Category Archives: chicanery

“Republicans Aim to Seize More Power Over How Elections Are Run”

March 25, 2021, 7:59 amchicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT: In the turbulent aftermath of the 2020 presidential contest, election officials in Georgia, from the secretary of state’s office down to county boards, found themselves in a wholly unexpected position: They had to act as one of the… Continue reading

Must-Read: “Secret until now, records reveal clash over the Trump DOJ’s demand for NC voter data”

March 25, 2021, 7:49 amchicanery, Department of JusticeRick Hasen

News and Observer: Federal prosecutors have announced an end to a sweeping, four-year-long investigation into voter fraud in North Carolina, peeling back a veil of secrecy from a probe that pitted state and federal officials against each other over… Continue reading

“Republicans set to quiz tech CEOs on election misinformation tweeted #StopTheSteal themselves”

March 24, 2021, 5:11 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: House Democrats seeking to drill down on the spread of election fraud falsehoods on social media in advance of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot need to look no further than some of their Republican colleagues.A Washington Post analysis… Continue reading

“Trump’s Former Lawyer Now Argues ‘No Reasonable Person’ Would Believe Her Voter Fraud Lies Were ‘Fact’; Powell is facing billion-dollar lawsuits after accusing voting technology companies of rigging the election”

March 23, 2021, 8:43 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Zoe Tillman for BuzzFeed: Sidney Powell argued Monday that she couldn’t be sued for defamation for repeatedly promoting false conspiracy theories about the 2020 election being rigged because “no reasonable person would” believe that her comments “were truly statements of… Continue reading

“Evidence in Capitol Attack Most Likely Supports Sedition Charges, Prosecutor Says”

March 22, 2021, 8:33 amchicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: Evidence the government obtained in the investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol most likely meets the bar necessary to charge some of the suspects with sedition, Michael R. Sherwin, the federal prosecutor who had been leading… Continue reading

“NC federal attorneys: 24 more charged in voter-fraud probe in the 2016 general election”

March 22, 2021, 8:27 amchicaneryRick Hasen

AP: A federal North Carolina prosecutor’s office that has been investigating allegations of voter-related fraud said on Friday that 24 more people have been charged over the past 18 months.Two of the defendants were charged earlier this year with unlawful… Continue reading

“Assaulting the Truth, Ron Johnson Helps Erode Confidence in Government”

March 22, 2021, 7:58 amchicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: Mr. Johnson has also become the leading Republican proponent of a revisionist effort to deny the motives and violence of the mob that breached the Capitol. At a Senate hearing to examine the events of that day, Mr. Johnson … Continue reading

“Garland is the Last, Best Chance to Uncover Trump’s Role on January 6”

March 21, 2021, 3:35 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

David Rohde in the New Yorker: If Garland hopes to revive Levi’s ideals, his course is apparent. A federal criminal investigation is a comparatively blunt instrument, but it is the last, best route to uncovering the truth about one… Continue reading

“Ex-Florida state senator paid bogus candidate to ‘siphon votes,’ police say, in race GOP narrowly won”

March 19, 2021, 1:58 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: When incumbent Democrat José Javier Rodríguez lost his Florida state senate seat to Republican challenger Ileana Garcia by just 32 votes in November, the losing party and investigators began asking questions about a suspicious third candidate.A man named Alexis… Continue reading

“The Intelligence on Russia Was Clear. It Was Not Always Presented That Way.”

March 18, 2021, 7:27 amchicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: Representative Jason Crow listened during a classified briefing last summer while a top intelligence official said that Russia was hurting Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s campaign to help President Donald J. Trump.Mr. Crow, Democrat of Colorado, held up an intelligence… Continue reading

“US intelligence report says election fraud claims ‘will almost certainly’ spur more violence by domestic extremists”

March 18, 2021, 6:59 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

CNN: US intelligence agencies believe that “narratives of fraud in the recent general election” and “the emboldening impact of the violent breach of the US Capitol” will “almost certainly” spur domestic extremists to try to engage in additional acts of… Continue reading

“Recording of Trump Phone Call to Georgia Lead Investigator Reveals New Details”

March 10, 2021, 1:51 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

WSJ: Then-President Donald Trump urged the chief investigator of the Georgia Secretary of State’s office to look for fraud during an audit of mail-in ballots in a suburban Atlanta county, on a phone call he made to her in late… Continue reading

“Oath Keepers founder directed Capitol rioters on January 6, Justice Department says”

March 9, 2021, 1:19 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

CNN: The founder of the Oath Keepers right-wing paramilitary group was giving directions before and during the Capitol riot to extremists already charged in the largest conspiracy case related to January 6, the Justice Department said in court filings … Continue reading

“From vote to virus, misinformation campaign targets Latinos”

March 9, 2021, 7:08 amcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

AP: The effort showed how social media and other technology can be leveraged to spread misinformation so quickly that those trying to stop it cannot keep up. There were signs that it worked as Donald Trump swung large numbers of… Continue reading

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