Category Archives: chicanery

Bauer and Ginsberg: “Election officials need our legal help against repressive laws and personal threats”

September 8, 2021, 8:23 pmchicanery, election administration, election subversion riskRick Hasen

WaPo oped: Election officials are coming under unprecedented attack for doing their jobs. Some states are attempting to criminalize the exercise of these officials’ trained professional judgments; some officials have been the target of threats to themselves and their families.… Continue reading

“‘Keep your head on a swivel’: FBI analyst circulated a prescient warning of Jan. 6 violence”

September 8, 2021, 8:12 pmchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Politico: An FBI intelligence analyst warned days after the 2020 election that Stop the Steal rallies — one of which metastasized into the ransacking of the Capitol — could turn violent.The emailed warning from an analyst at the FBI’s school… Continue reading

“Florida GOP official: Third-party candidates help Republicans win ‘many’ elections”

September 8, 2021, 8:05 pmballot access, chicanery, third partiesRick Hasen

Washington Examiner: Internal jostling for leadership of Florida’s Republican Party has shaken loose a revelation bolstering allegations the GOP regularly runs third-party candidates funded by “dark money” shadow groups to win elections.In an email sent Tuesday to all Florida… Continue reading

“Georgia DA Interviews Witnesses About Trump’s Call to ‘Find’ Votes”

September 5, 2021, 1:46 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

Daily Beast: A local criminal investigation into then-President Donald Trump’s attempt to meddle with Georgia’s 2020 election recount is inching forward, as Fulton County investigators have interviewed elections officials and received documents from the agency, according to three people with… Continue reading

Cleta Mitchell Helped Set Up Escrow Account to Funnel $1 Million to Support Sham Arizona Audit

September 3, 2021, 4:04 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Arizona Republic: A prominent Republican attorney who advised President Donald Trump as he tried to overturn the 2020 election helped set up an escrow account to funnel money to companies working on the Arizona election audit.Cleta Mitchell’s role came to… Continue reading

“Colorado county election official allegedly pressured employees to not cooperate with investigation into security breach”

September 3, 2021, 10:25 amchicaneryRick Hasen

CNN: County administrators in Colorado have opened an investigation into an election official after employees complained she was pressuring them not to cooperate with a joint local, state and federal criminal investigation into an election system security breach discovered last… Continue reading

“Heeding Steve Bannon’s Call, Election Deniers Organize to Seize Control of the GOP — and Reshape America’s Elections”

September 2, 2021, 8:11 amchicanery, election administration, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

ProPublica: One of the loudest voices urging Donald Trump’s supporters to push for overturning the presidential election results was Steve Bannon. “We’re on the point of attack,” Bannon, a former Trump adviser and far-right nationalist, pledged on his popular podcast… Continue reading

Podcast on Business Decisions Whether to Begin Funding Again Those in Congress Who Voted Against Election Certification

September 2, 2021, 7:01 amchicaneryRick Hasen

In House Warrior: Navigating Bi-Partisan Election Funding in the Age of Transparency: Bruce Freed, president and co-founder of the Center for Political Accountability joins host Richard Levick of LEVICK to discuss their latest report, Corporate Enablers and the challenges for… Continue reading

“G.O.P. Election Reviews Create a New Kind of Security Threat”

September 1, 2021, 1:05 pmchicanery, election administration, voting technologyRick Hasen

NYT: Late one night in May, after surveillance cameras had inexplicably been turned off, three people entered the secure area of a warehouse in Mesa County, Colo., where crucial election equipment was stored. They copied hard drives and election-management software… Continue reading

“The Legal Minds Who Tried to Overturn the Election for Trump Are Being Welcomed Back Into Polite Society”

September 1, 2021, 7:18 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

I have written this piece at Slate: Though it hasn’t received the attention it deserves, courage from Republican election officials and leaders helped save this country from a total election meltdown in 2020 based on lies about voter fraud from… Continue reading

“Trump’s political operation paid more than $4.3 million to Jan. 6 organizers but questions remain about the full extent of its involvement”

September 1, 2021, 6:55 amcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

Anna Massoglia for OpenSecrets: Former President Donald Trump’s political operation reported paying more than $4.3 million to people and firms that organized the Jan. 6 rally since the start of the 2020 election. However, questions remain about the full… Continue reading

“Rep. Cawthorn talks of ‘bloodshed’ over future elections as he pushes voting lies”

August 31, 2021, 7:36 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

CNN: Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn on Sunday suggested there could be “bloodshed” over future elections as he pushed false claims about election security and voter fraud.Speaking at a North Carolina county GOP event, Cawthorn repeated the lie about US… Continue reading

“Disbar Trump’s Lawyers Who Tried to Steal the Election”

August 31, 2021, 7:27 amchicanery, election law bizRick Hasen

Josh Douglas in the Washington Monthly.

Greg Sargent on Electoral Count Act Reform: “How to prevent the next Jan. 6, as revealed in an important new analysis”

August 30, 2021, 1:02 pmchicanery, election subversion risk, electoral collegeRick Hasen

WaPo column: We cannot say we weren’t warned.As the select committee examining the Jan. 6 violence ramps up, one of its lesser-known goals is to offer “recommendations” to prevent a future effort to overthrow U.S. democracy through violence.As it… Continue reading

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