“A mysterious payment to Paul Manafort’s lawyer reveals a hidden chapter of Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign”
A lot going on in this CNBC story by Christina Wilkie.
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“Disinformation in the 2018 U.S. Midterm Elections: Identifying Misattributed Photos and Visual Propaganda against the October 2018 Migrant Caravan”
This post appears at the Free Internet Project.
Don’t miss the Ginni Thomas cameo.
“Texas’ desperate search for fraudulent voters”
Robert Brischetto catalogs
what Texas has found.
More on the prosecution of noncitizens voting in North Carolina
Sam Levine with followup
on some of the North Carolina federal
prosecutions of noncitizen voting.
And earlier, with a contrast
of Crystal Mason’s sentence for casting a ballot while on supervised release and
Paul Manafort’s sentence for tax and bank… Continue reading
“Paul Manafort sentenced to about 4 years in prison in Virginia case”
In line with sentencing guidelines, prosecutors had recommended 19-24 years; Judge Ellis sentenced Manafort to 47 months.
As a reminder, this case (in Virginia) concerned tax fraud and bank fraud. The sentencing in Manafort’s DC case (after a plea… Continue reading
Federal Prosecutors Agree to Drop Charges Against Rep. Schock
A deferred
prosecution agreement says that charges
(including tax fraud, wire fraud, and theft of funds based on misappropriation
of Congressional and campaign funds for personal use) will be dropped against
Rep. Aaron Schock if he repays $68,000 and pays… Continue reading
“Michael Cohen sues Trump Organization for legal fees resulting from Mueller probe, porn star lawsuit”
This
ought to be fascinating. Not least
because if it goes anywhere, it may actually shed some light on what Cohen and
the Trump Organization actually thought was legal representation and what was
not. There’s been an awful lot… Continue reading
“Second Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s Census Citizenship Question Plans”
Big
(and voluminous) news from California: in a 126-page
opinion, Judge Seeborg has enjoined the inclusion of a question regarding
citizenship on the 2020 census.
The decision follows on Judge Furman’s opinion out of New
York, but is more… Continue reading
House Oversight Requests Documents re 2018 Georgia Elections
The House Oversight Committee asked
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp today for a set of documents related to voters’
difficulties in Georgia in 2018. So far,
it’s just a request. And Kemp appears
unimpressed.
“Hillary Clinton’s claims about voter suppression in Georgia and Wisconsin”
WaPo’s
FactChecker reviews some of Hillary Clinton’s claims about the 2016
election at the Selma Bloody Sunday commemorative service for this past weekend.
Stolen Votes North of the Border
Steven Rosenfeld sees
parallels between a 2017 Alberta provincial leadership campaign and the NC09
scandal, with lessons for 2020 primaries considering means to further participation
online or by phone.
Nevada State Senate Majority Leader Resigns Based on Federal Campaign Finance Violations
Nevada Senate Maj. Leader Kelvin Atkinson resigned yesterday, “announcing he would be pleading guilty to federal charges of misappropriation of campaign funds for personal use and taking ‘full responsibility’ for his actions.” The resignation letter is here. There… Continue reading
Dates Set for NC CD9 Do-Over
NYT reports:
The state elections board, which concluded last month that fraud had tainted November’s voting for the seat, ruled on Monday that a new open primary would be held in the district on May 14 and a new… Continue reading
“North Carolina Democrats see opportunity in do-over election”
AP:
A ballot-fraud scandal that brought down a Republican candidate and led North Carolina to order a do-over congressional election could give the Democrats a strong shot at taking back a seat that has been held by the GOP… Continue reading