Category Archives: chicanery

“Two Paterson City Council Members Indicted on Voter Fraud Charges in Council Race”

March 7, 2021, 3:53 pmabsentee ballots, chicaneryRick Hasen

NBC New York: Two city council members in Paterson have been indicted for allegedly interfering with a special election last year, Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced Wednesday, in a case cited by then-President Donald Trump in his unsuccessful lawsuit to… Continue reading

“Taking names: Dem Rep. Lofgren catalogs GOP colleagues’ election claims with a view toward discipline”

March 7, 2021, 3:24 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

NBC News: Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., has released a detailed examination of the social media accounts of Republican House members who voted to overturn the 2020 election results to analyze what role they might have played in inciting the deadly … Continue reading

“Study: How Online Propagandists Targeted The 2020 Election”

February 16, 2021, 5:17 pmcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

Steven Rosenfeld: Partisan disinformation to undermine 2020’s presidential election shadowed every step of the voting process last year but took an unprecedented turn when the earliest false claims morphed into intricate conspiracies as Election Day passed and President Trump… Continue reading

“A GOP donor gave $2.5 million for a voter fraud investigation. Now he wants his money back.”

February 15, 2021, 12:05 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo offers another True the Vote/Jim Bopp/Eshelman lawsuit dive.

“Was Election Denial Just a Get-Rich-Quick Scheme? Donors’ Lawsuits Look for Answers” (with Juicy Tidbits on True the Vote Lawsuit)

February 6, 2021, 11:39 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Some great reporting here from Richard Salame: Eshelman ultimately gave True the Vote a total of $2.5 million for its 2020 election efforts. True the Vote launched a massive undertaking in November to recruit whistleblowers, lobby legislatures, analyze data,… Continue reading

“Election workers weren’t surprised by the Capitol riot. Trump’s supporters targeted them first.”

February 3, 2021, 8:04 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Jane Timm for NBC News.

“Trump’s Sleight of Hand: Shouting Fraud, Pocketing Donors’ Cash for Future”

February 2, 2021, 8:18 amcampaign finance, chicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: Former President Donald J. Trump and the Republican Party leveraged false claims of voter fraud and promises to overturn the election to raise more than a quarter-billion dollars in November and December as hundreds of thousands of trusting supporters… Continue reading

“After Record Turnout, Republicans Are Trying to Make It Harder to Vote”

January 31, 2021, 8:54 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Michael Wines for the NYT: In Georgia, Arizona and other states won by President Biden, some leading Republicans stood up in November to make what, in any other year, would be an unremarkable statement: The race is over. And we… Continue reading

Arizona Legislator (and Spouse of AZ Supreme Court Justice) Introduces Bill That Would Allow State Legislature to Overturn Voters’ Choice for President

January 29, 2021, 11:48 amchicanery, electoral collegeRick Hasen

Oh my: Republican legislators, still steamed about Joe Biden winning Arizona, have been furiously scheming various ways to make it more difficult for people to vote.There’s a bill that would allow only the most faithful party voters to automatically … Continue reading

“Extremists Emboldened by Capitol Attack Pose Rising Threat, Homeland Security Says”

January 28, 2021, 8:55 amchicanery, Election MeltdownRick Hasen

NYT: Warning that the deadly rampage of the Capitol this month may not be an isolated episode, the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday said publicly for the first time that the United States faced a growing threat from “violent… Continue reading

TPM Offers Great Narrative Description of Trump and His Allies’ Months-Long Lies About Voter Fraud in An Attempt to Steal the 2020 Election

January 27, 2021, 9:10 amchicanery, Election Meltdown, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

This from Tierney Sneed and Matt Shuham is a must-read.

“Watchdog Probes Whether Justice Department Officials Tried to Alter 2020 Election Results”

January 25, 2021, 12:38 pmchicanery, Department of Justice, Election MeltdownRick Hasen

WSJ: The Justice Department’s inspector general said Monday his office will investigate whether department officials “engaged in an improper attempt” to overturn President Biden’s victory in the 2020 election.The announcement comes after news reports that former President Donald Trump considered… Continue reading

Blockbuster WSJ Report: “Trump Pressed Justice Department to Go Directly to Supreme Court to Overturn Election Results”

January 25, 2021, 8:41 amchicanery, Department of Justice, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Jess Bravin and Sadie Gurman for WSJ: In his last weeks in office, former President Donald Trump considered moving to replace the acting attorney general with another official ready to pursue unsubstantiated claims of election fraud, and he pushed… Continue reading

“Jeffrey Clark Was Considered Unassuming. Then He Plotted With Trump.”

January 25, 2021, 8:36 amchicanery, Department of Justice, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT profile: It was New Year’s Eve, but the Justice Department’s top leaders had little to celebrate as they discussed Jeffrey Clark, the acting head of the civil division, who had repeatedly pushed them to help President Donald J.… Continue reading

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