Category Archives: chicanery

“Anti-Semitic, misogynist attacks on Wisconsin Supreme Court justices after Trump ruling”

December 21, 2020, 9:03 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

Wisconsin Examiner: Trump supporters unleashed a barrage of obscenity on Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Jill Karofsky after Karofsky joined the majority in a decision rejecting the Trump campaign’s lawsuit seeking to throw out more than 200,000 votes in Dane… Continue reading

Prosecutors Charge PA Voter with Voter Fraud in Voting His Dead Mother’s Absentee Ballot for Trump

December 21, 2020, 8:54 pmabsentee ballots, chicaneryRick Hasen

This is typical; an isolated, stupid criminal act, not a vast conspiracy to change election results. “In his political frustration, he chose to do something stupid,” [the man’s lawyer said]. “And for that he is very sorry.”

“House conservatives strategize with Trump and Pence in push to challenge Biden’s win”

December 21, 2020, 5:47 pmchicanery, electoral college, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

CNN: Alabama GOP Rep. Mo Brooks and fellow House conservatives met privately on Monday with President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence as the lawmakers prepared to mount a long-shot bid in January to overturn the Electoral College… Continue reading

Derek Muller Lays Out THE Conservative Case Against Texas’s Bizarre Suit to Steal the Election for Trump at the Supreme Court

December 21, 2020, 1:51 pmchicanery, Election Meltdown, electoral college, fraudulent fraud squad, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Derek at Law & Liberty: The Electoral College is a designedly decentralized process for the selection of the President of the United States. Each State may choose its presidential electors in the manner that the legislature deems appropriate.The State of… Continue reading

Trump Campaign Files Ridiculous New Expedited Cert Petition, Seeking Supreme Court Order to Overturn PA Election Results, Relying on Fake Electors for Trump from PA as Reported by the Epoch Times

December 20, 2020, 12:03 pmchicanery, electoral college, fraudulent fraud squad, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

John Eastman should be ashamed of this petition for cert and motion to expedite. I won’t go through all of the ridiculous things here, but this is an attempt to challenge PA Supreme Court cases in October and mid-November.… Continue reading

“Officials Alarmed Over Trump Talk of a Power Grab”

December 19, 2020, 5:41 pmchicanery, Election MeltdownRick Hasen

Political Wire: Jonathan Swan: “Senior Trump administration officials are increasingly alarmed that President Trump might unleash — and abuse — the power of government in an effort to overturn the clear result of the election.”“These officials tell me that… Continue reading

Antrim, Michigan Hand Recount Confirms Accuracy of Machine Recount, with 12-Vote Gain for Trump

December 17, 2020, 2:02 pmchicanery, election administration, recounts, voting technologyRick Hasen

Detroit News: An audit of Antrim County election results Thursday gave President Donald Trump a net gain of 12 votes from the certified results in the northern Michigan county. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s total decreased by one vote, from… Continue reading

“Dominion demands that Sidney Powell retract ‘baseless and false allegations’ about voting machines.”

December 17, 2020, 12:31 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: Dominion Voting Systems sent a blistering letter on Wednesday night to the right-wing lawyer Sidney Powell, demanding that she publicly retract her “wild, knowingly baseless and false accusations” about the company’s voting machines, which have repeatedly found themselves… Continue reading

“Republican NC state senator: Trump should ‘invoke the Insurrection Act'”

December 16, 2020, 7:06 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

The Hill: A Republican state senator in North Carolina is doubling down after making comments on social media paraphrasing a retired general who called on President Trump to invoke the rarely-used Insurrection Act and suspend civil liberties such as habeas… Continue reading

Trump Retweets Call from Lin Wood for Georgia Governor and Secretary of State to Go to Jail for Not Stealing the Election for Him

December 15, 2020, 10:01 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

At least Wood can be disbarred. Good morning, the President of the United States is retweeting calls for him to put members of his own party in jail for not overturning an election that he lost. pic.twitter.com/N46ZzK5JjT— Robert Maguire… Continue reading

“Secret donor name in Florida Senate races wiped from records, replaced”

December 15, 2020, 8:10 amcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

Tampa Bay Times: The name of the mystery donor behind a $550,000 effort that helped promote no-party candidates in three key Florida Senate races, including one that is under investigation, was changed in campaign finance reports over the weekend.While making… Continue reading

“Team Trump’s Endgame”

December 15, 2020, 8:02 amchicanery, electoral collegeRick Hasen

Lessig tries to to suss out what’s up with the fake alternative electors the Trump team assembled yesterday.

“Trump antagonizes Republicans with Georgia fundraising ploy”

December 15, 2020, 7:20 amcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Politico: President Donald Trump couldn’t make it any clearer: He needs his supporters to fork over cash for the all-important Georgia Senate runoff elections.“We MUST defend Georgia from the Dems!” he wrote in one recent text message. “I need YOU… Continue reading

“Stephen Miller’s Soviets: From Alternative Facts to Alternate Electors”

December 15, 2020, 7:03 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Michael Dorf: Yesterday, Stephen Miller crammed himself into the clown-car of sycophants making absurd claims on behalf of the would-be Clown-Tyrant-King Donald I. With a claim as deranged and dangerous as any to have oozed out of the skull of… Continue reading

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