Category Archives: chicanery
“DOJ Probes Whether Fugitive Financier Supplied Donation to Trump Re-Election Effort”
WSJ:
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether $100,000 donated to a Trump-related political fundraising committee originated from a fugitive Malaysian businessman alleged to be at the center of a global financial scandal, according to people familiar with… Continue reading
“Hacking Elections: Cyber Threats, Vulnerabilities, and the Way Forward”
ABA event coming March 18.
North Carolina Elections Board Issues Unanimous 46-Page Damning Set of Factual Findings and Legal Conclusions Related to Bladen County #NC09 Absentee Ballot Crimes, Explaining Why It Ordered New Election
From the introduction:
A new election is the gravest remedy available to this State agency that has, for a century, supervised elections meant to ensure “[a]ll political power is vested in and derived from the people; all government of… Continue reading
Texas: “DA under pressure to probe more voter fraud cases”
The Monitor:
A Houston attorney filed a criminal complaint last week accusing a candidate in the upcoming McAllen municipal election of voting illegally in Mission, and a few days later, he published a video on social media accusing the Hidalgo… Continue reading
“Federal investigators issue subpoenas in NC-9 investigation”
WBTV:
The Department of Justice has issued subpoenas for a federal grand jury investigation into allegations of election fraud in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District.The US Department of Justice’s Public Integrity Section has issued at least three subpoenas for… Continue reading
Wisconsin: “State finds two dozen possible cases of voter fraud over past year”
Wisconsin State Journal:
The Wisconsin Elections Commission found two dozen cases of suspected voter fraud or other voting irregularities in the past year’s elections after a statewide review.The commission documented 24 cases of suspected fraud, such as voters reportedly… Continue reading
NYT Story on NRATV Reveals Possible Tax Code Violations, Self-Dealing
“Everyone involved in the 2016 hush-money payments says they were campaign-related — except Trump”
Philip Bump for WaPo.
“Deny, defy, disdain: Georgia election chief adopts familiar voting security strategy”
Politico:
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is no longer the state’s chief election official — but his combative style in defending its insecure voting technology lives on.Fellow Republican Brad Raffensperger, Kemp’s successor as secretary of state, has been pursuing the… Continue reading
“It Doesn’t Matter If They Voted By Mistake. A Trump Appointee In North Carolina Doesn’t Care”
Sam Levine for HuffPo:
Most of the cases receiving sentencing hearings, it appears, were misunderstandings and mistakes made by voters and poll workers. But in February, during a sentencing hearing for Juan Francisco Landeros-Mireles, a Mexican immigrant who has been… Continue reading
Attorney Who Negotiated with Michael Cohen Over Stormy Daniels Payments Said Payments “Done for Political Reasons”
ABC News interview:
Keith Davidson, the former attorney for adult-film star Stormy Daniels and Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal, detailed his role in negotiating hush-money deals to keep both women quiet about alleged affairs with Donald Trump, claiming a… Continue reading
“A mysterious payment to Paul Manafort’s lawyer reveals a hidden chapter of Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign”
A lot going on in this CNBC story by Christina Wilkie.
“Disinformation in the 2018 U.S. Midterm Elections: Identifying Misattributed Photos and Visual Propaganda against the October 2018 Migrant Caravan”
This post appears at the Free Internet Project.
Don’t miss the Ginni Thomas cameo.