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=== Zimmerman trial=== |
=== Zimmerman trial=== |
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In July 2013, Fitton falsely claimed that the [[Obama administration]]'s Department of Justice had sent representatives to [[Sanford, Florida]], following Trayvon Martin's death "to help organize and manage rallies and protests against George Zimmerman."<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2013/jul/12/judicial-watch/judicial-watch-says-department-justice-unit-organi/|title=Judicial Watch says Department of Justice unit organized protests against George Zimmerman|date=July 12, 2013|publisher=[[PolitiFact]]}}</ref> |
In July 2013, Fitton falsely claimed that the [[Obama administration]]'s Department of Justice had sent representatives to [[Sanford, Florida]], following Trayvon Martin's death "to help organize and manage rallies and protests against George Zimmerman."<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2013/jul/12/judicial-watch/judicial-watch-says-department-justice-unit-organi/|title=Judicial Watch says Department of Justice unit organized protests against George Zimmerman|date=July 12, 2013|publisher=[[PolitiFact]]}}</ref> |
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In a video recording released in October 2020, in the lead-up to the 2020 election, Fitton called on fellow conservative activists at a conference to come up with ways to prevent mail-in-ballots from being distributed to voters.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020|title=Videos show closed-door sessions of leading conservative activists: 'Be not afraid of the accusations that you're a voter suppressor'|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/council-national-policy-video/2020/10/14/367f24c2-f793-11ea-a510-f57d8ce76e11_story.html}}</ref> |
In a video recording released in October 2020, in the lead-up to the 2020 election, Fitton called on fellow conservative activists at a conference to come up with ways to prevent mail-in-ballots from being distributed to voters.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020|title=Videos show closed-door sessions of leading conservative activists: 'Be not afraid of the accusations that you're a voter suppressor'|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/council-national-policy-video/2020/10/14/367f24c2-f793-11ea-a510-f57d8ce76e11_story.html}}</ref> |
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At the [[Conservative Political Action Conference]] in February 2021, Fitton falsely claimed that on the day of the [[2020 United States presidential election]], "President Trump had the votes to win the presidency. These vote totals were changed because of unprecedented and extraordinary counting after election day".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/28/cpac-donald-trump-speech-rightwing-summit-florida|title=CPAC: pent-up Trump set to denounce Biden at rightwing summit|first=David|last=Smith|work=[[The Guardian]]|date= |
At the [[Conservative Political Action Conference]] in February 2021, Fitton falsely claimed that on the day of the [[2020 United States presidential election]], "President Trump had the votes to win the presidency. These vote totals were changed because of unprecedented and extraordinary counting after election day".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/28/cpac-donald-trump-speech-rightwing-summit-florida|title=CPAC: pent-up Trump set to denounce Biden at rightwing summit|first=David|last=Smith|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=28 February 2021|access-date=28 February 2021}}</ref> |
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Fitton has been identified as unindicted [[Criminal conspiracy|co-conspirator]] #1 in the [[ |
Fitton has been identified as unindicted [[Criminal conspiracy|co-conspirator]] #1 in the [[Prosecution of Donald Trump in Georgia|Georgia state indictment of Donald Trump]] and 18 other defendants for their [[Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election|attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cohen |first=Elizabeth Stuart,Jeremy Herb,Zachary |date=2023-08-17 |title=The identities behind the 30 unindicted co-conspirators in Trump's Georgia case {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/17/politics/trump-georgia-30-unindicted-co-conspirators/index.html |access-date=2023-08-19 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nevett |first=Ryan Goodman, Norman L. Eisen, Siven Watt, Allison Rice, Francois Barrilleaux, Beth Markman, Michael |date=2023-08-17 |title=Chart: Names of the "Unindicted Co-Conspirators" in Fulton County, Georgia Indictment |url=https://www.justsecurity.org/87662/chart-names-of-the-unindicted-co-conspirators-in-fulton-county-georgia-indictment-for-2020-election-interference/ |access-date=2023-08-19 |website=Just Security |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Schonfeld |first=Zach |date=2023-08-18 |title=Trump's Georgia case: What we know about 30 unindicted co-conspirators |url=https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4157627-trump-georgia-30-unindicted-co-conspirators-what-to-know/ |access-date=2023-08-19 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}}</ref> He is described in the indictment as having written a speech for Trump prior to the election in which Trump would falsely attribute his loss to voter fraud.<ref name=":4" /> |
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=== Russian interference in the 2016 election === |
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==Awards== |
==Awards== |
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Fitton received the [[American Conservative Union]]'s 'Defender of the Constitution Award' during its annual [[Conservative Political Action Conference]] (CPAC) in 2015.<ref>{{cite press release |author=Ross Hemminger |title=Tom Fitton Presented with the Defender of the Constitution Award |url=http://conservative.org/tom-fitton-presented-with-the-defender-of-the-constitution-award/|location=National Harbor, MD |publisher=American Conservative Union |date=February 28, 2015}}</ref> |
Fitton received the [[American Conservative Union]]'s 'Defender of the Constitution Award' during its annual [[Conservative Political Action Conference]] (CPAC) in 2015.<ref>{{cite press release |author=Ross Hemminger |title=Tom Fitton Presented with the Defender of the Constitution Award |url=http://conservative.org/tom-fitton-presented-with-the-defender-of-the-constitution-award/|location=National Harbor, MD |publisher=American Conservative Union |date=February 28, 2015}}</ref> |
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==Works== |
==Works== |
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* {{cite book|last=Fitton|first=Tom|date=2014|title=The Corruption Chronicles: Obama's Big Secrecy, Big Corruption, and Big Government|isbn=978-1-4767-6705-5|publisher=Threshold Editions| location = New York}} |
* {{cite book|last=Fitton|first=Tom|date=2014|title=The Corruption Chronicles: Obama's Big Secrecy, Big Corruption, and Big Government|isbn=978-1-4767-6705-5|publisher=Threshold Editions| location = New York}} |
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* Fitton, Tom ''Clean House: Exposing Our Government's Secrets and Lies'' (New York: Threshold Editions, 2016). {{ISBN|978-1-5011-3704-4}} |
* Fitton, Tom ''Clean House: Exposing Our Government's Secrets and Lies'' (New York: Threshold Editions, 2016). {{ISBN|978-1-5011-3704-4}} |
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* {{cite book|last=Fitton|first=Tom|date=2020|title= A Republic Under Assault: The Left's Ongoing Attack On American Freedom|isbn=978-1-9821-6365-5|publisher=Threshold Editions| location = New York}} |
* {{cite book|last=Fitton|first=Tom|date=2020|title= A Republic Under Assault: The Left's Ongoing Attack On American Freedom|isbn=978-1-9821-6365-5|publisher=Threshold Editions| location = New York}} |
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