Category Archives: chicanery

“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

“Two Paterson City Council Members Indicted on Voter Fraud Charges in Council Race”

March 7, 2021, 3:53 pmabsentee ballots, chicaneryRick Hasen

NBC New York: Two city council members in Paterson have been indicted for allegedly interfering with a special election last year, Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced Wednesday, in a case cited by then-President Donald Trump in his unsuccessful lawsuit to… Continue reading

“Taking names: Dem Rep. Lofgren catalogs GOP colleagues’ election claims with a view toward discipline”

March 7, 2021, 3:24 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

NBC News: Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., has released a detailed examination of the social media accounts of Republican House members who voted to overturn the 2020 election results to analyze what role they might have played in inciting the deadly … Continue reading

“Study: How Online Propagandists Targeted The 2020 Election”

February 16, 2021, 5:17 pmcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

Steven Rosenfeld: Partisan disinformation to undermine 2020’s presidential election shadowed every step of the voting process last year but took an unprecedented turn when the earliest false claims morphed into intricate conspiracies as Election Day passed and President Trump… Continue reading

“A GOP donor gave $2.5 million for a voter fraud investigation. Now he wants his money back.”

February 15, 2021, 12:05 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo offers another True the Vote/Jim Bopp/Eshelman lawsuit dive.

“Was Election Denial Just a Get-Rich-Quick Scheme? Donors’ Lawsuits Look for Answers” (with Juicy Tidbits on True the Vote Lawsuit)

February 6, 2021, 11:39 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Some great reporting here from Richard Salame: Eshelman ultimately gave True the Vote a total of $2.5 million for its 2020 election efforts. True the Vote launched a massive undertaking in November to recruit whistleblowers, lobby legislatures, analyze data,… Continue reading

“Election workers weren’t surprised by the Capitol riot. Trump’s supporters targeted them first.”

February 3, 2021, 8:04 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Jane Timm for NBC News.

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