Category Archives: chicanery

Texas: “Edinburg Mayor Richard Molina charged with orchestrating an illegal voting scheme”

April 25, 2019, 1:23 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

Texas Tribune: Edinburg Mayor Richard Molina has been arrested for voter fraud, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Thursday morning, the latest in a string of arrests the state’s election fraud unit has made in connection with what Paxton… Continue reading

“Mulvaney: ‘I don’t recall’ telling staffers not to mention election security to Trump”

April 25, 2019, 7:40 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Politico: Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said Wednesday he doesn’t recall instructing aides to keep discussions about election security off President Donald Trump’s radar, after The New York Times reported Mulvaney had said the topic “should… Continue reading

“The Cybersecurity 202: Cybersecurity proposal pits cyber pros against campaign finance hawks”

April 25, 2019, 7:29 amcampaign finance, campaigns, chicanery, federal election commissionRick Hasen

WaPo: The Federal Election Commission could decide today whether nonpartisan groups can offer political campaigns free cybersecurity services, an issue that has made bedfellows of Republicans and Democrats but divided cyber pros and campaign finance hawks.The proposal’s authors, Hillary… Continue reading

“Mueller report shows Trump campaign left itself wide open to Russians, officials say”

April 25, 2019, 7:23 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

NBC News: The Mueller report’s narrative of secret meetings between members of Donald Trump’s orbit and Russian operatives — contacts that occurred both before and after the 2016 election — portrays a political campaign that left itself open to… Continue reading

Michael Cohen Claims He Pled Guilty on Tax and Fraud Changes Because Prosecutors “Had [Him] on Campaign Finance”; Did His Lawyers Give Him Bad Advice?

April 24, 2019, 10:19 amcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

In a recent Slate piece, I noted some of the issues with going after President Trump on campaign finance charges related to hush money payments, charges to which Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen pleaded guilty. I added: “Cohen might… Continue reading

“In Push for 2020 Election Security, Top Official Was Warned: Don’t Tell Trump”

April 24, 2019, 6:47 amcampaigns, chicanery, election administration, voting technologyRick Hasen

NYT: In the months before Kirstjen Nielsen was forced to resign, she tried to focus the White House on one of her highest priorities as homeland security secretary: preparing for new and different Russian forms of interference in the… Continue reading

“Jared Kushner Dismisses Russian Election Interference as ‘Couple of Facebook Ads’”

April 23, 2019, 8:28 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, dismissed Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential campaign on Tuesday as a “couple of Facebook ads” and said the investigation of it was far more damaging to the country than… Continue reading

“Is foreign election interference being normalized after Mueller report?” (Video of My Appearance on Meet the Press Daily)

April 23, 2019, 8:18 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

You can watch here.

“It is wrong to say ‘no collusion'”

April 22, 2019, 12:56 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Trevor Potter oped: The openness of the Trump campaign to obtain help from the Russian government is most clearly illustrated by communications of Trump Jr. regarding the June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower. He was told a “Russian government attorney”… Continue reading

“The Mueller Report Makes It Clear: Trump Is Off the Hook in SDNY as Well”

April 22, 2019, 9:35 amcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: Since the announcement of special counsel Robert Mueller’s decision to not indict President Donald Trump for obstruction of justice or any members of Trump’s family, critics of Trump who still feel… Continue reading

“‘Nothing wrong’ with campaign accepting information from Russians, Giuliani says”

April 21, 2019, 2:23 pmcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo reports.

“Mueller report highlights scope of election security challenge”

April 21, 2019, 10:31 amcampaigns, chicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

WaPo: Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation of the “sweeping and systematic fashion” in which Russia interfered in the 2016 election highlights the breadth and complexity of the U.S. voting infrastructure that needs protecting.From voter registration to the… Continue reading

Rudy Giuliani Says “There’s Nothing Wrong” with Taking Things of Value from Foreign Governments

April 21, 2019, 10:14 amcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

I ended my recent Slate piece on Mueller’s decision not to prosecute Donald Trump Jr. for campaign finance violations with this statement: Further, even if Mueller believed there were First Amendment questions in play, he should have left that… Continue reading

“Trump again jokes about staying on as president for more than two terms”

April 19, 2019, 3:04 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Washington Post: President Trump on Thursday joked about serving more than two terms as president, telling a crowd that he might remain in the Oval Office “at least for 10 or 14 years.”Trump made the comments on the same… Continue reading

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