On This Day: August 19

3 posts spanning 2019–2025

2019

• Day 942: Trump claimed – without evidence – that Google "manipulated" votes in the 2016 election; the Federal Election Commission chairwoman called Trump's repeated allegations of voter fraud in the 2016 election unsubstantiated and "damaging to our democracy"; Thousands of union workers at a Shell plant in Pennsylvania were ordered to attend a Trump speech last week or lose some of their weekly pay; Trump and two of his senior economic advisers dismissed concerns of a recession; and Trump still wants to buy Greenland. Aug 19, 2019

2020

• Day 1308: The Senate Intelligence Committee made criminal referrals of Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, Steven Bannon, and other Trump allies to federal prosecutors in 2019; Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer accused the Trump administration of “concealing” its role in selecting Louis DeJoy as postmaster general; House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused Louis DeJoy of not committing to replacing the sorting machines, mailboxes, and other mail infrastructure that has already been removed; Trump's reelection campaign sued New Jersey over the state's decision to mail a ballot to all residents; and White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany declined to say whether Trump would accept the election results if he lost. Aug 19, 2020

2025

• Day 1673: The Justice Department opened a criminal investigation into whether D.C. police falsified crime data, even as city police data showed violent crime was down 27% this year and federal prosecutors had reported a 25% drop in Trump’s first 100 days; National Guard troops from Republican-led states began arriving in Washington to support Trump’s law enforcement takeover of the capital; Trump revoked the security clearances of 37 current and former national security officials; Trump said Tuesday he ordered lawyers to review Smithsonian museums for “woke” content; the Trump administration ordered U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to require immigrants seeking citizenship to prove “positive contributions” beyond avoiding crimes; Trump ruled out sending American troops to Ukraine; and Trump told “Fox & Friends” that his reason for trying to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is because “I want to try and get to heaven, if possible." Aug 19, 2025