Category Archives: chicanery

Ky: “Fired elections staffer alleges Grimes improperly gathered voter data during campaigns”

October 25, 2017, 3:47 pmchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

Lexington Herald-Leader: The recently fired assistant to the director of the State Board of Elections alleged in a letter to some members of the board that the office of Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes improperly gathered voter information from… Continue reading

More on Marc Elias/Perkins Role in Steele Dossier Matter

October 25, 2017, 7:43 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: The presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee paid for research that was included in a dossier made public in January that contained salacious claims about connections between Donald J. Trump, his associates and Russia. A… Continue reading

“2 top Brady aides charged in probe of payoff to 2012 primary rival”

October 24, 2017, 8:25 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Philly Inquirer: Two top political strategists for U.S. Rep. Robert Brady (D., Pa.) on Tuesday became the latest targets in a widening federal probe of $90,000 the congressman paid a 2012 primary challenger to drop out of the race. Federal… Continue reading

“Clinton campaign, DNC paid for research that led to Russia dossier”

October 24, 2017, 3:26 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: The Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee helped fund research that resulted in a now-famous dossier containing allegations about Donald Trump’s connections to Russia and possible coordination between his campaign and the Kremlin, people familiar with the… Continue reading

“Russia’s Favored Outlet Is an Online News Giant. YouTube Helped.”

October 24, 2017, 1:04 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: When the state-backed Russian news channel RT became the first news organization to surpass one billion views on YouTube in 2013, it marked the achievement with a retrospective of its most popular videos and a special guest — one… Continue reading

Friday’s First Amendment Law Review Symposium on Fake News to Be Webcast

October 23, 2017, 8:03 amcampaigns, chicanery, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Great event coming up, but you’ve got to sign up by Wed. to watch. Details. I’ll be presenting my paper, Cheap Speech and What It Has Done (to American Democracy).

“Congress’s New Bill Can’t Eliminate Russian Influence Online”

October 23, 2017, 7:25 amcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Wired reports. See my earlier Politico piece, Why Banning Russian Facebook Ads Might Be Impossible.

Bloomberg View: Honest Ads Act “Whole Inadequate” but “Entirely Necessary”

October 23, 2017, 7:14 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Editorial.

“Trump Campaign Staffers Pushed Russian Propaganda Days Before the Election”

October 18, 2017, 7:22 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Daily Beast: Some of the Trump campaign’s most prominent names and supporters, including Trump’s campaign manager, digital director and son, pushed tweets from professional trolls paid by the Russian government in the heat of the 2016 election campaign. The Twitter… Continue reading

“Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg just hinted that Russian-bought ads could be fair game”

October 13, 2017, 6:56 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Business Insider: Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg told Axios’ Mike Allen on Thursday that the company would not have removed the political ads purchased by accounts operating out of Russia if they had been posted by real people rather… Continue reading