Wendy Button, John Edwards’ Former Speechwriter, Reflects on His Prosecution, and Similar Charges Involving Trump
Oped in USA Today.
Category Archives: chicanery
“Secret campaign to use Russian-inspired tactics in 2017 Ala. election stirs anxiety for Democrats”
WaPo:
A secret effort to influence the 2017 Senate election in Alabama used tactics inspired by Russian disinformation teams, including the creation of fake accounts to deliver misleading messages on Facebook to hundreds of thousands of voters to help elect… Continue reading
“Hearing into North Carolina ballot fraud claims postponed”
AP:
A planned hearing digging into allegations of possible ballot fraud in the country’s last undecided congressional race was scrapped Wednesday, with North Carolina’s governor blaming Republicans for not backing his plan to temporarily recreate the disbanded state elections board.… Continue reading
“Trump illegally asked Russia to help him win in 2016. He shouldn’t get away with it.”
Fred Wertheimer & Norm Eisen USA Today oped:
In asking Russia to find Clinton’s emails, presidential candidate Trump violated this statutory prohibition on seeking help from a foreign country to influence an election. Trump in essence called on a foreign… Continue reading
“LinkedIn Co-Founder Apologizes for Deception in Alabama Senate Race”
NYT:
Reid Hoffman, the tech billionaire whose money was spent on Russian-style social media deception in a Senate race last year, apologized on Wednesday, saying in a statement that he had not approved the operation and did not support such… Continue reading
“Disinformation campaign targeting Roy Moore’s Senate bid may have violated law, Alabama attorney general says”
WaPo:
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said Thursday that his office is exploring whether disinformation tactics deployed against Republican Roy Moore during last year’s special election violated state campaign laws and said he was worried that the operation could… Continue reading
“The 2018 Midterms Weren’t Hacked. What Does That Mean For 2020?”
Miles Park for NPR.
#NC09: “Editorial: Gov. Cooper, Atty. Gen. Stein need to probe 9th District election troubles”
“North Carolina Asked Feds To Indict Alleged Fraudster Last Year”
AP:
North Carolina’s top elections official issued an urgent plea nearly two years ago for the Trump administration to file criminal charges against the man now at the center of ballot fraud allegations that have thrown a 2018 congressional race… Continue reading
“Doug Jones ‘Outraged’ by Russian-Style Tactics Used in His Senate Race”
NYT:
Senator Doug Jones of Alabama on Thursday said he was “outraged” to learn of deceptive online operations used by fellow Democrats to assist his election last year, and called for a federal investigation into the matter.
He was responding… Continue reading
“N.C. election officials sounded alarm about alleged election fraud to federal prosecutors in January 2017”
WaPo:
North Carolina state election officials told federal prosecutors in January 2017 that they found evidence of efforts to manipulate the absentee ballot vote in rural Bladen County in the 2016 election and warned that such activities “will likely continue… Continue reading
Must Read: “Secret Experiment in Alabama Senate Race Imitated Russian Tactics”
Somehow missed this NYT story yesterday:
As Russia’s online election machinations came to light last year, a group of Democratic tech experts decided to try out similarly deceptive tactics in the fiercely contested Alabama Senate race, according to people familiar… Continue reading
North Carolina: “Shadowy 9th District figure says he took cash in 2014 election”
WRAL:
The man at the center of a state inquiry into 9th Congressional District election results indicated in a signed declaration last year that he essentially took cash under the table during the 2014 elections to help Bladen County’s current… Continue reading
North Carolina: “‘Do u care who u vote for?’ 2016 investigation found evidence of ballot harvesting”
News and Observer:
McCrae Dowless, a Bladen County elected official and political operative, paid workers to collect absentee ballots and return them to him before the 2016 election, witnesses told state board of election investigators, according to documents released … Continue reading