Category Archives: chicanery

In Cooperation Agreement with Government, National Enquirer Parent Company Admits It Made Payments to Trump’s Mistress to Influence the 2016 Presidential Election

December 12, 2018, 10:49 amcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

From a DOJ release: The Office also announced today that it has previously reached a non-prosecution agreement with AMI, in connection with AMI’s role in making the above-described $150,000 payment before the 2016 presidential election. As a part of the… Continue reading

“North Carolina Fraud Scandal Casts Shadow Over the Primary, Too”

December 12, 2018, 7:22 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT reports.

“In N.C. election fraud case, witness says operative held onto 800 absentee ballots”

December 12, 2018, 7:15 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

NBC News: McCrae Dowless, the man whose “get-out-the-vote” activities are the center of the election fraud investigation in North Carolina, told a local political campaign volunteer that he was holding onto 800 absentee ballots, according to a new affidavit… Continue reading

“Bladen counted early votes too soon in 2018. Witness alleges numbers were leaked.”

December 11, 2018, 5:18 pmchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

Charlotte Observer: Bladen County election workers tallied the results of early voting before Election Day in violation of state rules and are accused of allowing outsiders to view them, a precinct worker wrote in an affidavit released by state Democrats.… Continue reading

“‘A Simple Private Transaction’: Trump Lays Out a Defense in a Campaign-Finance Case”

December 10, 2018, 6:25 pmcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Charlie Savage in the NYT: President Trump defended himself on Monday against prosecutors’ accusation that he directed illegal payments ahead of the 2016 election to two women to stay silent about alleged extramarital affairs with him, insisting that the payments… Continue reading

“Trump’s ‘Obama Did It Too’ Legal Defense Does Not Hold an Ounce of Water”

December 10, 2018, 11:45 amcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: President Donald Trump may never face a criminal penalty or impeachment proceedings for violating campaign finance laws in alleged conspiracy with his former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen. But on Monday,… Continue reading

Democratic Party Machine in Chicago Blocks 19-Year-Old Student from Running for Alderman, Potentially Committing Election Fraud

December 9, 2018, 7:26 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

This Chicago Tribune story shows us how little has changed since Abner Mikva’s “we don’t want nobody nobody sent: To get on the ballot, Krupa was required to file 473 valid signatures of ward residents with the Chicago Board of… Continue reading

Tonight’s Must Read from Politico Magazine: “Distrustful, Desperate and Forgotten: A Recipe for Election Fraud”

December 9, 2018, 7:17 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Politico: “They pick these people who’ve self-destructed their life, then they’re guinea pigs for whatever comes along to make a dollar,” said Sarah Jane Benson, whose family owns a restaurant in Bladenboro. “If it hadn’t been McCrae, it’d been somebody… Continue reading

“Prosecutors Effectively Accuse Trump of Defrauding Voters. What Does It Mean?”

December 9, 2018, 11:04 amcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: In the memo in the case of Mr. Cohen, prosecutors from the Southern District of New York depicted Mr. Trump, identified only as “Individual-1,” as an accomplice in the hush payments. While Mr. Trump was not charged, the… Continue reading

SDNY Sentencing Memo: Michael Cohen “Acted in Coordination with and at the Direction of” Donald Trump in Making Two Payments to Women to Keep Them Silent About Affairs Before Election

December 7, 2018, 2:05 pmcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

From the sentencing memo: During the campaign, Cohen played a central role in two similar schemes to purchase the rights to stories – each from women who claimed to have had an affair with Individual-1 – so as to suppress… Continue reading

“Election Fraud Scandal in North Carolina (Podcast)”

December 7, 2018, 12:18 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Great to talk to June Grasso of Bloomberg Law. Listen.

“North Carolina Republican Owes $34,310 for Disputed Absentee Ballot and Turnout Work, Records Show”

December 7, 2018, 8:44 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: The congressional campaign of Mark Harris disclosed late Thursday night that it owed more than $34,000 in connection with an absentee ballot and voter turnout operation that has prompted fears of election fraud and called the North Carolina Republican’s… Continue reading

“Democrat Dan McCready withdraws his concession in North Carolina congressional race roiled by accusations of fraud”

December 7, 2018, 8:39 amchicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo reports.

“‘I Don’t Vote’ — But He Did. Here’s How Alleged Election Fraud Works In North Carolina.”

December 6, 2018, 4:20 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

BuzzFeed reports.

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