Category Archives: chicanery

“BREAKING: Elections consultant fired over proposal to close Georgia precincts”

August 23, 2018, 6:57 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

AJC: The elections consultant who proposed closing most voting locations in a majority African-American rural Georgia county has been fired ahead of a vote Friday on consolidating precincts. The proposal to shutter seven of the county’s nine precincts before… Continue reading

Will David Pecker Implicate Trump?

August 23, 2018, 10:07 amcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

Yesterday I suggested David Pecker might be next to take a plea deal, but it turns out he got something better: immunity. and it looks like he’s implicating the president (from the WSJ): David Pecker, the chief executive… Continue reading

ELB Podcast, Season 2, Episode 2: Bob Bauer: Unpacking the Trump Campaign Finance Allegations, From Michael Cohen to Trump Tower

August 23, 2018, 9:58 amcampaign finance, campaigns, chicanery, ELB PodcastRick Hasen

Does Michael Cohen’s guilty plea to campaign finance violations implicate the President in criminal campaign finance activity? What about the defenses that the President has raised to these charges? Did Trump or the Trump campaign violate the prohibition on soliciting… Continue reading

“FACT CHECK: Trump’s Misguided Defense Of Cohen Payments”

August 23, 2018, 7:35 amcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Peter Overby for NPR.

“The Campaign Finance Case Against Donald Trump is a Strong One: Just Ask John Edwards’ Prosecutors”

August 23, 2018, 7:18 amcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Paul Ryan for Just Security.

“Cohen charges: Federal investigation implicates others close to Trump”

August 22, 2018, 4:42 pmcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

USA Today reports.

“Georgia County Can’t Back Up Its Excuse For Plan To Disenfranchise Black Voters”

August 22, 2018, 2:00 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

Sam Levine: Officials in a majority-black Georgia county accused of trying to close almost all polling places to make it harder for black people to vote claimed last week that the locations couldn’t be used because of accessibility problems for… Continue reading

“DNC calls FBI after appearing to thwart hack of its voter database”

August 22, 2018, 1:32 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

CNN: The Democratic National Committee contacted the FBI on Tuesday after it detected what it believes was the beginning of a sophisticated attempt to hack into its voter database, a Democratic source tells CNN. The DNC was alerted in the… Continue reading

“Trump administration is using federal disability law to disenfranchise minority voters”

August 22, 2018, 1:16 pmchicanery, voters with disabilities, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Kira Lerner with a must-read: A majority-black county in rural Georgia announced a plan last week to close seven of its nine polling places ahead of the November election, claiming the polls cannot continue to operate because they are not… Continue reading

“Rep. Duncan Hunter and his wife indicted in use of campaign funds for personal expenses”

August 22, 2018, 7:34 amchicaneryRick Hasen

CNN: Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter and his wife, Margaret, routinely — and illegally — used campaign funds to pay personal bills big and small, from luxury vacations to kids’ school lunches and delinquent family dentistry bills, according to a stinging… Continue reading

“Michael Cohen’s Guilty Plea Directly Implicates Donald Trump in a Felony”

August 21, 2018, 5:22 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: For the first time since the Trump presidency began, President Donald Trump is in some real legal jeopardy, providing potential grounds for his eventual impeachment, if not indictment. Most people watching… Continue reading

“Microsoft says it has found a Russian operation targeting U.S. political institutions”

August 21, 2018, 6:56 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: A group affiliated with the Russian government created phony versions of six websites — including some related to public policy and to the U.S. Senate — with the apparent goal of hacking into the computers of people who were… Continue reading

“NC GOP leader raises possibility of impeaching justices over amendment ruling”

August 17, 2018, 11:49 amchicaneryRick Hasen

News and Observer: The state Republican Party executive director raised the possibility that state Supreme Court justices could be impeached if they ruled against legislative leaders in a lawsuit over constitutional amendments. Dallas Woodhouse made the remarks at an… Continue reading

Sen. Bill Nelson Gets Four Pinocchios for Claims of Hacking into Florida Election System….But Maybe He Doesn’t Deserve It? [Updated]

August 17, 2018, 10:51 amchicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: Nelson and Rubio warned Florida election officials to be on high alert for Russian cyber-intrusions. We take no issue with their July 2 letter. Nelson, however, went on to make a specific and alarming claim several times: that Russia… Continue reading