Chris Megerian covers the White House and President Trump from the Los Angeles Times’ D.C. bureau. He previously wrote about the Russia investigation, the 2016 presidential campaign and the 2015 United Nations summit on global warming in Paris. While based in Sacramento, he reported on Gov. Jerry Brown, climate change policies, California politics and state finances. Before joining The Times in January 2012, he spent three years covering politics and law enforcement at the Star-Ledger in New Jersey. He grew up in Massachusetts and graduated from Emory University in Atlanta.
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President Trump again pushed false election fraud claims Friday while President-elect Joe Biden met with Democratic leaders in Congress.
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Rudolph W. Giuliani announced a far-fetched new Trump strategy to overturn Joe Biden’s victory while Biden met with governors of both parties amid growing recognition of his election.
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Rudy Giuliani offered baseless claims of fraud at a federal court hearing in Pennsylvania as President Trump’s bid to reverse the election result sputtered.
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After more than a week of speaking only in tweets, President Trump on Friday addressed the worsening pandemic amid calls for him to aid the transition to Joe Biden.
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Secluded in the White House, Trump concentrates on his future and how to accept a loss without publicly acknowledging it as such.
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Massive vote fraud? No. Nevada is sending one possible case to investigators as Republicans come up mostly empty in attempt to undermine Biden’s win.
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Unwilling to concede defeat, President Trump’s team creates safe space for him while Joe Biden’s transition starts without necessary government assistance.
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Joe Biden’s long-awaited victory did not prevent President Trump from falsely claiming that he won the election.
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In a strange and subdued speech, President Trump made baseless claims of voting fraud, falsely insisting Democrats were trying to “steal” the election by counting mail-in ballots.
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With the election in overtime, President Trump is pushing a mixed message, suing to stop the count in some states and urging others to keep counting.