MICHAEL MCDONALD

LOS ANGELES — (AP) — The Temptations, the Isley Brothers and the Four Tops turned back time, singing and dancing as if in their prime at a reunion of aging Motown stars. “I wanted to be a singer, I wanted to be in show business, I wanted to write songs and make music," Robinson said. But then I got there because I met Berry Gordy. Gordy and Robinson alternately stood and applauded and clapped along, sometimes singing as well, while the artists sampled the vast Motown catalog. Trombone Shorty tore it up on “Shotgun,” the Junior Walker and the All Stars song produced by Gordy in 1965.

The Temptations, the Isley Brothers and the Four Tops turned back time, singing and dancing as if in their prime at a reunion of Motown stars.

Both men served as fake electors in Carson City on Dec. 14, 2020. That day, six Nevada GOP members signed certificates falsely stating that Trump won Nevada in 2020 and sent them to Congress and the National Archives, where they were ultimately ignored. The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is digging into the role that these fake electors in key battleground states had in Trump's attempt to cling to power after his 2020 defeat. Meanwhile, the day before the slate of fake electors met, the transcripts show McDonald grew increasingly frustrated with the RNC’s direction over how to conduct the certificate signing. “RNC essentially put us in a box on what we can say, but doesn’t sound too bad,” Shawn Meehan, one of the fake electors, said in a text to DeGraffenreid.

New transcripts released on Wednesday night by the House Jan. 6 committee reveals former president Donald Trump and his allies played a direct role in the Nevada Republican Party’s phony elector scheme in 2020.

New transcripts of closed-door testimony to the Jan. 6 House committee show Donald Trump and his allies had a direct hand in the Nevada Republican Party’s scheme to send a phony electoral certificate to Congress in 2020 in a last-ditch attempt to keep the former president in power. The documents made public Wednesday evening included interviews with state party leader Michael McDonald and Republican National Committeeman Jim DeGraffenreid in February.

Cegavske’s office opted to provide documents, of which there was only one, with officials who were not on the DOJ's request list. Clark County, Nevada's most populous county which includes Las Vegas, also received a subpoena. The DOJ requested identical documents from other key swing states and counties it subpoenaed. Cegavske’s office had no records detailing communication with any of the Trump campaign officials listed on the subpoena, but did provide one document anyway. All of the states the DOJ subpoenaed are key battlegrounds that Trump and his allies targeted as they tried to overturn the election.

Florida political science professor Michael McDonald claimed on Twitter Wednesday that Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., has yet to face “the harsh spotlight” of national media.

In an election that had experts worried about vigilante poll monitors and the potential for danger for election workers, voting on Election Day seems to have gone off without any major incidents.

New data shows that Democrats continue to vote early at a greater rate than Republicans, but the gap is narrowing in this year's midterm elections compared to 2020.

The pandemic led to a historic rise in early voting, as 70% of the electorate cast ballots before Election Day in 2020. In 2022, it looks like more of the same.

More than 9 million Americans have already voted in the midterm elections, according to the United States Elections Project. >> Read more trending newsThe tally, two weeks before the 2022 midterm elections, includes 6.8 million voters who have mailed in a ballot and 2.5 million voters who voted in person. California has had 1.3 million ballots cast early, with 1.2 million Floridians voting early. Broken down by party affiliation, 2.4 million Democrats have voted early, and 1.5 million Republicans have cast early ballots. More women than men have cast early ballots, and those over age 65 make up the largest early voter group by age.

The turnout is record-setting, said Tate Mitchell, a spokesperson for the Kemp campaign, “while Stacey Abrams continues to spread the myth of voter suppression.”Abrams pushes back against that taunt, even as she, too, celebrates the high early turnout. The idea is that if committed Democrats vote early, the party will be able to shift its focus to others, plus reduce crowding in the last week of early voting. Those trends, she said, suggest the strategy is working, at least in the opening days of early voting. But Kemp has led in almost all public polls, and his campaign continues to try to reach beyond Republican partisans to win independents and some Black voters. The Abrams campaign touted high Black turnout thus far, with about 35.5% of the advance ballots coming from Black voters.

Nationwide, nearly 5 million people have already cast ballots according to U.S. Elections project figures – 781,000 by in-person early voting and 4.2 million through mail in ballots

Democrats control Nevada's state government and most of the congressional delegation, but Republicans may turn the state red in the midterm elections.

With five decades of performing under their belts, the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famers haven't let old resentments get in the way of new music and a 50th anniversary tour.

Bill Miller, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Washington, confirmed the existence of law enforcement activity on Wednesday.

Bill Miller, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Washington, confirmed the existence of law enforcement activity on Wednesday.

Capitol Riot Investigation Trump Justice Official FILE - Jeffrey Clark, then-Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, on Sept. 14, 2020. Federal agents have searched the Virginia home of the Trump-era Justice Department official who championed efforts by President Donald Trump to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Authorities searched the Virginia home of Jeffrey Clark, who was known at the Justice Department to champion Trump's false claims of election fraud. The committee held a hearing Thursday that was expected to feature Trump's desire to install Clark atop the Justice Department in his administration's last days. Trump relented only when other senior Justice Department officials warned Trump that they would resign if he followed through with his plan to replace Rosen with Clark.

The Florida Senate is expected to consider a map on Wednesday that will redraw Congressional districts and add a new one for the state.

There are plenty of stars at this World Series, from Freddie Freeman to Jose Altuve.

In a decision that could have far-reaching free speech implications for faculty at universities and colleges across Florida, the University of Florida has refused to allow three political science professors to continue to serve as expert witnesses in a case that challenges a new state law that restricts voting access.

The school said having the professors testify was "adverse" to the university's interests, marking a departure from normal procedure and raising major concerns about freedom of speech.

The University of Florida is prohibiting three professors from providing expert testimony in a lawsuit challenging a new law that critics claim restricts voting rights.

The Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famers, who've been playing together for more than half a century, don't let old resentments get in the way of a new album and tour.

This week’s new entertainment releases include new music from Brandi Carlile and the Doobie Brothers, as well as the return of Jon Stewart to prime time and a prequel film to “The Sopranos” called “The Many Saints of Newark.”.

A bitter party fight in Nevada suggests the GOP is far from being finished with its post-election reckoning.

Democrats push for voting rights legislation as states add restrictions House and Senate Democrats are pushing for voting rights protections as the number of Republican proposals to restrict voting access in states around the country rises. University of Florida professor of political science Michael McDonald joins CBSN to discuss the latest.

Voters have cast more than 94 million ballots in the United States ahead of Election Day, according to the U.S. Texas and Hawaii have both already exceeded their total voter turnout in 2016, at about 110% of those voting levels. Several other states are nearing 100% of their 2016 turnout already, according to the U.S. Florida Georgia, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina and Washington, have all exceeded 90% of total turnout in 2016. WATCH: 'It's Americans doing their civic duty' — Early voters break records across the U.S.

Early voting in 2020 has now surpassed the 58 million mail-in or in-person early votes cast in 2016, based on Associated Press totals , and reached over 50% of the more than 136 million total ballots cast in the 2016 presidential election. Democrats still lead Republicans in mail voting for states that report party data, but GOP voters have surpassed Democrats in ballots cast in person. Of the more than 26 million returned mail ballots tracked by the U.S. Republicans are hoping strong turnout in person can make up Democrats' mail voting advantage. Republicans lead in-person votes with 46.4% to Democrats' 34.0%, while Democrats lead mail ballots with 46.8% to Republicans' 31.0%.

With two weeks until Election Day, more than 34 million Americans have already voted in the 2020 presidential election, according to U.S. Votes cast by mail and in person this election cycle have now reached 24.5% of the more than 136 million total ballots cast in the 2016 presidential election. While Democrats have dominated vote-by-mail, Republicans are starting to make up ground with in-person early voting. As one-stop in-person early voting started last Thursday, North Carolina's turnout is far outpacing that of 2016. In-person early voting opened in Florida on Monday morning with long lines even amid stormy weather.

More than 22 million Americans have already cast ballots in the 2020 election, a record-shattering avalanche of early votes driven both by Democratic enthusiasm and a pandemic that has transformed the way the nation votes. “The Republican numbers are going to pick up,” said John Couvillon, a GOP pollster who is tracking early voting. But there have been extraordinary lines and hourslong wait times in Georgia, Texas and North Carolina as they've opened in-person early voting. Of the early voters, 82% cast ballots through the mail and 18% in person. In-person early voting began this week in several major states and also broke records, particularly in crowded, Democratic-leaning metropolitan areas.

A sign directs residents outside an early voting polling location for the 2020 Presidential election in Atlanta, Georgia, on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. With exactly three weeks until Election Day, early voting turnout both in person and via mail is far outpacing that of 2016. The soaring level of early voting comes as the coronavirus pandemic has created an unprecedented demand for safer alternatives to casting ballots. The project, led by University of Florida professor Michael McDonald, reports that Democrats are leading the historic surge of early voting. Over 46 million mail ballots requested across the country have yet to be returned.

AdvertisementNearly 10 million Americans had already cast ballots as of Monday night, through mail ballots or at in-person voting sites, according to the U.S. Elections Project’s nonpartisan tally of early voting. And look what’s happening in early voting all across America — long lines, long lines. (Democrats are also more likely to request mail ballots and have returned them at a higher proportion than Republicans.) Interviews with voters at polling stations here found many motivated to vote early to deny Trump a second term.

Florida voters have already cast nearly one million ballots in the 2020 general election, according to the United States Elections Project. Wednesday’s data shows nearly 5.5 million vote-by-mail ballots were requested in Florida with around 2.5 million were registered democrat and 1.7 million were registered republican. Democrats take the lead as nearly 500,000 ballots have already been returned compared to approximately 270,000 republicans mailing in their vote. So, it is no surprise that more Democrats have cast mail ballots. “What is increasingly becoming clear is that Democrats are returning their mail ballots at a higher rate, too.