Category Archives: chicanery

“Arizona audit fuels election distrust, congressional panel says”

October 8, 2021, 7:32 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Arizona Republic: A congressional panel on Thursday portrayed the partisan review of Maricopa County’s 2020 election results as the latest in a wave of moves that feed on conspiracy theories to undermine Americans’ confidence in elections.The nearly four-hour proceeding also… Continue reading

“Christian Conservative Lawyer Had Secretive Role in Bid to Block Election Result”

October 7, 2021, 3:40 pmchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: One of the nation’s most prominent religious conservative lawyers played a critical behind-the-scenes role in the lawsuit that Republican state attorneys general filed in December in a last-ditch effort to overturn the election of President Biden, documents show.The… Continue reading

“‘The intelligence was there’: Law enforcement warnings abounded in the runup to Jan. 6”

October 7, 2021, 10:36 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Politico: On Dec. 24, a private intelligence company that works with law enforcement issued a grave warning: Users of a pro-Trump internet forum were talking about turning violent on Jan. 6.“[A] supposedly violent insurrection by [Trump’s] supporters has ‘always… Continue reading

“Trump allies did little to investigate election fraud claims, court documents show”

October 7, 2021, 7:49 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz for CNN: Allies of former President Donald Trump testified under oath that they did little to check out some of the uncorroborated claims they made about 2020 election fraud before amplifying them on the… Continue reading

“Group asks DC court panel to investigate DOJ official who peddled false Trump election claims”

October 5, 2021, 7:55 amchicaneryRick Hasen

John Kruzel in the Hill: A group of legal heavyweights on Tuesday asked the disciplinary panel of the D.C. Court of Appeals to investigate a former Department of Justice (DOJ) official who allegedly sought to use his official position in… Continue reading

Ben Ginsberg: “Don’t be afraid of the election audits — they may be our only ticket out of this mess”

October 4, 2021, 10:52 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Ben Ginsberg WaPo oped: Bring on the audits.Really. As a Republican election lawyer who has participated in more than 30 post-election recounts, contests and audits, I am extremely confident: They won’t find anything. The massive fraud that former president… Continue reading

“Stinging Postscript To Arizona ‘Audit’ Exposes Ballot Recount As Inaccurate And Incomplete”

October 4, 2021, 6:52 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Steven Rosenfeld: The election audit contract that Arizona’s state Senate leaders signed with the Cyber Ninjas last March never specified that the pro-Trump firm would produce a report that included a definitive recount of the votes in 2020’s presidential… Continue reading

“Jan. 6 panel braces for collision with Trump”

October 4, 2021, 6:43 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Politico: The congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol is steeling itself for its first encounter with an immovable object: Donald Trump.Some aspects of its work are proceeding smoothly. The panel has held its first closed-door… Continue reading

ELB Book Corner: Victoria Nourse: “What Impeachment Teaches Us About How Lawyers Misread the Constitution”

September 29, 2021, 7:00 amchicanery, legislation and legislaturesRick Hasen

I am pleased to welcome to ELB Book Corner Victoria Nourse, writing about her new book, Impeachments of Donald Trump: An Introduction to Constitutional Interpretation (West 2021). Here is the third of three posts: Ask the public if impeachment… Continue reading

ELB Book Corner: Victoria Nourse: “Impeachment and Constitutional Argument”

September 28, 2021, 7:00 amchicanery, legislation and legislaturesRick Hasen

I am pleased to welcome to ELB Book Corner Victoria Nourse, writing about her new book, The Impeachments of Donald Trump: An Introduction to Constitutional Interpretation (West 2021). Here is the second of three posts: In his book on… Continue reading

ELB Book Corner: Victoria Nourse: “Did the Trump Impeachments Matter? My View: Never Forget.”

September 27, 2021, 7:17 amchicanery, legislation and legislaturesRick Hasen

I am pleased to welcome to ELB Book Corner Victoria Nourse, writing about her new book, The Impeachments of Donald Trump: An Introduction to Constitutional Interpretation (West 2021). Here is her first of three posts: I was unexpectedly conversing… Continue reading

“‘Devastating’: Florida Republicans worried about 2022 as they crafted election law”

September 23, 2021, 7:04 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Politico: Florida Republicans this spring insisted a contentious new election law curtailing access to ballot boxes was needed to prevent electoral fraud. It was not, they said, an attempt to gain a partisan advantage.But a raft of internal emails and… Continue reading

John Eastman Gives CNN Longer Six-Page Memo on How He Hoped to Help Mike Pence Steal the Election for Trump

September 21, 2021, 4:47 pmchicanery, election subversion risk, electoral collegeRick Hasen

You can find the memo here. I think it makes Eastman look even worse. MORE from Jonathan Adler: UPDATE: John Eastman has told CNN that the above-cited memo was merely a preliminary outline, and has provided CNN’s Jeremy Herb… Continue reading

“Trump Campaign Knew Lawyers’ Voting Machine Claims Were Baseless, Memo Shows”

September 21, 2021, 12:41 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: Two weeks after the 2020 election, a team of lawyers closely allied with Donald J. Trump held a widely watched news conference at the Republican Party’s headquarters in Washington. At the event, they laid out a bizarre conspiracy… Continue reading

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