Category Archives: chicanery

“Ahead of Jan. 6, Willard hotel in downtown D.C. was a Trump team ‘command center’ for effort to deny Biden the presidency”

October 23, 2021, 10:13 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: They called it the “command center,” a set of rooms and suites in the posh Willard hotel a block from the White House where some of President Donald Trump’s most loyal lieutenants were working day and night with… Continue reading

“Nevada Republican who claimed someone stole dead wife’s ballot is charged with voter fraud”

October 23, 2021, 10:10 amchicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: Donald Kirk Hartle looked troubled last November. It was a few days after Election Day and the Las Vegas man was telling a local news station that someone had stolen his late wife’s mail-in ballot and returned it… Continue reading

“Giuliani associate Lev Parnas convicted in campaign finance fraud case”

October 22, 2021, 2:28 pmcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: It took the federal jury in U.S. District Court in Manhattan less than a day to find that Parnas committed fraud through donations to several state and federal candidates that were bankrolled by a Russian financier. Parnas was also… Continue reading

“John Eastman Is Right, His Election Memo Was ‘Crazy'”

October 22, 2021, 10:53 amchicanery, election subversion risk, electoral collegeRick Hasen

Matthew Seligman for Slate.

“Trumpist county clerk barred after leak of voting-system passwords to QAnon”

October 17, 2021, 11:22 amchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

Ars Technica: A Colorado judge on Wednesday barred Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters from supervising elections due to the leak of voting-system BIOS passwords to QAnon conspiracy theorist Ron Watkins. Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold and Mesa County registered… Continue reading

“Opinion: The dangerous idea behind Trump’s coup effort is still alive. Let’s kill it.”

October 15, 2021, 8:44 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Greg Sargent: Recently, Claremont Institute — the think tank that employs Eastman and is developing a demented intellectual theory of Trumpism — put out a statement denying that Eastman ever suggested Pence should throw the election.That’s nonsense — Eastman’s memo… Continue reading

“Calls intensify to end Wisconsin’s election review amid blunders by ex-judge in charge”

October 14, 2021, 9:44 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: The glaring errors became clear soon after a former Wisconsin judge issued subpoenas earlier this month in a Republican review of the state’s 2020 presidential election. Some of the requests referred to the wrong city. At least one was… Continue reading

Philadephia: “Mark Squilla Staffer Charged in South Philly Voter Fraud Conspiracy”

October 13, 2021, 6:53 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

This one looks troubling, because it is a crime committed by an election official: According to prosecutors, the conspiracy involved Beren and an individual currently identified in the complaint only as Consultant #1, who is described as a… Continue reading

“John Eastman’s Big Lie”

October 13, 2021, 8:07 amchicanery, election subversion risk, electoral collegeRick Hasen

George Thomas at The Constitutionalist: John Eastman was the architect of former President Trump’s plan to get his Vice President to declare him the winner of the 2020 election. The scheme turned on Eastman’s insistence that in seven states… Continue reading

“Pro-Trump PAC fined over foreign money offer”

October 13, 2021, 6:53 amcampaign finance, chicanery, federal election commissionRick Hasen

Lachlan Markay for Axios: A pro-Trump political group has agreed to pay $25,000 to settle allegations it illegally solicited $2 million from reporters posing as intermediaries for a Chinese national.Why it matters: A key player in the scheme, a veteran… Continue reading

“New Arizona audit review shows Cyber Ninjas’ ballot count off by 312K”

October 12, 2021, 7:13 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Arizona Republic: The hand count of ballots in Maricopa County was off by more than 312,000, according to a review of newly released Arizona audit records.Election analysts also say Cyber Ninjas, the contractor for the hand count, didn’t tally… Continue reading

“Michigan Republicans replace local election officials in ‘unprecedented’ trend”

October 11, 2021, 1:20 pmchicanery, election administration, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Detroit News: Republican Party leaders across the battleground state of Michigan have quietly worked in recent weeks to replace incumbent county election officials with newcomers, some of whom have sought to undermine the public’s faith in the 2020… Continue reading

Michigan: “Nessel charges three Metro Detroit women with fraud related to 2020 election”

October 11, 2021, 1:15 pmabsentee ballots, chicaneryRick Hasen

Detroit News: Three Metro Detroit women have been charged with election fraud by Attorney General Dana Nessel in connection to absentee ballot applications and ballots submitted during Michigan’s 2020 general election.Nessel and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson stressed… Continue reading

Georgia: “Fulton fires 2 elections workers accused of shredding voter applications”

October 11, 2021, 11:24 amchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

AJC: The state is investigating accusations that Fulton County elections workers shredded voter registration applications.The news came Monday, less than 24 hours before early voting is set to begin for municipal races in Fulton. A news release from… Continue reading

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