Category Archives: chicanery

“How election conspiracy theories turned local politics ‘toxic’ in one Wisconsin city”

April 5, 2022, 7:03 amcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

Politico: For the second time since Election Day 2020, uniformed police officers will be on duty when ballot counting begins in Green Bay’s local elections.It’s the result of tension building for over a year in the city, which has… Continue reading

“How a California lawyer became a focal point of the Jan. 6 investigation”

April 5, 2022, 6:54 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

LA Times on John Eastman.

“New Right-Wing Conspiracies Threaten to Further Starve Local Election Systems”

March 31, 2022, 11:41 amchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

Spenser Mestel for Bolts: Michael Gableman, a former Wisconsin supreme court justice who said state election officials “stole our votes” days after Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential race, was granted wide latitude by Republicans to investigate voter fraud… Continue reading

DNC Settles Suit Over Payment for Research in “Steele Dossier”; One ELB Reader Wonders About DNC Tactics

March 31, 2022, 7:42 amcampaign finance, chicanery, federal election commissionRick Hasen

Politico: The Federal Election Commission has agreed to a fine of over $100,000 against the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign over an investigation into alleged misreporting of spending related to the now-infamous Steele dossier.The FEC… Continue reading

“Trump calls on Putin to release dirt on Hunter Biden”

March 30, 2022, 7:00 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Politico: Former President Donald Trump in a new interview called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to release information regarding alleged dealings between Eastern European oligarchs and Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden’s son.Trump’s remarks, in an interview with discredited far-right … Continue reading

Arizona: “Brnovich asks Cochise County prosecutor to investigate Hobbs”

March 30, 2022, 6:52 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Tucson.com: The attorney general is asking Cochise County’s prosecutor to launch a criminal probe into whether Secretary of State Katie Hobbs is breaking the law.The move came late Tuesday, after Hobbs ignored prior warnings from Attorney General Mark… Continue reading

“Election Denial in Races for Election Administration Positions”

March 29, 2022, 10:40 amchicanery, election administration, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Brennan Center: n battleground states’ contests for the offices that will run the 2024 elections, many campaigns are centered on the Big Lie that the 2020 election was stolen.Since 2020, election denial — claims that the process or result… Continue reading

NYT: “New Focus on How a Trump Tweet Incited Far-Right Groups Ahead of Jan. 6”

March 29, 2022, 7:19 amcheap speech, chicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: Federal prosecutors and congressional investigators have gathered growing evidence of how a tweet by President Donald J. Trump less than three weeks before Jan. 6, 2021, served as a crucial call to action for extremist groups that played a… Continue reading

“Local Election Officials in Georgia Oppose G.O.P. Election Bill”

March 29, 2022, 7:15 amchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

NYT: A year ago, when Georgia Republicans passed a mammoth law of election measures and voting restrictions, many local election officials felt frustrated and sidelined, as their concerns about resources, ballot access and implementation went largely ignored.This year, Republicans have… Continue reading

“Jan. 6 White House logs given to House show 7-hour gap in Trump calls”

March 29, 2022, 7:10 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Bob Woodward and Robert Costa: Internal White House records from the day of the attack on the U.S. Capitol that were turned over to the House select committee show a gap in President Donald Trump’s phone logs of… Continue reading

“Ohio Republicans discussing impeachment of Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor after map ruling”

March 18, 2022, 11:19 amchicanery, redistrictingRick Hasen

Columbus Dispatch: House Republicans are discussing whether to impeach Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor after the Ohio Supreme Court rejected a third set of legislative maps and effectively ended all hope of a full May 3rd primary.The court struck down… Continue reading

“Why Did Mark Meadows Register to Vote Where He Did Not Reside?”

March 6, 2022, 9:27 amchicaneryRick Hasen

The New Yorker: Mark Meadows, who grew up in Florida, moved to North Carolina in the nineteen-eighties and opened Aunt D’s, a sandwich shop in Highlands. He later sold the restaurant and started a real-estate company with a line… Continue reading

“Pressure on Justice Dept. as Jan. 6 Panel Lays Out Case Against Trump”

March 4, 2022, 7:41 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: The Justice Department is facing mounting pressure to prosecute former President Donald J. Trump after the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack laid out its argument for a potential criminal case on Wednesday night, placing Attorney General… Continue reading

“New evidence shows Trump was told many times there was no voter fraud — but he kept saying it anyway”

March 4, 2022, 7:31 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: A data expert for former president Donald Trump’s campaign told him bluntly not long after polls closed in November 2020 that he was definitely going to lose his campaign for reelection.In the weeks that followed, multiple top… Continue reading