Category Archives: chicanery

“The Jan. 6 puzzle piece that’s going largely ignored”

December 16, 2021, 7:11 amchicanery, election subversion risk, electoral collegeRick Hasen

Politico: As Donald Trump and his allies squeezed then-Vice President Mike Pence to single-handedly stop Joe Biden’s presidency in the weeks ahead of Jan. 6, they used one particular tool that’s been largely ignored ever since.Rep. Louie Gohmert… Continue reading

NYT Deep Dive: “Meadows and the Band of Loyalists: How They Fought to Keep Trump in Power”

December 15, 2021, 6:05 pmchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Must-read with the subhead: “A small circle of Republican lawmakers, working closely with President Donald J. Trump’s chief of staff, took on an outsize role in pressuring the Justice Department, amplifying conspiracy theories and flooding the courts in an… Continue reading

“Jan. 6 investigators mull whether Trump violated obstruction law”

December 15, 2021, 2:28 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

Politico reports.

“The military-intelligence veterans who helped lead Trump’s campaign of disinformation”

December 15, 2021, 10:32 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Reuters: During the Afghan and Iraq wars, the careers of two military officers often intersected. Army General Michael Flynn and an Army Reserve colonel named Phil Waldron worked together on secret projects in both countries, Waldron said. When Flynn was… Continue reading

“House Seeks Contempt Charge Against Meadows in Jan. 6 Inquiry”

December 15, 2021, 7:48 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: The House voted on Tuesday night to recommend holding Mark Meadows, who served as chief of staff to former President Donald J. Trump, in criminal contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with its investigation into the Jan.… Continue reading

Must-Read: “Far too little vote fraud to tip election to Trump, AP finds”

December 14, 2021, 1:11 pmchicanery, election administration, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

AP: An Associated Press review of every potential case of voter fraud in the six battleground states disputed by former President Donald Trump has found fewer than 475 — a number that would have made no difference in the 2020… Continue reading

“3 residents of The Villages arrested for casting multiple votes in 2020 election”

December 14, 2021, 10:56 amchicaneryRick Hasen

News from Florida: Three residents of The Villages have recently been arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into voter fraud, court records show.Jay Ketcik, Joan Halstead and John Rider are each charged with casting more than one ballot… Continue reading

“Fox hosts, Donald Trump Jr., GOP reps begged Mark Meadows in texts to get Trump to stop Capitol riot on Jan. 6”

December 14, 2021, 9:17 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

CNBC reports.

“Meadows Was Deeply Involved in Fighting Election Outcome, Jan. 6 Panel Says”

December 14, 2021, 9:13 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol released a report on Sunday that laid out its case for a contempt of Congress charge against Mark Meadows, the chief of staff to former President Donald J.… Continue reading

“What crime might Trump have committed on Jan. 6? Liz Cheney points to one.”

December 14, 2021, 9:09 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Aaron Blake: Rep. Liz Cheney’s disclosures of intriguing Jan. 6 text messages between Mark Meadows and both Donald Trump Jr. and Fox News personalities are the big news in the committee’s investigation right now. But don’t lose sight of what… Continue reading

“Now in Your Inbox: Political Misinformation”

December 13, 2021, 10:58 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Maggie Astor for the NYT: A few weeks ago, Representative Dan Crenshaw, a Texas Republican, falsely claimed that the centerpiece of President Biden’s domestic agenda, a $1.75 trillion bill to battle climate change and extend the nation’s social… Continue reading

“Trump’s judicial campaign to upend the 2020 election: A failure, but not a wipe-out.”

December 5, 2021, 6:18 amchicanery, election subversion riskTabatha Abu El-Haj

Russell Wheeler, Brookings Institute Wheeler shows that while “Trump’s election litigation efforts failed decisively[,] . . . more judges than is generally assumed found his lawyers’ arguments persuasive.” The key point is that judicial independence is unlikely to be impervious… Continue reading

“Lawyers Risk Their Law Licenses Helping Smarmy Politicians”

December 5, 2021, 5:59 amchicaneryethics reformsTabatha Abu El-Haj

Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy writes, in the Washington Monthly, about the hard lessons currently being learned by the lawyers who peddled the Big Lie in court. More than just an update on the sanctions that have already been dispensed, Torres-Spelliscy… Continue reading

“Eastman takes the Fifth with Jan. 6 committee”

December 3, 2021, 10:28 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Politico: John Eastman, the attorney who helped former President Donald Trump pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the 2020 election, has asserted his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, according to a letter he delivered to the Jan. 6 committee… Continue reading