically above the law.