Category Archives: chicanery

“Documents shed light on Russian hacking of Democratic Party leaders”

March 14, 2019, 8:21 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: Documents unsealed Thursday in a lawsuit have shed new light on how hackers breached Democratic Party email accounts before the 2016 election.The documents include a forensic analysis by a former top official in the FBI’s cybercrime division, which… Continue reading

“Trump issues warning to opponents: ‘It would be very bad’ if his military, police and biker supporters got ‘tough’”

March 14, 2019, 10:13 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Daniel Dale for The Toronto Star: U.S. President Donald Trump has issued what seems to be a warning of armed pushback against his political opponents, telling a right-wing website on Monday that “it would be very bad, very bad” if… Continue reading

“Crenshaw falsely says HR1 would legalize the type of election fraud found in NC”

March 14, 2019, 8:00 amabsentee ballots, chicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Politifact North Carolina reports.

“DOJ Probes Whether Fugitive Financier Supplied Donation to Trump Re-Election Effort”

March 13, 2019, 10:22 amcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

WSJ: The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether $100,000 donated to a Trump-related political fundraising committee originated from a fugitive Malaysian businessman alleged to be at the center of a global financial scandal, according to people familiar with… Continue reading

“Hacking Elections: Cyber Threats, Vulnerabilities, and the Way Forward”

March 13, 2019, 10:10 amchicanery, election administration, voting technologyRick Hasen

ABA event coming March 18.

North Carolina Elections Board Issues Unanimous 46-Page Damning Set of Factual Findings and Legal Conclusions Related to Bladen County #NC09 Absentee Ballot Crimes, Explaining Why It Ordered New Election

March 13, 2019, 7:34 amabsentee ballots, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

From the introduction: A new election is the gravest remedy available to this State agency that has, for a century, supervised elections meant to ensure “[a]ll political power is vested in and derived from the people; all government of… Continue reading

Texas: “DA under pressure to probe more voter fraud cases”

March 12, 2019, 3:03 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

The Monitor: A Houston attorney filed a criminal complaint last week accusing a candidate in the upcoming McAllen municipal election of voting illegally in Mission, and a few days later, he published a video on social media accusing the Hidalgo… Continue reading

“Federal investigators issue subpoenas in NC-9 investigation”

March 11, 2019, 8:04 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

WBTV: The Department of Justice has issued subpoenas for a federal grand jury investigation into allegations of election fraud in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District.The US Department of Justice’s Public Integrity Section has issued at least three subpoenas for… Continue reading

Wisconsin: “State finds two dozen possible cases of voter fraud over past year”

March 11, 2019, 4:48 pmchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

Wisconsin State Journal: The Wisconsin Elections Commission found two dozen cases of suspected voter fraud or other voting irregularities in the past year’s elections after a statewide review.The commission documented 24 cases of suspected fraud, such as voters reportedly… Continue reading

NYT Story on NRATV Reveals Possible Tax Code Violations, Self-Dealing

March 11, 2019, 11:44 amchicanery, tax law and election lawRick Hasen

Must-read story.

“Everyone involved in the 2016 hush-money payments says they were campaign-related — except Trump”

March 11, 2019, 8:16 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Philip Bump for WaPo.

“Deny, defy, disdain: Georgia election chief adopts familiar voting security strategy”

March 11, 2019, 8:06 amchicanery, election administration, voting technologyRick Hasen

Politico: Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is no longer the state’s chief election official — but his combative style in defending its insecure voting technology lives on.Fellow Republican Brad Raffensperger, Kemp’s successor as secretary of state, has been pursuing the… Continue reading

“It Doesn’t Matter If They Voted By Mistake. A Trump Appointee In North Carolina Doesn’t Care”

March 11, 2019, 7:59 amchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

Sam Levine for HuffPo: Most of the cases receiving sentencing hearings, it appears, were misunderstandings and mistakes made by voters and poll workers. But in February, during a sentencing hearing for Juan Francisco Landeros-Mireles, a Mexican immigrant who has been… Continue reading

Attorney Who Negotiated with Michael Cohen Over Stormy Daniels Payments Said Payments “Done for Political Reasons”

March 11, 2019, 7:56 amcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

ABC News interview: Keith Davidson, the former attorney for adult-film star Stormy Daniels and Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal, detailed his role in negotiating hush-money deals to keep both women quiet about alleged affairs with Donald Trump, claiming a… Continue reading

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