Category Archives: chicanery

“Judge orders two lawyers who filed suit challenging 2020 election to pay hefty fees: ‘They need to take responsibility'”

November 23, 2021, 7:24 amchicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: A federal judge has ordered two Colorado lawyers who filed a lawsuit late last year challenging the 2020 election results to pay nearly $187,000 to defray the legal fees of groups they sued, arguing that the hefty penalty was… Continue reading

“Leaked Texts: Jan. 6 Organizers Say They Were ‘Following POTUS’ Lead’”

November 22, 2021, 6:34 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

New scoop from Hunter Walker for Rolling Stone.

“How Trump ally Cleta Mitchell won a seat on the EAC advisory board”

November 21, 2021, 2:46 pmchicanery, Election Assistance Commission, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Jessica Huseman for Votebeat: Mitchell’s selection resulted from an unorthodox process by the Civil Rights commission, according to two people with direct knowledge of the process. In April, the commission changed the nominating procedures for members of the EAC… Continue reading

“Another voter fraud accusation blows up in Republicans’ faces”

November 21, 2021, 11:07 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Daniel Dale for CNN: The mysterious case of Rosemarie Hartle’s vote in the last presidential election, three years after her death, was trumpeted in November 2020 by the Nevada Republican Party and various prominent conservatives. From then-President … Continue reading

“Effort to breach Ohio county’s voting system draws FBI and state scrutiny”

November 20, 2021, 4:36 amchicanery, election administration, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadTabatha Abu El-Haj

Washington Post Exclusive by Amy Gardner, Emma Brown, and Devlin Barrett Investigators are examining possible connections between an attempted breach of Ohio county’s election network and “an incident in Colorado earlier this year, when government officials helped an outsider gain… Continue reading

“RNC chair contradicts Trump: ‘Biden won the election'”

November 19, 2021, 2:00 pmchicanery, political polarizationTabatha Abu El-Haj

The Hill Imagine that this counts as news. Still, Trump’s lie continues to fuel illegal and misguided efforts to find (or fabricate) fraud. Incisive critique of polarization discourse by Jennifer Rubin at the Washington Post today.

“FBI raids home of Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters in election data breach investigation”

November 17, 2021, 1:16 pmchicaneryTabatha Abu El-Haj

Colorado Politics “Federal, state and local authorities searched the homes of Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters and three of her associates on Tuesday as part of an investigation into accusations the elected official was involved in voting machine security breaches,… Continue reading

“NC operative Dowless rejects plea deal on ballot fraud accusations. Here’s what’s next”

November 16, 2021, 6:52 pmcampaigns, chicaneryTabatha Abu El-Haj

The Charlotte Observer McCrae Dowless faces 13 state felony charges largely related to his role in in Mark Harris’ 2018 run, as a Republican, for Congress in the North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District. Dowless rejected a plea deal through which… Continue reading

“Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas Flynn and Eastman, Scrutinizing Election Plot”

November 9, 2021, 7:35 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol issued new subpoenas on Monday for a half-dozen allies of former President Donald J. Trump, including his former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn, as it moved its… Continue reading

Must-read: “Reuters unmasks Trump supporters who terrified U.S. election officials”

November 9, 2021, 7:27 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Reuters: In Arizona, a stay-at-home dad and part-time Lyft driver told the state’s chief election officer she would hang for treason. In Utah, a youth treatment center staffer warned Colorado’s election chief that he knew where she lived and watched her… Continue reading

“Trump DOJ official who aided effort to overturn election declines to answer Jan. 6 questions; The chair of the Hill select panel probing the Capitol riot said a contempt of Congress referral for Jeffrey Clark is ‘on the table.'”

November 5, 2021, 3:52 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

Politico: A top Trump Justice Department official who aided the former president’s quest to overturn the 2020 election refused to answer substantive questions in a meeting with congressional investigators on Friday.The former official, Jeffrey Clark, instead delivered a 12-page … Continue reading

“Racine County sheriff seeks charges for 5 Wisconsin elections commissioners”

November 4, 2021, 9:59 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: The Racine County sheriff is recommending charges against five state election officials because they told clerks to bypass state law during the coronavirus pandemic and send absentee ballots to nursing homes instead of first visiting in person.Attorney General… Continue reading

“Authorities Arrest Analyst Who Contributed to Steele Dossier; Igor Danchenko, a Russia analyst who worked with Christopher Steele, the author of a dossier of rumors and unproven assertions about Donald J. Trump, was taken into custody as part of the Durham investigation.”

November 4, 2021, 7:06 amchicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: Federal authorities on Thursday arrested an analyst who in 2016 gathered leads about possible links between Donald J. Trump and Russia for what turned out to be Democratic-funded opposition research, according to people familiar with the matter.The arrest… Continue reading