“American Democracy Is Now Under Siege by Both Cyber-Espionage and GOP Voter Suppression”
Ari Berman writes for The Nation.
Category Archives: chicanery
“Emails Pose Potential Problem for Trump Jr. After Meeting With Russian Lawyer”
Jacob Gershman and Nicole Hong for the WSJ:
That Mr. Trump Jr. came away empty-handed may be a mitigating factor, but as a defense, it is limited. Soliciting a foreign campaign contribution can be illegal even if the donation doesn’t… Continue reading
Common Cause Files FEC and DOJ Complaints Against Donald Trump Jr.
To read the DOJ complaint filed yesterday, click here.
To read the FEC complaint filed yesterday, click here.
To view the release online, click here.
“While Kobach Commission Bumbles, DOJ Sends Its Own Voter Suppression Signals”
In the Trump Jr. Case, Can “Dirt” on Hillary Clinton Be “Anything of Value”?
As I indicated in a blog post the other day, I think the foreign solicitation and coordination claims are credible. The two big questions are knowledge it was a foreign source (now credible if last night’s New York Times … Continue reading
Must-read Bauer: “Open Door to Moscow? New Facts in the Potential Criminal Case of Trump Campaign Coordination with Russia”
Following up on my earlier post about whether Trump Jr.’s revelations of the meeting with a Russian operative who was offering dirt on Hillary Clinton could violate the law on soliciting foreign contributions, Bob Bauer has this must-read:
Of course,… Continue reading
Did Trump Jr.’s Meeting With Russian Lawyer After Being Promised Damaging Information on Clinton Violate Federal Law Against Soliciting Foreign Contributions?
NYT:
President Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., was promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton before agreeing to meet with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign, according to three advisers to the White House briefed on the meeting… Continue reading
“Law on Foreign Campaign Money Narrow, FEC Analysis Says”
Bloomberg BNA:
The Federal Election Commission may be severely constrained in what it can or will do to combat foreign influence in U.S. elections, a new analysis posted on the agency’s website suggests.
The commissioners have recently grappled with… Continue reading
“Trump voter-fraud panel’s data request a gold mine for hackers, experts warn”
Politico:
Cybersecurity specialists are warning that President Donald Trump’s voter-fraud commission may unintentionally expose voter data to even more hacking and digital manipulation.
Their concerns stem from a letter the commission sent to every state this week, asking for full… Continue reading
Delicious Story: “I’ve silenced Kris Kobach on the issue of voter fraud”
Chad Lawhorn for Lawrence Journal-World:
And when the subject is illegal voting, Kobach normally becomes like a “Game of Thrones” fan at a cocktail party. You need an actual wizard to get out of that conversation.
But evidently that is… Continue reading
“Trump’s Voter Fraud Endgame; His ‘election integrity’ investigation is a pretext to repeal the National Voter Registration Act. It won’t work”
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
Donald Trump’s attempt at voter suppression through his “election integrity” commission is a voting rights nightmare that is being enacted so clumsily it just might backfire…..
Kobach’s likely going to use… Continue reading
President Trump Appoints Country’s Worst Vote Suppressor to His “Election Integrity” Commission
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I thought it could not get worse with the Pence-Kobach faux election integrity commission with the appointment of Kris Kobach, the Secretary of State of Kansas who has trumped up claims of voter fraud to advance… Continue reading
Three Dangers of the Pence-Kobach Faux Commission Call for State Voter Roll Information
This morning I blogged about the Pence-Kobach commission’s call for voter data, and how that raised privacy and other concerns. We we now have seen the letter (via Bryan Lowry), and it raises three immediateconcerns. The letter calls on… Continue reading
Pence-Kobach Commission Wants State Voter Data; Can It Protect Voter Privacy? Will State Election Officials Cooperate? Will House Kill EAC?
The sham Pence commission wants data from state voter rolls.
But it is not clear how this will go.
David Becker on the privacy issue and about concerns of securing the data..
It is also not clear whether Democratic… Continue reading