“A GOP donor gave $2.5 million for a voter fraud investigation. Now he wants his money back.”
WaPo offers another True the Vote/Jim Bopp/Eshelman lawsuit dive.
Category Archives: chicanery
“Was Election Denial Just a Get-Rich-Quick Scheme? Donors’ Lawsuits Look for Answers” (with Juicy Tidbits on True the Vote Lawsuit)
Some great reporting here from Richard Salame:
Eshelman ultimately gave True the Vote a total of $2.5 million for its 2020 election efforts. True the Vote launched a massive undertaking in November to recruit whistleblowers, lobby legislatures, analyze data,… Continue reading
“Election workers weren’t surprised by the Capitol riot. Trump’s supporters targeted them first.”
Jane Timm for NBC News.
“Trump’s Sleight of Hand: Shouting Fraud, Pocketing Donors’ Cash for Future”
NYT:
Former President Donald J. Trump and the Republican Party leveraged false claims of voter fraud and promises to overturn the election to raise more than a quarter-billion dollars in November and December as hundreds of thousands of trusting supporters… Continue reading
“After Record Turnout, Republicans Are Trying to Make It Harder to Vote”
Michael Wines for the NYT:
In Georgia, Arizona and other states won by President Biden, some leading Republicans stood up in November to make what, in any other year, would be an unremarkable statement: The race is over. And we… Continue reading
Arizona Legislator (and Spouse of AZ Supreme Court Justice) Introduces Bill That Would Allow State Legislature to Overturn Voters’ Choice for President
Oh my:
Republican legislators, still steamed about Joe Biden winning Arizona, have been furiously scheming various ways to make it more difficult for people to vote.There’s a bill that would allow only the most faithful party voters to automatically … Continue reading
“Extremists Emboldened by Capitol Attack Pose Rising Threat, Homeland Security Says”
NYT:
Warning that the deadly rampage of the Capitol this month may not be an isolated episode, the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday said publicly for the first time that the United States faced a growing threat from “violent… Continue reading
TPM Offers Great Narrative Description of Trump and His Allies’ Months-Long Lies About Voter Fraud in An Attempt to Steal the 2020 Election
This from Tierney Sneed and Matt Shuham is a must-read.
“Watchdog Probes Whether Justice Department Officials Tried to Alter 2020 Election Results”
WSJ:
The Justice Department’s inspector general said Monday his office will investigate whether department officials “engaged in an improper attempt” to overturn President Biden’s victory in the 2020 election.The announcement comes after news reports that former President Donald Trump considered… Continue reading
Blockbuster WSJ Report: “Trump Pressed Justice Department to Go Directly to Supreme Court to Overturn Election Results”
Jess Bravin and Sadie Gurman for WSJ:
In his last weeks in office, former President Donald Trump considered moving to replace the acting attorney general with another official ready to pursue unsubstantiated claims of election fraud, and he pushed… Continue reading
“Jeffrey Clark Was Considered Unassuming. Then He Plotted With Trump.”
NYT profile:
It was New Year’s Eve, but the Justice Department’s top leaders had little to celebrate as they discussed Jeffrey Clark, the acting head of the civil division, who had repeatedly pushed them to help President Donald J.… Continue reading
“Pennsylvania Lawmaker Played Key Role in Trump’s Plot to Oust Acting Attorney General”
NYT:
When Representative Scott Perry joined his colleagues in a monthslong campaign to undermine the results of the presidential election, promoting “Stop the Steal” events and supporting an attempt to overturn millions of legally cast votes, he often took a… Continue reading
Bonkers NYT Story That Adds to Reasons to Disqualify Trump from Running Again: Trump Almost Fired the Acting Attorney General To Install at DOJ Someone to Push Baseless Voter Fraud Claims, and Only Threat of Mass Resignations Stopped It from Happening
Truly frightening story:
The Justice Department’s top leaders listened in stunned silence this month: One of their peers, they were told, had devised a plan with President Donald J. Trump to oust Jeffrey A. Rosen as acting attorney general and… Continue reading
“Shell companies and ‘dark money’ may hide details of Trump ties to DC protests”
Anna Massoglia for Open Secrets:
Former President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign aides played key roles orchestrating a rally protesting certification of President-elect Joe Biden‘s victory in the 2020 presidential election before hundreds of rioters breached the U.S.… Continue reading