Category Archives: chicanery
“Plenty of NC politicos hired McCrae Dowless; they just don’t want to talk about it”
“Trump’s DHS Guts Task Forces Protecting Elections From Foreign Meddling”
Daily Beast:
Two teams of federal officials assembled to fight foreign election interference are being dramatically downsized, according to three current and former Department of Homeland Security officials. And now, those sources say they fear the department won’t prepare… Continue reading
Today’s Must-Read: “‘Private Mossad for Hire: Inside a plot to influence American elections, starting with one small-town race.”
Adam Entous and Ronan Farrow in the New Yorker:
Psy-Group’s larger ambition was to break into the U.S. election market. During the 2016 Presidential race, the company pitched members of Donald Trump’s campaign team on its ability to influence… Continue reading
North Carolina Poll Worker Pleads Guilty to Advising Noncitizen to Register and Vote; DOJ Press Release Misleadingly Refers to Worker as a “Board of Elections Election Official”
The DOJ press release headline refers to the worker as a “Board of Elections Election Official” but that seems incorrect.
From an earlier HuffPost piece:
The sole U.S. citizen facing charges ― Denslo Allen Paige, a 66-year-old Walmart worker… Continue reading
North Carolina: “New board gets private preview of Congressional race probe”
AP:
A reconstituted North Carolina elections board received a private preview Thursday of what investigators uncovered in their probe of absentee ballot irregularities in the country’s last unresolved congressional race.
Chairman Bob Cordle said the new five-member State Board… Continue reading
Potentially Bad News for Trump and Trump Organization: SDNY Still Investigating Michael Cohen for Campaign Finance Crimes
Potentially a big deal here:
“In particular, the Government represents that aspects of its investigation remains ongoing, including those pertaining to or arising from Cohen’s campaign finance crimes.”A bad sentence for Individual 1 and the Trump Org execs who… Continue reading
“Justice and Homeland Security report finds no foreign interference in 2018 elections”
CBS News:
There is no evidence to date of any foreign interference in the 2018 midterm elections, according to a new joint report released by the Justice and Homeland Security Departments on Tuesday. While specific conclusions remain classified, the… Continue reading
“Trump Inaugural Committee Ordered to Hand Over Documents to Federal Investigators”
NYT:
In the subpoena, investigators also showed interest in whether any foreigners illegally donated to the committee, as well as whether committee staff members knew that such donations were illegal, asking for documents laying out legal requirements for… Continue reading
“Trump-appointed prosecutor focused on allegations of voting fraud by immigrants amid warnings about separate ballot scheme”
Deep dive from WaPo:
At about 4 a.m. on Aug. 23, federal agents rousted Jose Solano-Rodriguez from his bed in the suburbs of Raleigh. A couple of hours later, three agents knocked on Hyo Suk George’s door as she… Continue reading
“Mueller Could Have More Than Russia on His Mind: There were foreign nationals from many countries surrounding the Trump campaign, argues Brennan Center fellow Ciara Torres-Spelliscy.
ProPublica and Lexington Herald-Leader Publish Third of 3 Devastating Articles on Kentucky Secretary of State Grimes
The Curious Case of a Kentucky Cybersecurity Contract:
In the months after the 2016 elections, state election administrators spent millions of dollars investigating and addressing the cyber intrusions that had penetrated voting systems in dozens of states. Kentucky Secretary… Continue reading
Today’s Must-Read from ProPublica: “A Onetime Rising Democratic Star Faces Questions About Voter Privacy”
ProPublica:
In an appearance on MSNBC in July 2017, Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes expressed her vehement opposition to giving voter data to President Donald Trump’s voter fraud commission, which had requested it from election officials in… Continue reading
“Roger Stone’s Indictment Could Be Good News for Donald Trump Jr.”
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
Why didn’t Special Counsel Robert Mueller charge self-proclaimed dirty trickster Roger Stone with violating campaign finance laws? And what does this say about Donald Trump Jr.’s potential exposure for his Trump… Continue reading