Category Archives: chicanery

“Candidate’s son warned father of N.C. political operative’s alleged tactics”

February 21, 2019, 7:32 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: The son of Republican congressional candidate Mark Harris testified Wednesday that he warned his father repeatedly that he believed a political operative now at the center of an election-fraud investigation had previously used illegal tactics to win votes.John Harris,… Continue reading

“‘Sustained and ongoing’ disinformation assault targets Dem presidential candidates”

February 20, 2019, 2:05 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Politico: Recent posts that have received widespread dissemination include racially inflammatory memes and messaging involving Harris, O’Rourke and Warren. In Warren’s case, a false narrative surfaced alleging that a blackface doll appeared on a kitchen cabinet in the background… Continue reading

“Harris’ consultant denies knowing about illegal activities by Dowless during campaign”

February 19, 2019, 8:45 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

News and Observer: The Bladen County political operative at the center of possible election fraud in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District assured the top consultant for Republican Mark Harris’ campaign that he was running a legal operation throughout the… Continue reading

#NC09 Pic of the Day: Dowless Allegedly Gave Stepdaughter Script on How to Plead the 5th

February 18, 2019, 7:44 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

This paper is what Dowless gave them and told them to say, Britt says. pic.twitter.com/dJ9kBHolq2— Ely Portillo (@ESPortillo) February 18, 2019

“Operative at center of NC election fraud hearing won’t testify”

February 18, 2019, 7:29 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

News & Observer: The stepdaughter of a Bladen County political operative detailed how she said his ballot harvesting operation worked on the first day of a hearing Monday into voting irregularities in the unresolved 2018 election in North Carolina’s 9th… Continue reading

Evidence of Major Illegal Activity Connected to #NC09 Election in Bladen County Coming Out at North Carolina Hearing: I Expect Board to Order New Election

February 18, 2019, 10:20 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Follow Joe Bruno at the hearing. I’ll be very surprised if the board does not vote for a new election given what we are seeing so far.

“N.C. election officials will consider fate of congressional seat at Monday hearing”

February 17, 2019, 9:08 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo reports.

“Plenty of NC politicos hired McCrae Dowless; they just don’t want to talk about it”

February 17, 2019, 8:13 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

WRAL reports.

“Trump’s DHS Guts Task Forces Protecting Elections From Foreign Meddling”

February 14, 2019, 8:49 amchicanery, election administration, voting technologyRick Hasen

Daily Beast: Two teams of federal officials assembled to fight foreign election interference are being dramatically downsized, according to three current and former Department of Homeland Security officials. And now, those sources say they fear the department won’t prepare… Continue reading

Today’s Must-Read: “‘Private Mossad for Hire: Inside a plot to influence American elections, starting with one small-town race.”

February 11, 2019, 7:18 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Adam Entous and Ronan Farrow in the New Yorker: Psy-Group’s larger ambition was to break into the U.S. election market. During the 2016 Presidential race, the company pitched members of Donald Trump’s campaign team on its ability to influence… Continue reading

North Carolina Poll Worker Pleads Guilty to Advising Noncitizen to Register and Vote; DOJ Press Release Misleadingly Refers to Worker as a “Board of Elections Election Official”

February 8, 2019, 11:40 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

The DOJ press release headline refers to the worker as a “Board of Elections Election Official” but that seems incorrect. From an earlier HuffPost piece: The sole U.S. citizen facing charges ― Denslo Allen Paige, a 66-year-old Walmart worker… Continue reading

North Carolina: “New board gets private preview of Congressional race probe”

February 7, 2019, 7:58 pmchicanery, recountsRick Hasen

AP: A reconstituted North Carolina elections board received a private preview Thursday of what investigators uncovered in their probe of absentee ballot irregularities in the country’s last unresolved congressional race. Chairman Bob Cordle said the new five-member State Board… Continue reading

Potentially Bad News for Trump and Trump Organization: SDNY Still Investigating Michael Cohen for Campaign Finance Crimes

February 7, 2019, 9:19 amcampaign finance, campaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Potentially a big deal here: “In particular, the Government represents that aspects of its investigation remains ongoing, including those pertaining to or arising from Cohen’s campaign finance crimes.”A bad sentence for Individual 1 and the Trump Org execs who… Continue reading

“Justice and Homeland Security report finds no foreign interference in 2018 elections”

February 5, 2019, 9:26 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

CBS News: There is no evidence to date of any foreign interference in the 2018 midterm elections, according to a new joint report released by the Justice and Homeland Security Departments on Tuesday. While specific conclusions remain classified, the… Continue reading

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