Category Archives: chicanery

“Files copied from voting systems were shared with Trump supporters, election deniers”

August 22, 2022, 1:32 pmchicanery, election subversion risk, voting technologyRick Hasen

WaPo: Sensitive election system files obtained by attorneys working to overturn President Donald Trump’s 2020 defeat were shared with election deniers, conspiracy theorists and right-wing commentators, according to records reviewed by The Washington Post.A Georgia computer forensics firm hired… Continue reading

“Robin Vos says Michael Gableman could lose his law license over 2020 election review, records violations”

August 17, 2022, 7:25 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Tuesday former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman could lose his law license over his conduct during the taxpayer-funded review of the 2020 election — but he stopped just short of calling for it.“It’s… Continue reading

“Trump Lawyer Proposed Challenging Georgia Senate Elections in Search of Fraud; On the day of President Biden’s inauguration, John Eastman suggested looking for voting irregularities in Georgia — and asked for help being paid the $270,000 he billed the Trump campaign.”

August 3, 2022, 5:32 pmchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: John Eastman, the conservative lawyer whose plan to block congressional certification of the 2020 election failed in spectacular fashion on Jan. 6, 2021, sent an email two weeks later arguing that pro-Trump forces should sue to keep searching for… Continue reading

“Memo shows Wis. GOP lawyer privately opposed decertifying Biden’s 2020 win”

August 2, 2022, 7:26 amchicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: It was an extraordinary public statement from a former state Supreme Court justice hired by Republican lawmakers to probe the 2020 election: Wisconsin should take a “hard look” at canceling Joe Biden’s victory and revoking the state’s 10… Continue reading

“House Jan. 6 committee to reveal Meadows’ pressure on Georgia election officials”

June 20, 2022, 1:18 pmchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

LAT: The House Jan. 6 committee plans to show that President Trump’s then-chief of staff Mark Meadows “had an intimate role … in this plot to put pressure on [Georgia] state legislators and on elections officials,” Rep. Adam B.… Continue reading

“US is worried about Russia using new efforts to exploit divisions in 2022 midterms”

June 20, 2022, 1:16 pmcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

CNN: Homeland and national security officials are worried about how Russia could significantly exploit US divisions over the November midterms, considering scenarios like Russia staging smaller hacks of local election authorities — done with the deliberate purpose of being… Continue reading

“Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening Election Official”

June 20, 2022, 11:26 amchicaneryRick Hasen

USDOJ release: A Nebraska man pleaded guilty today to making multiple threatening posts on an Instagram page associated with an election official.According to court documents, Travis Ford, 42, of Lincoln, made multiple threats in August 2021 toward the election… Continue reading

“Texas Republicans Approve Far-Right Platform Declaring Biden’s Election Illegitimate”

June 20, 2022, 7:07 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: The Republican Party in Texas made a series of far-right declarations as part of its official party platform over the weekend, claiming that President Biden was not legitimately elected, issuing a “rebuke” to Senator John Cornyn for… Continue reading

“Texts Reveal GOP Mission to Breach Voting Machine in Georgia”

June 6, 2022, 7:10 amchicanery, voting technologyRick Hasen

Daily Beast: The Georgia Secretary of State claims it is investigating how a local election supervisor gave a cadre of 2020 election truthers improper access to an election computer system, in what initially seemed like the latest example… Continue reading

“Woodward and Bernstein thought Nixon defined corruption. Then came Trump.”

June 5, 2022, 7:27 pmchicanery, election subversion riskRule of LawTabatha Abu El-Haj

Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, in an exclusive Washington Post perspective piece, use Richard Nixon as a foil to reflect on Donald Trump’s continuing threat to democratic institutions. The heart of Nixon’s criminality was his successful subversion of the electoral… Continue reading

GOP Plans to Contest Swing-State Elections, on Tape

June 1, 2022, 5:26 amchicanery, Election Meltdown, election subversion risk, political polarizationTabatha Abu El-Haj

Politico’s Special Report describes the GOP plan for Michigan, which centers on recruiting activists primed to believe election fraud lies as poll workers and connecting them directly to movement lawyers. This appears to be the party’s playbook for other swing… Continue reading

States’ Concerted Efforts to Curb Election Misinformation

May 31, 2022, 5:17 amchicanery, election subversion risk2022 Election Cycle, StatesTabatha Abu El-Haj

Cecilia Kang, N.Y. Times, reports on efforts in several states to combat election misinformation in advance of November. The focus will be on unfounded rumors and lies about voting and election fraud. Connecticut “plans to spend nearly $2 million… Continue reading

“Lawyer Who Plotted to Overturn Trump Loss Recruits Election Deniers to Watch Over the Vote”

May 30, 2022, 7:17 amchicanery2020 Election ConspiraciesTabatha Abu El-Haj

In depth story by Alexandra Berzon in the NY Times on Cleta Mitchel’s mission to organizing a group of activists, recruited from right-wing organizations prone to conspiracy theories, “into an ‘army of citizens’ trained to aggressively monitor elections.”

NYT: Federal Grand Jury Looking at Trump Lawyers Eastman, Giuliani, Ellis in Connection with Fake Electors Scheme

May 25, 2022, 10:49 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: The Justice Department has stepped up its criminal investigation into the creation of alternate slates of pro-Trump electors seeking to overturn Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s victory in the 2020 election, with a particular focus on a team of… Continue reading