Category Archives: chicanery

“An Open-and-Shut Violation of Campaign-Finance Law”

November 11, 2018, 1:04 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Bob Bauer for The Atlantic: It is a strange turn of events when a president famous for denouncing “fake news” is discovered to have entered into an agreement with a media organization to finance the concealment of very real but… Continue reading

“The increasing evidence suggesting Trump violated campaign-finance law”

November 11, 2018, 12:55 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Philip Bump for WaPo.

Blockbuster WSJ Story: “Donald Trump Played Central Role in Hush Payoffs to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal”

November 9, 2018, 7:16 pmcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

WSJ: As a presidential candidate in August 2015, Donald Trump huddled with a longtime friend, media executive David Pecker, in his cluttered 26th floor Trump Tower office and made a request. What can you do to help my campaign? he… Continue reading

Another Troubling Development for the Rule of Law and Election Administration: Rick Scott Requests Law Enforcement to Investigate Broward County Vote Counting, As He’s Locked in a Close Race for Senate, and President Piles On

November 8, 2018, 7:30 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Banana republic stuff spreads. Marc Caputo and Matt Dixon for Politico: Gov. Rick Scott announced Thursday night that he was calling for a state investigation into Broward County’s handling of tens of thousands of ballots that have led to… Continue reading

“Russia Seen Adopting New Tactics in U.S. Election Interference Efforts”

November 8, 2018, 1:28 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Reuters: If the goals of spreading divisive content have remained the same, the methods have evolved in multiple ways, researchers say. For one, there has been less reliance on pure fiction. People have been sensitized to look for completely false… Continue reading

“Brian Kemp and His Staff Caught in a String of Falsehoods”

November 6, 2018, 9:50 amchicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WhoWhatWhy: WhoWhatWhy asked the secretary of state’s office if it planned to conduct an audit to ascertain that unauthorized changes had not been made to voter registrations. Broce responded, “There is no such vulnerability in the system as alleged by… Continue reading

“House Dem candidates snag free rent; Party lawyers get creative with campaign finance law.”

November 5, 2018, 7:44 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Politico: House Democrats have exploited campaign finance law to pay rent for dozens of campaign offices used by their candidates in 2018 — an arrangement that’s further padded the party’s massive financial advantage in the midterms even as Republicans cry… Continue reading

“Brian Kemp Just Engaged in a Last-Minute Act of Banana-Republic Level Voter Manipulation in Georgia”

November 4, 2018, 12:50 pmchicanery, election administration, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: In perhaps the most outrageous example of election administration partisanship in the modern era, Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, who is running for governor while simultaneously in charge of the… Continue reading

Democratic Super PAC Mailer Quotes Breitbart in Mississippi Senate Race

November 4, 2018, 12:43 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Y’all Politics.

“Why the First Amendment Does Not Protect Trump Campaign Collusion with Wikileaks and Russia”

November 2, 2018, 3:43 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Bob Bauer and Ryan Goodman for Just Security.

“Hoboken developer ‘Pupie’ Raia indicted in alleged cash-for-votes scheme”

November 2, 2018, 7:57 amabsentee ballots, chicaneryRick Hasen

NJ.com: Frank “Pupie” Raia, a real-estate developer and major figure in Hoboken politics for decades, was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday and accused of overseeing a cash-for-votes operation during the city’s 2013 municipal race. Prosecutors allege Raia, 67,… Continue reading

“Someone Paid Thousands Of Foreigners 20 Cents Each To Hide HuffPost’s Negative Coverage Of A Democratic PAC”

November 1, 2018, 12:57 pmcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

HuffPost: HuffPost’s April 2016 report investigated the tactics of End Citizens United, a political action committee founded by three former staffers at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the party’s official organ dedicated to electing Democrats to the House of Representatives.… Continue reading

“With $30 Million, Obscure Democratic Group Floods the Zone in House Races”

October 31, 2018, 2:26 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: A structure unknown even to some of those involved, Floridians for a Fair Shake and 13 other groups around the country are funded and coordinated out of a single office in Washington, with the goal of battering Republicans for… Continue reading

“How a right-wing troll and a Russian Twitter account created 2016’s biggest voter fraud story”

October 30, 2018, 2:10 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NBC News: When Naim Tyler tweeted a video on Nov. 8, 2016, that showed an alleged voting machine malfunction in favor of Hillary Clinton, he expected some attention. But he didn’t realize what was about to happen. The video… Continue reading