Former NJ Senator Menendez Starts 11 year Sentence for Corruption
The N.Y. Times has a long profile of Robert Menendez, the former Senator from New Jersey, who is scheduled to start his federal prison sentence for corruption today.
Category Archives: chicanery
“Mike Lee Draws Outrage for Posts Blaming Assassination on the Far Left”
NYT:
Scarcely 24 hours after a Democratic lawmaker in Minnesota was assassinated in her home, Senator Mike Lee, Republican of Utah, posted a pair of politically charged messages mocking the attack.
“This is what happens When Marxists don’t get their… Continue reading
“Eastman disbarment recommended by State Bar Court’s Review Department; California Supreme Court is next”
At the Lectern:
On Friday, the California State Bar Court’s three-judge Review Department came to the same conclusion as a hearing judge over a year ago and recommended the disbarment of President Trump’s former lawyer, John Eastman. (98-page decision and… Continue reading
“Like School Shootings, Political Violence Is Becoming Almost Routine”
NYT:
In the past three months alone, a man set fire to the Pennsylvania governor’s residence while Mr. Shapiro and his family were asleep inside; another man gunned down a pair of workers from the Israeli Embassy outside an event… Continue reading
My Statement: Thoughts on the Despicable Assassination (and Attempted Assassination) of Minnesota Legislators, the Rise in Political Violence in the United States, and the Threats to Free and Fair Elections
Violence directed at innocent people is abhorrent and political violence even more so because it is an attack not just on people but on the institution of democracy itself and an attempt to change government not through elections but through… Continue reading
“New Hampshire jury acquits consultant behind AI robocalls mimicking Biden on all charges”
AP:
A political consultant who sent artificial intelligence-generated robocalls mimicking former President Joe Biden to New Hampshire Democrats last year was acquitted Friday of voter suppression and impersonating a candidate.
Steven Kramer, 56, of New Orleans, admitted orchestrating a message… Continue reading
“Ex-New York Assembly Candidate Charged With Campaign Finance Fraud”
NYT:
A former New York State Assembly candidate used fake donations and forged signatures to fraudulently inflate the share of public matching funds he received in last year’s election, federal prosecutors said on Friday.
The former candidate, Dao Yin, was… Continue reading
“DHS Said to Brief Cleta Mitchell’s Group on Citizenship Checks for Voting”
Democracy Docket:
A senior official in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) held a briefing for a far-right anti-voting group on Thursday, according to an email sent by the group. The virtual meeting was to discuss how a database run… Continue reading
“Trump lawyers ask appeals court to move his hush money case to federal court”
Politico:
One year after his criminal conviction in the Manhattan hush money case, Donald Trump is still fighting to shed his felon status.
The president’s personal lawyers appeared before a federal appeals court Wednesday, urging a three-judge panel to transfer… Continue reading
“Lawsuit accuses Musk of bribing Wisconsin voters with cash prizes”
WaPo:
A Wisconsin nonprofit organization focused on fighting for fair elections has filed a legal complaint alleging that billionaire Elon Musk illegally bribed voters by giving out cash prizes this year in his attempt to help conservatives take control of… Continue reading
“Mayor, two other former local officials indicted in south Georgia for election interference in municipal races last year”
On the same day as the 2024 general election (which was run by the county), municipal elections were scheduled in Camilla, Georgia. There was a firestorm with notable racial overtones about the eligibility of a former city councilmember, who had … Continue reading
“Santos’s Treasurer Avoids Prison for Her Role in His Schemes”
To be clear, these are just the campaign finance schemes. And the sentence announced today: probation.
“Donald Trump’s Politics of Plunder”
Evan Osnos, in the latest issue of the New Yorker, reviews the state of American oligarchy and the First Family’s use of the Oval Office as a private moneymaking machine.
One small excerpt:
Even seasoned practitioners of Washington pay-to-play have… Continue reading
“High-profile lawyers face lasting consequences of election fraud claims”
Elections have consequences. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reminds us that — at least sometimes – lying about elections has consequences too.