Category Archives: chicanery

“Capitol Police Officers Sue Trump and Allies Over Election Lies and Jan. 6”

August 26, 2021, 10:54 amchicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: A group of seven Capitol Police officers filed a lawsuit on Thursday accusing former President Donald J. Trump and nearly 20 members of far-right extremist groups and political organizations of a plot to disrupt the peaceful transition of power… Continue reading

“No-party candidate in Miami election fraud case takes plea deal, apologizes to voters”

August 24, 2021, 8:00 amcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

Miami Herald: An auto parts salesman and acquaintance of a former Miami lawmaker accused of running a vote-siphoning scheme in a 2020 Florida Senate race pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges that he accepted illegal donations and lied on sworn… Continue reading

“Giuliani associate Igor Fruman expected to plead guilty in campaign-finance case”

August 24, 2021, 7:53 amcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: Igor Fruman, an associate of Rudolph W. Giuliani who aided his political activities on behalf of former president Donald Trump, is expected to plead guilty this week in connection with his indictment on campaign finance fraud charges, according to… Continue reading

“Exclusive-FBI finds scant evidence U.S. Capitol attack was coordinated-sources”

August 20, 2021, 7:57 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Reuters: The FBI has found scant evidence that the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was the result of an organized plot to overturn the presidential election result, according to four current and former law enforcement officials.Though federal… Continue reading

“Experts Warn Recent ‘Insider’ Theft, Leak of Vote System Software Imperils CA Recall Election: ‘BradCast’ 8/18/2021”

August 19, 2021, 8:06 amchicanery, voting technologyRick Hasen

Brad Blog: We’ve been covering this story in detail over the past week, as both the national media and California media haven’t covered it at all. But they should. Colorado media finally jumped in, a bit, this week… Continue reading

“Protect Democracy Joins Defamation Suit Against Project Veritas: Right-Wing Group Maliciously Lied About a PA Postmaster In the Aftermath of 2020 Election”

August 16, 2021, 10:44 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Release: Today, a Pennsylvania judge granted a postmaster’s motion to file an amended complaint in a lawsuit filed against the rightwing video production house Project Veritas and several individuals. The lawsuit concerns a series of defamatory videos, maliciously produced and… Continue reading

“Emails: Senior DOJ officials wrangled over baseless Trump voter fraud allegations”

August 16, 2021, 6:41 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Politico: During Donald Trump’s final weeks in office, top Justice Department officials wrangled over how the FBI should handle a particularly wacky voter fraud allegation promoted by the then-president and his allies. Unreleased emails obtained by POLITICO show just how… Continue reading

“Trump Is Said to Have Called Arizona Official After Election Loss”

July 3, 2021, 6:53 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: President Donald J. Trump twice sought to talk on the phone with the Republican leader of Arizona’s most populous county last winter as the Trump campaign and its allies tried unsuccessfully to reverse Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s narrow victory… Continue reading

“‘Election Subversion’ is Voter Suppression 2.0”

June 29, 2021, 12:18 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

John Avlon for CNN: “Election subversion” — or efforts underway to contest legitimate elections — “is part of a sinister state-by-state effort by Trumpists to grab power by any means necessary,” @JohnAvlon says in today’s #RealityCheck. https://t.co/g3hLi0JVQt pic.twitter.com/ru4TT8PJ02—… Continue reading

“Wisconsin GOP leaders say Trump is ‘misinformed’ after the former president claimed they are hiding election corruption”

June 28, 2021, 8:39 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

Molly Beck reports for the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.

Arizona: “Audit leader Doug Logan appears in conspiracy theorist election film”

June 28, 2021, 8:35 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Arizona Mirror: The CEO of a Florida-based firm chosen to conduct the review of Maricopa County’s election results appeared in a conspiracy theorist film riddled with falsehoods about the 2020 election and directed by a man whose previous work claimed … Continue reading

“Arizona’s Maricopa County will replace voting equipment, fearful that GOP-backed election review has compromised security”

June 28, 2021, 8:32 pmchicanery, voting technologyRick Hasen

WaPo reports.

“Toyota leads companies in election-objector donations”

June 28, 2021, 7:25 amcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

Axios: Nearly three-dozen corporate PACs have donated at least $5,000 to Republicans who objected to certifying the 2020 election, yet Toyota leads by a substantial margin.Why it matters: Following Jan. 6, huge segments of corporate America rethought their political-giving programs.… Continue reading

The Buried Lede in Jon Karl’s Flattering Bill Barr Story: Mitch McConnell Was Willing to Risk American Democracy to Save the Senate

June 27, 2021, 9:39 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Lots of people are buzzing today about Jon Karl’s piece in the Atlantic in which Bill Barr portrays himself in standing up to Trump and his claims of election fraud. As is typical in pieces where people from Barr world… Continue reading

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