Category Archives: chicanery

“N.Y. Democrats back election law change to remove former Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin from ballot”

April 15, 2022, 6:50 amballot access, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYDN: Advocates and Democratic lawmakers have devised a way to boot recently indicted ex-Lieutenant Gov. Brian Benjamin from the ballot.Or at least prevent another problem like the one Dems will face in two months when Benjamin’s name will still… Continue reading

“CNN Exclusive: ‘We need ammo. We need fraud examples. We need it this weekend.’ What the Meadows texts reveal about how two Trump congressional allies lobbied the White House to overturn the election.”

April 15, 2022, 6:47 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

CNN: In the weeks between the 2020 election and the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, almost 100 text messages from two staunch GOP allies of then-President Donald Trump reveal an aggressive attempt to lobby, encourage… Continue reading

“Zealous lawyer or coup architect? The legal theorist behind Jan. 6.”

April 15, 2022, 6:33 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

CSM deep dive into whether John Eastman should face trouble with the CA Bar.

“New Brennan Center analyses: Sponsors of anti-voter bills and their election denialism; failed Trump campaign lawsuits and related anti-voter bills”

April 13, 2022, 6:56 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Release: Today the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law published a pair of analyses tracing post-2020 paths of the misinformation and conspiracy theories spread by the former president and his allies about voting and the 2020 election.One analysis looks… Continue reading

“In Conference Call Before Riot, a Plea to ‘Descend on the Capitol’

April 12, 2022, 1:32 pmchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: One week before an angry mob stormed the Capitol, a communications expert named Jason Sullivan, a onetime aide to Roger J. Stone Jr., joined a conference call with a group of President Donald J. Trump’s… Continue reading

“How a Trump ally got his unfounded voting-machine audit push in front of federal cyber agency”

April 12, 2022, 6:56 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Politico: Donald Trump’s top pick to administer Arizona elections in 2024 is more than a garden-variety backer — he played a little-known but notable role in bolstering the former president’s push to subvert the 2020 ballot.It was the waning… Continue reading

“US assesses Putin may increase efforts to interfere with US elections”

April 11, 2022, 12:55 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

CNN: The United States believes Russian President Vladimir Putin may be willing to take more aggressive action against the US, including dialing up his attempts to interfere with American elections in response to its support for Ukraine, according to… Continue reading

“Colorado Republicans back election denier for Senate primary”

April 10, 2022, 12:19 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

AP: Colorado Republicans on Saturday voted to place on their U.S. Senate primary ballot a state representative who attended the Jan. 6 rally that preceded the attack on the U.S. Capitol and is a supporter of former President Donald Trump’s… Continue reading

“Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, in Wild New Campaign Ad: ‘The Fake News, Big Tech and Blue State Liberals Stole the Election from President Trump’”

April 10, 2022, 12:15 pmchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Mediaite: Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) went all in on Donald Trump’s “Big Lie” with her campaign ad blasting those who supposedly “stole” the election from the former president.Ivey left little room for subtlety in her video titled… Continue reading

“CNN Exclusive: ‘We control them all’: Donald Trump Jr. texted Meadows ideas for overturning 2020 election before it was called”

April 8, 2022, 1:26 pmchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

CNN: Two days after the 2020 presidential election, as votes were still being tallied, Donald Trump’s eldest son texted then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows that “we have operational control” to ensure his father would get a second term,… Continue reading

“On Steve Bannon podcast, Michael Gableman appeals to Trump supporters for help keeping the doors open on his Wisconsin election review”

April 8, 2022, 12:36 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: The former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice overseeing a taxpayer-funded review of the 2020 election for Assembly Republicans is warning supporters of former President Donald Trump that Speaker Robin Vos wants to dismantle his Brookfield office within… Continue reading

“Legal Effort Expands to Disqualify Republicans as ‘Insurrectionists’”

April 8, 2022, 7:14 amchicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: A legal effort to disqualify from re-election lawmakers who participated in events surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol expanded on Thursday, when a cluster of voters and a progressive group filed suit against three elected… Continue reading

“Trump deflects blame for Jan. 6 silence, says he wanted to march to Capitol”

April 7, 2022, 7:35 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Josh Dawsey for WaPo: Former president Donald Trump voiced regret Wednesday over not marching to the U.S. Capitol the day his supporters stormed the building, and he defended his long silence during the attack by claiming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi… Continue reading

“Election claims dominate lively night for Trump, allies at Mar-a-Lago”

April 6, 2022, 7:26 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: Former president Donald Trump and a coterie of his top allies, donors and paying club members gathered at his palatial beachfront club Tuesday night for a reunion of sorts: to sip Trump-branded wine, snack on an amuse-bouche of… Continue reading