Category Archives: chicanery

Director of National Intelligence on Iranian Influence Efforts

July 10, 2024, 4:41 amcheap speech, chicaneryDan Tokaji

From yesterday’s statement by Avril Haines: The Intelligence Community recognizes the importance of informing the public of foreign efforts to influence our democratic processes and, consequently, leading into the Presidential and congressional elections this year, we are launching today the… Continue reading

“Let’s apply Trump v. United States to Watergate’s facts. It’s not pretty.”

July 4, 2024, 3:47 pmchicanery, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy analysis.

Wisconsin: “Police in Glendale remove election observers for being disruptive while objecting to ballots”

July 4, 2024, 3:45 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Election observers showed up at several polling locations in the Milwaukee area Tuesday, and two of them were removed by police in Glendale for being disruptive while objecting to absentee ballots, Glendale Mayor Bryan Kennedy said. Glendale… Continue reading

“Paid operatives linked to a GOP firm are helping Cornel West in Arizona”

July 1, 2024, 6:32 amballot access, chicanery, third partiesRick Hasen

NBC News: A dozen paid operatives registered with Arizona’s secretary of state on Sunday to collect signatures on behalf of left-wing presidential candidate Cornel West, listing their employer as a Republican-leaning firm that recently worked for GOP House candidate Blake… Continue reading

“Supreme Court Ruling Reflects Challenges of Jan. 6 Prosecutions”

June 28, 2024, 4:37 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

Alan Feuer NYT analysis: The Supreme Court’s decision on Friday that prosecutors had misused an obstruction law in charging hundreds of rioters who attacked the Capitol is the latest example of the persistent challenges the Justice Department has faced in… Continue reading

“Allegations of Democratic Voter fraud and Support for Political Violence Among Republicans”

June 28, 2024, 4:31 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

James A. Piazza in American Politics Research: Are partisans more likely to endorse political violence when politicians accuse their rivals of election improprieties? I theorize that for Republican partisans in the United States, the answer to this question is… Continue reading

My New One at Slate: “That Big Jan. 6 Supreme Court Decision Is Not the Win for Trump People Think It Is”

June 28, 2024, 10:25 amchicanery, election subversion risk, statutory interpretation, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: In Fischer v. United States, a divided Supreme Court, in an opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts, handed Donald Trump a political victory by saying the government overreached in prosecuting some… Continue reading

“Arizona RNC delegation chair: ‘I would lynch’ county election official”

June 27, 2024, 2:49 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: Earlier this month, Shelby Busch — chair of Arizona’s delegation to the Republican convention — was in court trying to learn the identities of local elections workers. Under oath, she said she was unaware of any threats that had… Continue reading

Must-read WaPo: “Trump allies test a new strategy for blocking election results”

June 26, 2024, 9:46 amchicanery, Election Meltdown, election subversion riskRick Hasen

WaPo: When a member of Georgia’s Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections refused to join her colleagues as they certified two primaries this year, she claimed she had been denied her right to examine a long list of election… Continue reading

“A Democratic Super PAC’s New Trump Ad Might Be Borderline Criminal”

June 26, 2024, 9:26 amcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

I have written this piece for Slate. It begins: Here’s something to scramble your brain: A progressive super PAC in Pennsylvania put out an advertisement trying to suppress mail-in voting by MAGA Republicans, and the Trump campaign responded by saying… Continue reading

“Trump campaign accuses Democratic group of ‘election interference’ — for quoting Trump”

June 26, 2024, 8:20 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Philadelphia Inquirer: Donald Trump urged his supporters in 2020 not to vote by mail calling it “totally corrupt.” Now, his campaign is speaking out against an ad featuring Trump’s own comments about mail ballots. The ad, running on some… Continue reading

“Tax documents detail how election deniers profit from group founded by conspiracy theorists Patrick Byrne and Michael Flynn”

June 24, 2024, 3:18 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

Issue One: A new tax filing reviewed by Issue One shows that several prominent election deniers have been profiting from The America Project, a nonprofit founded in 2021 by former Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne and President Donald Trump’s former National Security… Continue reading

“Racist slurs and death threats: The dangerous life of a Georgia elections official

June 24, 2024, 7:46 amchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

Stateline: When Milton Kidd leaves work at the end of the day, he slips out the back door of the domed Douglas County Courthouse, avoiding the public entrance where people might berate him or demand his home address. He… Continue reading

“The Biden admin has no firm plan to call out domestic disinformation in the 2024 election”

June 20, 2024, 6:54 amcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

NBC News: The Biden administration has no firm plans to alert the public about deepfakes or other false information during the 2024 election unless it is clearly coming from a foreign actor and poses a sufficiently grave threat, according to current… Continue reading

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