Category Archives: chicanery

“Newly obtained surveillance video shows fake Trump elector escorted operatives into Georgia county’s elections office before voting machine breach”

September 6, 2022, 7:58 amchicanery, election subversion risk, voting technologyRick Hasen

CNN: A Republican county official in Georgia escorted two operatives working with an attorney for former President Donald Trump into the county’s election offices on the same day a voting system there was breached, newly obtained video shows.The breach… Continue reading

Watch Archived Video of My Appearance on CNN Talking About Ginni Thomas, Justice Thomas, January 6 and the Supreme Court

September 4, 2022, 2:50 pmchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squad, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

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“Handling of Georgia election breach investigation questioned”

September 4, 2022, 12:29 pmchicanery, voting technologyRick Hasen

AJC: A recording first surfaced six months ago claiming that a team copied “every piece of equipment” in Coffee County’s elections office after the 2020 election, but it wasn’t Georgia investigators who confirmed that confidential voting data had been taken.Instead,… Continue reading

“Special grand jury seeks evidence of Coffee Co. election breach”

September 2, 2022, 4:21 pmchicanery, election subversion risk, voting technologyRick Hasen

AJC: The Fulton County special grand jury is growing increasingly interested in an alleged election data breach in rural Coffee County as part of its multi-faceted criminal investigation into Georgia’s 2020 election.The 23-person grand jury earlier this week approved… Continue reading

True the Vote Provides No Data When Requested to Arizona to Back Up Their Phony “Ballot Mules” Claims

September 2, 2022, 10:02 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Axios: True the Vote refused multiple requests from the attorney general’s office to provide evidence or data supporting the ballot-harvesting allegations it made in its debunked “2000 Mules” movie.Context: The nonprofit organization and conservative filmmaker Dinesh… Continue reading

“Jury finds Seminole GOP chair guilty in ‘ghost’ candidate case”

September 1, 2022, 4:17 pmchicanery, third partiesRick Hasen

Orlando Sentinel: A jury of six people found Seminole County GOP Chairman Ben Paris guilty on Thursday of causing his cousin’s name to be falsely listed on independent “ghost” candidate Jestine Iannotti’s campaign contribution forms in 2020.Paris was sentenced… Continue reading

Washington State: “GOP Senate Candidate Scrubs Election ‘Integrity’ Section From Website”

September 1, 2022, 1:58 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

HuffPost reports.

“Conservative Lawyer a Likely Target in Atlanta Trump Investigation, His Lawyer Says; John Eastman, who developed strategies to block certification of the 2020 election, appeared before a grand jury in Atlanta on Wednesday.”

August 31, 2022, 12:06 pmchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: John Eastman, the lawyer who developed strategies to block certification of the 2020 election, is “probably a target” in the criminal investigation into efforts to overturn Donald J. Trump’s election loss in Georgia, one of Mr. Eastman’s lawyers said… Continue reading

“Election Data Breach Attracts Georgia Investigators”

August 27, 2022, 8:16 pmchicanery, election subversion risk, voting technologyRick Hasen

NYT: The day after Donald J. Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol, a small group working on his behalf traveled to rural Coffee County, Ga., about 200 miles southeast of Atlanta.One member of the group was Paul Maggio, an executive… Continue reading

“Breaking: Fulton grand jury seeks testimony from Meadows, Trump campaign lawyers”

August 26, 2022, 7:20 amchicaneryRick Hasen

AJC: A Fulton County special grand jury investigating interference in Georgia’s 2020 elections is seeking the testimony of former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Trump campaign attorney Sidney Powell and others next month.Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis… Continue reading

“Files copied from voting systems were shared with Trump supporters, election deniers”

August 22, 2022, 1:32 pmchicanery, election subversion risk, voting technologyRick Hasen

WaPo: Sensitive election system files obtained by attorneys working to overturn President Donald Trump’s 2020 defeat were shared with election deniers, conspiracy theorists and right-wing commentators, according to records reviewed by The Washington Post.A Georgia computer forensics firm hired… Continue reading

“Robin Vos says Michael Gableman could lose his law license over 2020 election review, records violations”

August 17, 2022, 7:25 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Tuesday former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman could lose his law license over his conduct during the taxpayer-funded review of the 2020 election — but he stopped just short of calling for it.“It’s… Continue reading

“Trump Lawyer Proposed Challenging Georgia Senate Elections in Search of Fraud; On the day of President Biden’s inauguration, John Eastman suggested looking for voting irregularities in Georgia — and asked for help being paid the $270,000 he billed the Trump campaign.”

August 3, 2022, 5:32 pmchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: John Eastman, the conservative lawyer whose plan to block congressional certification of the 2020 election failed in spectacular fashion on Jan. 6, 2021, sent an email two weeks later arguing that pro-Trump forces should sue to keep searching for… Continue reading

“Memo shows Wis. GOP lawyer privately opposed decertifying Biden’s 2020 win”

August 2, 2022, 7:26 amchicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: It was an extraordinary public statement from a former state Supreme Court justice hired by Republican lawmakers to probe the 2020 election: Wisconsin should take a “hard look” at canceling Joe Biden’s victory and revoking the state’s 10… Continue reading

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