Category Archives: chicanery

“Officials Alarmed Over Trump Talk of a Power Grab”

December 19, 2020, 5:41 pmchicanery, Election MeltdownRick Hasen

Political Wire: Jonathan Swan: “Senior Trump administration officials are increasingly alarmed that President Trump might unleash — and abuse — the power of government in an effort to overturn the clear result of the election.”“These officials tell me that… Continue reading

Antrim, Michigan Hand Recount Confirms Accuracy of Machine Recount, with 12-Vote Gain for Trump

December 17, 2020, 2:02 pmchicanery, election administration, recounts, voting technologyRick Hasen

Detroit News: An audit of Antrim County election results Thursday gave President Donald Trump a net gain of 12 votes from the certified results in the northern Michigan county. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s total decreased by one vote, from… Continue reading

“Dominion demands that Sidney Powell retract ‘baseless and false allegations’ about voting machines.”

December 17, 2020, 12:31 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: Dominion Voting Systems sent a blistering letter on Wednesday night to the right-wing lawyer Sidney Powell, demanding that she publicly retract her “wild, knowingly baseless and false accusations” about the company’s voting machines, which have repeatedly found themselves… Continue reading

“Republican NC state senator: Trump should ‘invoke the Insurrection Act'”

December 16, 2020, 7:06 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

The Hill: A Republican state senator in North Carolina is doubling down after making comments on social media paraphrasing a retired general who called on President Trump to invoke the rarely-used Insurrection Act and suspend civil liberties such as habeas… Continue reading

Trump Retweets Call from Lin Wood for Georgia Governor and Secretary of State to Go to Jail for Not Stealing the Election for Him

December 15, 2020, 10:01 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

At least Wood can be disbarred. Good morning, the President of the United States is retweeting calls for him to put members of his own party in jail for not overturning an election that he lost. pic.twitter.com/N46ZzK5JjT— Robert Maguire… Continue reading

“Secret donor name in Florida Senate races wiped from records, replaced”

December 15, 2020, 8:10 amcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

Tampa Bay Times: The name of the mystery donor behind a $550,000 effort that helped promote no-party candidates in three key Florida Senate races, including one that is under investigation, was changed in campaign finance reports over the weekend.While making… Continue reading

“Team Trump’s Endgame”

December 15, 2020, 8:02 amchicanery, electoral collegeRick Hasen

Lessig tries to to suss out what’s up with the fake alternative electors the Trump team assembled yesterday.

“Trump antagonizes Republicans with Georgia fundraising ploy”

December 15, 2020, 7:20 amcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Politico: President Donald Trump couldn’t make it any clearer: He needs his supporters to fork over cash for the all-important Georgia Senate runoff elections.“We MUST defend Georgia from the Dems!” he wrote in one recent text message. “I need YOU… Continue reading

“Stephen Miller’s Soviets: From Alternative Facts to Alternate Electors”

December 15, 2020, 7:03 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Michael Dorf: Yesterday, Stephen Miller crammed himself into the clown-car of sycophants making absurd claims on behalf of the would-be Clown-Tyrant-King Donald I. With a claim as deranged and dangerous as any to have oozed out of the skull of… Continue reading

“As electoral college formalizes Biden’s win, Trump backers hold their own vote”

December 14, 2020, 5:06 pmchicanery, electoral college, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: Republicans in six states won by President-elect Joe Biden held their own electoral college-style votes Monday for President Trump — hoping that future court decisions would throw out Biden’s votes and count the GOP ones instead.These votes have no… Continue reading

Michigan Lawmaker Suggests “Hail Mary” Play Regarding Appointing Presidential Electors in Michigan for Trump and Does Not Rule Out Violence; He’s Been Stripped of His Committee Assignments

December 14, 2020, 8:07 amchicanery, electoral collegeRick Hasen

So troubling.

“Michigan House, Senate close offices due to threats ahead of electors’ meeting”

December 14, 2020, 6:27 amchicanery, electoral collegeRick Hasen

The Detroit News reports.

“Multiple people stabbed after thousands gather for pro-Trump demonstrations in Washington”

December 13, 2020, 5:01 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: Thousands of maskless rallygoers who refuse to accept the results of the election turned downtown Washington into a falsehood-filled spectacle Saturday, two days before the electoral college will make the president’s loss official.In smaller numbers than their gathering last … Continue reading

“Trump Allies Eye Long-Shot Election Reversal in Congress, Testing Pence; Some House Republicans plan to try to use Congress’s tallying of electoral results on Jan. 6 to tip the election to President Trump. The attempt will put Republicans in a pinch.”

December 13, 2020, 4:58 pmchicanery, electoral collegeRick Hasen

NYT: Even if a senator did agree, constitutional scholars say the process is intended to be an arduous one. Once an objection is heard from a member of each house of Congress, senators and representatives will retreat to their chambers… Continue reading

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