Category Archives: chicanery
“Judge Hints Trump Admin Misled Court About Voter Fraud Panel Appointment Dates”
TPM:
President Trump’s voter fraud commission has been dead for nearly a year and a half.But the litigation spurred by its lack of transparency continues, with a judge on Tuesday suggesting that the administration misled the court about the… Continue reading
“House Democrats consider bills to ‘safeguard democracy’ in response to Mueller report”
NBC News:
One likely piece of legislation would be framed as “Duty to Report,” requiring presidential campaign aides and entities to report foreign contacts and influence to law enforcement after Mueller identified numerous such interactions between Trump campaign aides… Continue reading
Is DOJ Still Investigating Roger Stone’s 2016 “Stop the Steal” Voter Suppression Activities?
Marci Wheeler on the tea leaves.
“Election Security Measures Face a One-Man Roadblock: Mitch McConnell”
NYT:
A raft of legislation to better secure United States election systems after what the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, called a “sweeping and systematic” Russian attack in 2016 is running into a one-man roadblock in the form of… Continue reading
“Senate Intelligence Committee summons mysterious British security consultant”
Politico:
Senate investigators have added yet another name to the constantly evolving cast of characters in the Russia investigation.On April 5, just 2 weeks after Special Counsel Robert Mueller submitted his final report on Russia’s election interference, the Senate Intelligence… Continue reading
Breaking: Plaintiffs in North Carolina Redistricting Case, Using Hofeller Files, Allege NC Republicans Lied To Federal Court in Covington Case About Timing of and Use of Race in Drawing District Maps
More major allegations coming out of the Hofeller hard drives.
See this pdf, beginning at Exhibit C, page 7 (page 113 of the pdf). Some snippets from the plaintiff’s letter:
“Election Rules Are an Obstacle to Cybersecurity of Presidential Campaigns”
“Dems fear report on Russia probe could kill their oversight momentum”
Politico:
Democrats lurching toward potential impeachment and ramping up their probes of President Donald Trump are becoming increasingly worried that the Justice Department will subvert their efforts.An internal DOJ watchdog report on the origins of the Russia probe is expected… Continue reading
Today’s Must Read: “Federal investigators to examine equipment from 2016 N.C. election amid renewed fears of Russian hacking”
Washington Post:
It was a single phrase, offered without elaboration, in special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report: In August 2016, hackers working for Russian military intelligence “installed malware on the company network” of an unnamed voter registration technology vendor… Continue reading
“Russia’s manipulation of Twitter was far vaster than believed”
Politico:
Russia’s infamous troll farm conducted a campaign on Twitter before the 2016 elections that was larger, more coordinated and more effective than previously known, research from cybersecurity firm Symantec out Wednesday concluded.The Internet Research Agency campaign may not… Continue reading
“Russia Could Unleash Fake Videos During Election, Schiff Says”
“Ex-NSA hacker wants to give 2020 candidates free cybersecurity tool. The FEC may stop him”
“The 2020 campaigns aren’t ready for deepfakes”
Axios:
The 2020 presidential campaigns appear to have done little to prepare for what experts predict could be a flood of fake videos depicting candidates doing or saying something incriminating or embarrassing.Driving the news: The recent manipulated video of… Continue reading