Steve Thomma 16 hours ago:   Monday Jan 25 - 11:31am RT @rlocker12: The Trump transgender ban came after multiple studies showed the number of transgender troops were small, added to the strength of the force and caused no perceptible added costs to the military. Trump's ban came by tweet and was a surprise to Pentagon leadership. https://t.co/WwCp4YwEf2 Steve Thomma 1 day ago:   Sunday Jan 24 - 5:45pm RT @toddgillman: Just recalling that @JohnCornyn and Senate Republicans shot down having witnesses at Trump's first #impeachment trial.
Guess this time there will be a GOP desire for witnesses.
https://t.co/7PeAVUHHaShttps://t.co/cdZN4EgVfe Steve Thomma 1 day ago:   Sunday Jan 24 - 3:55pm RT @karentravers: Historical significance to Biden’s visit to @holytrinitydc today -> https://t.co/rXvOwdVya6 Steve Thomma 1 day ago:   Sunday Jan 24 - 12:15pm RT @KThomasDC: President Biden is attending Sunday Mass at Holy Trinity Church in Georgetown, per pooler @TomDeFrank Steve Thomma 1 day ago:   Sunday Jan 24 - 11:30am RT @markzbarabak: Obama campaigned with explicit advice to downplay “any topic that might be labeled racial grievance." @vp was ushered into the White House by the drumline Howard University. Contrasting approaches for two pioneering candidates @Noahbiermanhttps://t.co/PqVcxdxTeV Steve Thomma 1 day ago:   Sunday Jan 24 - 8:38am How The Washington Post Fact Checker tracked Trump?s false and misleading claims during his presidency - The Washington Post https://t.co/8vrrdoQUYc Steve Thomma 1 day ago:   Sunday Jan 24 - 8:36am RT @lanheechen: This is crazy, and makes me angry. David was a part of @MittRomney's @SecretService detail in 2012 and served with honor and distinction, along with all of the other agents who put their lives on the line every single day. https://t.co/aPaCmZ07Wm Steve Thomma 2 days ago:   Saturday Jan 23 - 11:27am Donald Trump Built a National Debt So Big (Even Before the Pandemic) That It’ll Weigh Down the Economy for Years https://t.co/sJKQuqJw0F Steve Thomma 3 days ago:   Friday Jan 22 - 7:02pm RT @brianstelter: This Fox News banner is objectively wrong, embarrassing every person who appears on screen. WaPo never said it has no "plans" to start fact checking Biden. The Post IS fact checking Biden, obviously! So where did this lie come from? (1/3) https://t.co/zowbb4P4E1
Link to Image Steve Thomma 3 days ago:   Friday Jan 22 - 6:55pm RT @PolitiFact: NEW: A Facebook post blamed Democrats for the situation that left National Guard members resting in parking garages near the Capitol.
But the National Guard said lawmakers had no knowledge of the instruction to relocate. https://t.co/0Soa7Sg8T4 Steve Thomma 3 days ago:   Friday Jan 22 - 4:53pm RT @HotlineJosh: “Harleth, a former executive of Trump Hotels hired by Melania Trump, was summarily fired by the Trumps before they left—not by the Bidens, as has been widely reported.” https://t.co/A6JONtxxAz Steve Thomma 3 days ago:   Friday Jan 22 - 3:12pm Was soooo lucky to meet Hank Aaron. RIP. https://t.co/y7cr19FhoA
Link to Image Steve Thomma 4 days ago:   Thursday Jan 21 - 7:02pm RT @whca: At Voice of America, a sweeping ouster of Trump officials on Biden’s first full day - The Washington Post https://t.co/esPSgmJZ5l Steve Thomma 4 days ago:   Thursday Jan 21 - 11:36am RT @whca: WHCA Announces Call for Entries for its 2021 Journalism Awards - The Aldo Beckman for overall excellence in WH coverage; the Merriman Smith WH coverage under deadline, the Visual Journalism award & the Katharine Graham for Courage and Accountability. https://t.co/JjL3NznCl9 Steve Thomma 4 days ago:   Thursday Jan 21 - 8:54am RT @StevenTDennis: UPDATE: Increase in the federal debt presided over by Trump is *$7.8 trillion*, per latest Treasury stats showing debt as of Jan. 19. https://t.co/wrRVuvYDPe Steve Thomma 4 days ago:   Thursday Jan 21 - 8:53am RT @ByronYork: The attack-dog-to-lapdog cycle. WP media columnist: 'The national press--battered by four years of abuse by [Trump]...is in a precarious position. We run the risk of being seduced by an administration that, in many cases, closely reflects our values.' https://t.co/jjSGALHMOI Steve Thomma 5 days ago:   Wednesday Jan 20 - 7:50pm RT @DominicanU: “The new dawn blooms as we free it
For there is always light,
if only we’re brave enough to see it
If only we’re brave enough to be it.”
— Amanda Gorman https://t.co/BX9M0P09QK
Link to Image Steve Thomma 5 days ago:   Wednesday Jan 20 - 4:04pm Bush calls Clyburn “the savior” for pivotal help to Biden to win nomination and thus go on to defeat Trump. https://t.co/HOPJxldYdu Steve Thomma 5 days ago:   Wednesday Jan 20 - 3:20pm RT @ALPLM: In his inaugural address today, President Biden referred to #AbrahamLincoln's quote that his "whole soul" was in the Emancipation Proclamation. Here is painter Francis Carpenter's account of the signing and a picture of the ALPLM's signed copy of the #EmancipationProclamation.https://t.co/TUGAinEJ0q
Link to Image Steve Thomma 5 days ago:   Wednesday Jan 20 - 2:12pm "The effort to obstruct the Biden team, led by senior White House appointees at the Pentagon, is unprecedented in modern presidential transitions and will hobble the new administration on key national security matters" https://t.co/oqyRUXoK86 Steve Thomma 5 days ago:   Wednesday Jan 20 - 10:49am RT @marineband: Sousa's inspiration for this march: a great tenderloin in South Dakota! #DIdYouKnowhttps://t.co/ptAXQIjsp5https://t.co/PrGcfTN0L7 Steve Thomma 5 days ago:   Wednesday Jan 20 - 9:13am RT @craasch: The president who vowed to drain the swamp has now given a commutation or pardons to three of the biggest names in political corruption in the last 20 years: Rod Blagojevich, Duke Cunningham, and Kwame Kirkpatrick. What a legacy. Steve Thomma 5 days ago:   Wednesday Jan 20 - 9:13am RT @ZekeJMiller: WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump, in dead of night, releases members of his administration from ethics pledge, including lobbying ban. Steve Thomma 5 days ago:   Wednesday Jan 20 - 8:42am There have been three great Inaugural addresses by US presidents. FDR’s first, Lincoln’s second, and JFK’s only. @FDRLibrary@ALPLM@JFKLibrary Steve Thomma 6 days ago:   Tuesday Jan 19 - 9:05pm RT @maristpoll: We've been asking Americans about the direction of the country since 2001.
It's never been this bad.
Right direction 20%
Wrong direction 75%
Unsure 5%
Our new @NPR@NewsHour poll details here: https://t.co/T22PaY5ph3#trumphttps://t.co/oaeWlQPbiw
Link to Image Steve Thomma 6 days ago:   Tuesday Jan 19 - 6:46pm RT @KellyO: Arriving on a private charter aircraft with a generic paint job instead of the customary use of an Air Force plane for an incoming president is among the many courtesies not extended to the new president by the departing one. https://t.co/zaxUxirXrc
Link to Image Steve Thomma 6 days ago:   Tuesday Jan 19 - 10:49am Plurality consider Trump one of nation’s worst presidents. /PBS/NewsHour/Marist Poll https://t.co/TgDZq0X2Rn Steve Thomma 6 days ago:   Tuesday Jan 19 - 9:17am Whoever thought of this should get a bonus. https://t.co/rqrvAoe4Mp Steve Thomma 6 days ago:   Tuesday Jan 19 - 9:11am @CNNValentine And better billing than her, too! Steve Thomma 6 days ago:   Tuesday Jan 19 - 9:10am https://t.co/Sckd4DPTEw Steve Thomma 6 days ago:   Tuesday Jan 19 - 8:07am My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell Says Bed Bath And Beyond, Kohl’s To Drop His Products; Dominion Voting Systems Threatens To Sue – WCCO | CBS Minnesota https://t.co/B9zNPllLqf Steve Thomma 6 days ago:   Tuesday Jan 19 - 8:05am Making red white and blue lemonade out of COVID lemons. https://t.co/mA3c9MRRtA Steve Thomma 1 week ago:   Monday Jan 18 - 5:09pm Trumps' snub of Bidens historic in its magnitude - CNNPolitics https://t.co/o1TRnvm257 Steve Thomma 1 week ago:   Monday Jan 18 - 12:08pm RT @farhip: Trivial. And also petty. “Melania Trump will become the first modern first lady not to invite [her successor] to the White House for a walk-through of the private living quarters on the second and third floors.” https://t.co/qyLq1ua9wz Steve Thomma 1 week ago:   Sunday Jan 17 - 11:53am Major point: the president’s team still reinforcing the core reason for the Jan 6 attack, the false claim that the election was rigged. https://t.co/L04SP1BeiU Steve Thomma 1 week ago:   Sunday Jan 17 - 10:46am RT @craasch: This is a former Republican congresswoman from Virginia writing this. https://t.co/dHSekiChr5 Steve Thomma 1 week ago:   Sunday Jan 17 - 10:46am RT @ByronYork: WSJ-NBC poll on legitimacy of election results. More people think Biden won legitimately than thought GWBush won legitimate in January 2001. https://t.co/gWExbE7zqA
Link to Image Steve Thomma 1 week ago:   Saturday Jan 16 - 6:11pm “We apologize to Dominion for all of the harm this caused them and their employees. We also apologize to our readers for abandoning 9 journalistic principles” https://t.co/D5Chir56h6 Steve Thomma 1 week ago:   Saturday Jan 16 - 8:28am RT @karentravers: Good resource from the Washington Post on security around DC for the next week. Includes maps & links to more stories.
Bottom line: just stay put til Fri (easier to do during COVID)
Remember-real people live in DC. Life is normal in our neighborhood
https://t.co/GSoYFZOM3A Steve Thomma 1 week ago:   Friday Jan 15 - 6:49pm RT @toddgillman: As you await your turn for a #COVID19 vaccine, some Texas lawmakers have jumped the line.
https://t.co/CIH5xHPIcW Steve Thomma 1 week ago:   Friday Jan 15 - 6:47pm RT @councilofdc: Roughly 1,500 people died when the Titanic sank.
Almost three times that many people died from COVID in the US.
Yesterday alone. https://t.co/CO12UF8PvH
Link to Image Steve Thomma 1 week ago:   Friday Jan 15 - 6:45pm Says it all. https://t.co/7GYy1cjRwk Steve Thomma 1 week ago:   Friday Jan 15 - 5:56pm RT @KevinMaddenDC: How frickin' bananas crazy did the blacked out portion have to be for the My Pillow Guy to say: "Yeah, probably a bit too much let's strike that part." https://t.co/jCdkTsjdT4 Steve Thomma 1 week ago:   Friday Jan 15 - 2:16pm Trump Departs With Lowest-Ever Job Mark https://t.co/obw1pZcOhu Steve Thomma 1 week ago:   Friday Jan 15 - 12:18pm Franklin Graham compares 10 Republicans who voted to impeach Trump to betrayal of Christ https://t.co/W6SVY34gj2 Steve Thomma 1 week ago:   Friday Jan 15 - 9:06am RT @CBSNews: Retired Air Force officer at Capitol riot intended "to take hostages," prosecutor says https://t.co/EJ91usBRsj Steve Thomma 1 week ago:   Thursday Jan 14 - 12:25pm RT @PolitiFact: Sen. Sherrod Brown said the police used much less force on the Capitol mob compared to Black Lives Matter events this summer. True. https://t.co/GV3WOCkIWUhttps://t.co/NmzVT9U5WU
Link to Image Steve Thomma 1 week ago:   Thursday Jan 14 - 9:26am RT @karentravers: New: @ladygaga will sing the National Anthem at Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony next Wednesday & @JLo will give a musical performance.
(news for @Georgetown alums- Fr Leo O'Donovan will do the invocation)
More from @MollyNagle3https://t.co/KviZnjRmNj Steve Thomma 1 week ago:   Thursday Jan 14 - 9:25am RT @ZekeJMiller: WASHINGTON (AP) — US jobless claims jump to 965,000 as layoffs remain high with economy in grip of virus. Steve Thomma 1 week ago:   Thursday Jan 14 - 9:25am RT @whca: RIP Bryan Monroe, an esteemed journalist and a friend to all of us here at the #WHCA and throughout journalism. https://t.co/1vQ0sS3x8p Steve Thomma 1 week ago:   Wednesday Jan 13 - 7:01pm RT @TonyFratto: Condemning violence is the easiest thing to do. GOP needs to admit to & condemn the lies that fueled the violence. Steve Thomma 1 week ago:   Wednesday Jan 13 - 6:58pm RT @toddgillman: .@RepDanCrenshaw has denounced the use of proxy voting in the US House, calling it "cowardly."
Today, he cast his "no" vote on #impeachment by proxy, via
@SheriffTNehls.https://t.co/SQuPUtvPSz Steve Thomma 1 week ago:   Wednesday Jan 13 - 2:35pm RT @DomenicoNPR: Republicans are calling for "unity" and not impeaching Trump and Matt Gaetz says of Hunter Biden and the "Biden crime family," "Don't think for a second we're going to drop that!"
So unifying. And duh Steve Thomma 1 week ago:   Wednesday Jan 13 - 2:35pm RT @greenfield64: Matt Gaetz seeks unity by referring to the "Biden crime family" and continues to flog the conspiracy series about November. Steve Thomma 1 week ago:   Wednesday Jan 13 - 2:34pm True. https://t.co/BbPKzq81ii Steve Thomma 1 week ago:   Tuesday Jan 12 - 9:56pm RT @axios: Scoop: Biden’s inaugural committee will refund a donation from former Sen. Barbara Boxer after the California Democrat registered as a foreign agent for a Chinese surveillance firm accused of abetting the country’s mass internment of Uighur Muslims
https://t.co/smnSaRCcW9 Steve Thomma 1 week ago:   Tuesday Jan 12 - 6:00pm RT @ChadPergram: From colleague Mike Emanuel. Fox is told McConnell is furious and "done" with Trump. He hopes that impeachment could help remove Trump from the GOP. McConnell believes Trump lost the GOP its Senate majority. Steve Thomma 1 week ago:   Tuesday Jan 12 - 5:59pm RT @JRCarrollNews: I covered @senatemajldr for many years. I can’t overstate the immense weight this holds among GOP senators. McConnell is very strategic & deliberate. He is signaling that it’s game over for Trump. It’s a Goldwater-tells-Nixon-to-go moment. https://t.co/IqAgBU7w23 Steve Thomma 1 week ago:   Tuesday Jan 12 - 5:45pm RT @ZekeJMiller: WASHINGTON (AP) — No. 3 House Republican Liz Cheney to vote to impeach Trump, says there's "never been a greater betrayal" by a president. Steve Thomma 1 week ago:   Tuesday Jan 12 - 5:45pm Very significant. https://t.co/eEIXLJKs9f Steve Thomma 1 week ago:   Tuesday Jan 12 - 3:33pm RT @ZekeJMiller: WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors looking at 'significant' federal cases tied to sedition and conspiracy in Capitol riot. Steve Thomma 1 week ago:   Tuesday Jan 12 - 3:19pm The Luxembourg Triangle: Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois https://t.co/QZh8A9KvxF Steve Thomma 1 week ago:   Tuesday Jan 12 - 3:18pm RT @jeffmason1: Pompeo cancels Europe trip after EU officials decline to meet with him, per @rdfemmott and @humeyra_pamuk @Reuters https://t.co/GhdsMqxQpx Steve Thomma 1 week ago:   Tuesday Jan 12 - 12:39pm RT @whca: "An Assault on the First Amendment" - @ZekeJMiller and #WHCA on punishment of journalist @pwidakuswara at Voice of America https://t.co/NNI2rC28Mc
Link to Image Steve Thomma 2 weeks ago:   Monday Jan 11 - 10:01pm RT @strickdc: BREAKING - the Executive Director of the Republican AG Association, Adam Piper, has resigned after the fallout from a robocall placed by a RAGA fundraising arm to urge Trump supporters to march on the US Capitol on January 6th as per a RAGA spokesperson. #CapitolRiot Steve Thomma 2 weeks ago:   Monday Jan 11 - 7:01pm 36 aldermen back resolution calling for Chicago police union president Catanzara to resign - Chicago Sun-Times https://t.co/ry5MAP6ID0 Steve Thomma 2 weeks ago:   Monday Jan 11 - 6:24pm Did you get that big check I mailed as a gift? https://t.co/ifLFQYdC0c Steve Thomma 2 weeks ago:   Monday Jan 11 - 6:01pm RT @toddgillman: Dallas-based @ATT suspends PAC contributions to GOP lawmakers who objected to Biden’s Electoral College victory... via @tombenninghttps://t.co/IoayvSCb15 Steve Thomma 2 weeks ago:   Monday Jan 11 - 5:31pm RT @pressfreedom: The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia will hear oral arguments on Jan. 12 at 2 p.m. EST in CPJ’s lawsuit seeking information about documents regarding whether US intelligence agencies knew of threats to Jamal Khashoggi.
Tune in live here: https://t.co/0B86IzIAtp Steve Thomma 2 weeks ago:   Monday Jan 11 - 5:16pm RT @ZekeJMiller: WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting Homeland Secretary head Wolf resigning Monday, days after criticizing Trump; had said he planned to remain in job. Steve Thomma 2 weeks ago:   Monday Jan 11 - 5:10pm RT @MZanona: NEWS: McCarthy tells Republicans on a call just now that Trump told him he does bear some responsibility for the Capitol riots, per source. Steve Thomma 2 weeks ago:   Monday Jan 11 - 3:13pm RT @ZekeJMiller: WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI bulletin warns of plans for armed protests at all 50 state capitals and in Washington ahead of Biden inauguration. Steve Thomma 2 weeks ago:   Monday Jan 11 - 3:11pm RT @ABC: BREAKING: Armed protests are being planned at all 50 state capitols and at the U.S. Capitol starting this week and running through at least Inauguration Day, according to an internal FBI bulletin obtained by @ABC News. https://t.co/fa2vTXUmMR Steve Thomma 2 weeks ago:   Monday Jan 11 - 1:42pm RT @ZekeJMiller: LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan bans open carry of guns inside state Capitol following mob violence in US Capitol, attempt to storm statehouse. Steve Thomma 2 weeks ago:   Monday Jan 11 - 10:09am RT @DominicanU: Welcome back, Stars! The deer missed you. So did we. ❤️ https://t.co/vzwM8VZSbS
Link to Image Steve Thomma 2 weeks ago:   Monday Jan 11 - 10:01am A great idea. https://t.co/b5qcvRN3Zt Steve Thomma 2 weeks ago:   Monday Jan 11 - 10:01am RT @karentravers: NEW: Biden inaugural committee says after his swearing in at the US Capitol, Biden will visit Arlington National Cemetery to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
He will be joined by the Obamas, Clintons and Bushes.
Theme of the inauguration is "America United." Steve Thomma 2 weeks ago:   Monday Jan 11 - 8:59am Cumulus Media orders conservative radio hosts to temper election ?fraud? rhetoric - The Washington Post https://t.co/haYqrUiKEN Steve Thomma 2 weeks ago:   Monday Jan 11 - 8:19am What about getting vaccines out faster? https://t.co/kyCHo8Zboa Steve Thomma 2 weeks ago:   Monday Jan 11 - 8:18am RT @bgittleson: In her statement about Wednesday's violent insurrection, she says it's "shameful" that people are attacking her...
“I find it shameful that surrounding these tragic events there has been salacious gossip, unwarranted personal attacks, and false misleading accusations on me" https://t.co/UVCEgwoO5Z Steve Thomma 2 weeks ago:   Sunday Jan 10 - 10:24pm Parler reportedly removed posts by Trump affiliate Lin Wood calling for execution of VP Mike Pence https://t.co/EDuJqIJzeu Steve Thomma 2 weeks ago:   Sunday Jan 10 - 9:00pm RT @jimsciutto: What’s becoming increasingly clear is that violence was not an accident but part of the plan - and specifically targeted law enforcement. https://t.co/ypNyBzv8EL Steve Thomma 2 weeks ago:   Sunday Jan 10 - 7:32pm RT @markknoller: @maggieNYT WH also has a website Pres could use to post his comments. Steve Thomma 2 weeks ago:   Sunday Jan 10 - 7:32pm RT @maggieNYT: Trump has said he was "silenced" by Twitter. But unlike millions of people, he has a WH briefing room, an East Room, an Oval Office and the print pool nearby he could speak to. In some ways, he's muzzled himself https://t.co/6VxL5mpb3c Steve Thomma 2 weeks ago:   Sunday Jan 10 - 6:30pm RT @ByronYork: New, and awful, video of rioters attacking police at the Capitol. Outnumbered police showed enormous restraint -- perhaps, in retrospect, too much restraint -- in not shooting some of the most violent attackers. https://t.co/pMcTInFpLj Steve Thomma 2 weeks ago:   Sunday Jan 10 - 6:12pm RT @JamesMartinSJ: Instigated, encouraged, approved, blessed, and loved, by our "pro life" president. "We love you," he said.
The religious leaders who supported Trump because he was supposedly "pro life" fostered an environment that led to hatred, violence, terror, destruction and death. https://t.co/D1SokjAFSH Steve Thomma 2 weeks ago:   Sunday Jan 10 - 5:02pm Capitol siege was planned online. Trump supporters now planning the next one | The Seattle Times https://t.co/eoTjBnSl9X Steve Thomma 2 weeks ago:   Sunday Jan 10 - 3:49pm RT @ChadPergram: A) Colleague David Spunt confirms USSS is investigationg comments by pro-Trump lawyer Lin Wood on Parler about getting "firing firing squads ready. Pence goes FIRST.” Steve Thomma 2 weeks ago:   Sunday Jan 10 - 3:46pm RT @weijia: Just Now: The flag at the White House has been lowered. https://t.co/jiRIfqY7PE
Link to Image Steve Thomma 2 weeks ago:   Sunday Jan 10 - 12:54pm RT @farhip: Symbolic statements: Flags at half staff at Capitol but not at White House. https://t.co/OYikIngba2
Link to Image Steve Thomma 2 weeks ago:   Sunday Jan 10 - 9:29am RT @rickklein: Trump *still* hasn't spoken to Pence since Wednesday's events, @jonkarl reports #thisweek Steve Thomma 2 weeks ago:   Saturday Jan 9 - 8:16pm RT @StevenTDennis: Flags have been lowered at the Capitol following the killing this week of Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick but President Trump has not ordered flags to half staff. Steve Thomma 2 weeks ago:   Saturday Jan 9 - 8:16pm RT @StevenTDennis: 22 years ago, when Capitol Police officers Jacob Chestnut and John Gibson were killed by a gunman inside the Capitol, President Clinton ordered U.S. flags to half staff, per an AP account at the time.
https://t.co/nAhZeUhgPRhttps://t.co/HkO3rztmRu
Link to Image Steve Thomma 2 weeks ago:   Saturday Jan 9 - 7:34pm RT @johnrobertsFox: A source close to @VP Mike Pence tells Fox News that on Wednesday, while Pence was sheltering in one of the “hardened rooms” in the Capitol, President Trump did not reach out to him to check on his status, or condemn those who said Pence “should be executed.” Steve Thomma 2 weeks ago:   Saturday Jan 9 - 7:12pm RT @ZekeJMiller: 'Brian did his job': Family remembers fallen Capitol officer https://t.co/dpq8XdZ19N Steve Thomma 2 weeks ago:   Saturday Jan 9 - 3:49pm RT @BenjySarlin: Forbes chief content officer @RandallLane: “Let it be known to the business world: Hire any of Trump’s fellow fabulists above, and Forbes will assume that everything your company or firm talks about is a lie.” https://t.co/q8Gh1V1tYr Steve Thomma 2 weeks ago:   Saturday Jan 9 - 3:29pm RT @ZekeJMiller: Charleston, https://t.co/uYCqTf7zJ5. (AP) — West Virginia lawmaker Derrick Evans resigns after facing charges in connection with deadly riot at US Capitol. Steve Thomma 2 weeks ago:   Saturday Jan 9 - 11:30am RT @StevenTDennis: One other point: During debate on the electors, neither Ted Cruz nor Josh Hawley presented any evidence of widespread fraud.