Category Archives: chicanery

Must-Read from AP: “‘Mercenary’ Donor Sold Access for Millions in Foreign Money”

November 30, 2020, 12:44 pmcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

AP: As an elite political fundraiser, Imaad Zuberi had the ear of top Democrats and Republicans alike — a reach that included private meetings with then-Vice President Joe Biden and VIP access at Donald Trump’s inauguration.He lived a lavish, jet-setting… Continue reading

“Judge freezes voting machines in three Georgia counties”

November 30, 2020, 7:52 amchicanery, election administration, fraudulent fraud squad, voting technologyRick Hasen

Josh Gerstein for Politico: A judge assigned to a Republican-led lawsuit alleging widespread fraud in the presidential election in Georgia issued an order late Sunday night blocking plans to wipe or reset voting machines used in three counties in the… Continue reading

60 Minutes Interview: “Fired Director of US Cyber Agency Chris Krebs Explains Why President Trump’s Claims of Election Interference are False”

November 30, 2020, 7:37 amchicanery, election administration, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Watch the video.

After Losing Unanimously in Pennsylvania Supreme Court in Case Seeking to Overturn Election Results on Absurd Theory, PA Republicans Vow Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court Despite Lack of a Federal Issue

November 29, 2020, 12:37 pmabsentee ballots, chicaneryRick Hasen

Fox News reports an emergency motion will be filed with SCOTUS today. My earlier coverage of this lawsuit is here.

Donor Sues True the Vote Claiming He Gave $2.5 Million to Fund Jim Bopp Litigation to Expose Fraud in Battleground States to Help Trump, But the Group Withdrew Their Complaints and Did Nothing. He Wants a Refund.

November 25, 2020, 3:39 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Read the complaint here (via Cameron Langford). One of the allegations of the complaint is that TTV withdrew the 4 lawsuits in cooperation with the Trump campaign. Can’t wait to hear the rest of this story. More thoughts in… Continue reading

NY GOP House Candidate Claudia Tenney in Razor Tight #NY22 Case Goes on Fox’s “Ingraham Angle” to Raise Fraud Concerns

November 25, 2020, 6:16 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Nice illustration of how gross incompetence in election administration can be spun as fraud.

Trump Expected to Show Up with Giuliani at Unofficial “Hearing” in Gettysburg PA Wednesday to Push False Voter Fraud Accusations

November 24, 2020, 9:12 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

Jeremy Diamond: News: Trump is expected to join Giuliani in Gettysburg, PA tomorrow where GOP state lawmakers are holding a "hearing" on allegations of fraud in the 2020 election, two sources familiar with the plans tell me.Not on his… Continue reading

“Trump Administration Approves Start of Formal Transition to Biden”

November 23, 2020, 7:53 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: President Trump’s government on Monday authorized President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. to begin a formal transition process after Michigan certified Mr. Biden as its winner, a strong sign that the president’s last-ditch bid to overturn the results of… Continue reading

“How Misinformation ‘Superspreaders’ Seed False Election Theories”

November 23, 2020, 4:52 pmcheap speech, chicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: On the morning of Nov. 5, Eric Trump, one of the president’s sons, asked his Facebook followers to report cases of voter fraud with the hashtag, Stop the Steal. His post was shared over 5,000 times.By late afternoon, the… Continue reading

“How Trump placed a ticking time bomb at the center of our system”

November 23, 2020, 10:16 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Important point from Greg Sargent: So is this really how it’s going to be? Will it now become a fact of our political life that Democrats will be required to win future presidential elections by steal-proof margins in order to… Continue reading

“Trump calls on GOP state legislatures to overturn election results”

November 22, 2020, 2:39 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Politico: President Donald Trump made explicit Saturday the strategy his legal team has been hinting at for days: He wants Republican-led legislatures to overturn election results in states that Joe Biden won.“Why is Joe Biden so quickly forming a… Continue reading

“Duty or Party? For Republicans, a Test of Whether to Enable Trump”

November 21, 2020, 2:41 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: But this is also a moment of truth for the Republican Party: The country is on a knife’s edge, with G.O.P. officials from state capitols to Congress choosing between the will of voters and the will of one… Continue reading

“Trump bid to overturn vote crashes into wall of deadlines”

November 21, 2020, 1:59 pmchicanery, Election Meltdown, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Politico: President Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the election results is about to smash into reality: a gauntlet of battleground state deadlines that are poised to extinguish his increasingly desperate attempts to hold onto the presidency.Michigan is due to… Continue reading

“Trump tries to drum out GOP election officials who won’t play his games”

November 21, 2020, 1:57 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Politico: President Donald Trump has driven senators into retirement and tweeted wayward Republicans into primary defeat during four years leading the GOP. Now, as a lame duck, he’s launched a new campaign against GOP election officials who won’t bend to… Continue reading