'Intimidating' conspiracy theorists accused of violating federal civil rights laws

A 2021 door-knocking campaign launched by right-wing election deniers in an attempt to prove widespread fraud in Colorado’s voting systems is at the center of a federal civil rights lawsuit that began in Denver on Monday.

A coalition of voting rights groups alleges the campaign constituted “objectively intimidating conduct” in violation of civil rights laws. Attorneys for the defendants, a trio of Colorado election conspiracy theorists, liken the volunteer canvassing drives they organized...