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Category Archives: chicanery
“DOJ & FEC Complaints Filed for Apparent ‘Straw Donor’ Contributions to Trump Campaign”
Release via email:
Today, Common Cause filed complaints with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging reason to believe that a Florida businesswoman violated campaign finance laws by enlisting and reimbursing “straw donors” tens of… Continue reading
NYT Reporting Suggests That Cindy Yang Illegally Funneled Contributions Through Conduits to Reach $50,000 Threshold for Picture with Donald Trump
This story is going to get bigger:
The Republican National Committee promised an “evening reception with Donald J. Trump” last March at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla.A contribution of $2,700 toward the president’s re-election would get you in… Continue reading
Stacey Abrams Now Troublingly Claims She *Did* Win Her Election (After Earlier Saying Kemp Was The Legal, Though Perhaps Not Legitimate, Winner)
This is troubling:
https://twitter.com/adamkelsey/status/1106284755610488833
If Abrams actually has now said that she *did* win her election, this is different (and more troublesome) than what she has said in the past. (That Kemp was the legal winner, whether or not legitimate,… Continue reading
“Documents shed light on Russian hacking of Democratic Party leaders”
WaPo:
Documents unsealed Thursday in a lawsuit have shed new light on how hackers breached Democratic Party email accounts before the 2016 election.The documents include a forensic analysis by a former top official in the FBI’s cybercrime division, which… Continue reading
“Trump issues warning to opponents: ‘It would be very bad’ if his military, police and biker supporters got ‘tough’”
Daniel Dale for The Toronto Star:
U.S. President Donald Trump has issued what seems to be a warning of armed pushback against his political opponents, telling a right-wing website on Monday that “it would be very bad, very bad” if… Continue reading
“Crenshaw falsely says HR1 would legalize the type of election fraud found in NC”
“DOJ Probes Whether Fugitive Financier Supplied Donation to Trump Re-Election Effort”
WSJ:
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether $100,000 donated to a Trump-related political fundraising committee originated from a fugitive Malaysian businessman alleged to be at the center of a global financial scandal, according to people familiar with… Continue reading
“Hacking Elections: Cyber Threats, Vulnerabilities, and the Way Forward”
ABA event coming March 18.
North Carolina Elections Board Issues Unanimous 46-Page Damning Set of Factual Findings and Legal Conclusions Related to Bladen County #NC09 Absentee Ballot Crimes, Explaining Why It Ordered New Election
From the introduction:
A new election is the gravest remedy available to this State agency that has, for a century, supervised elections meant to ensure “[a]ll political power is vested in and derived from the people; all government of… Continue reading
Texas: “DA under pressure to probe more voter fraud cases”
The Monitor:
A Houston attorney filed a criminal complaint last week accusing a candidate in the upcoming McAllen municipal election of voting illegally in Mission, and a few days later, he published a video on social media accusing the Hidalgo… Continue reading
“Federal investigators issue subpoenas in NC-9 investigation”
WBTV:
The Department of Justice has issued subpoenas for a federal grand jury investigation into allegations of election fraud in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District.The US Department of Justice’s Public Integrity Section has issued at least three subpoenas for… Continue reading
Wisconsin: “State finds two dozen possible cases of voter fraud over past year”
Wisconsin State Journal:
The Wisconsin Elections Commission found two dozen cases of suspected voter fraud or other voting irregularities in the past year’s elections after a statewide review.The commission documented 24 cases of suspected fraud, such as voters reportedly… Continue reading