Category Archives: chicanery

Republican Congressional Candidate Mark Harris, Who Benefitted from Absentee Ballot Tampering in 2018 #NC09 Congressional Race in Blade County, Won’t Be Criminally Charged

July 15, 2020, 11:20 amchicaneryRick Hasen

AP: A former North Carolina congressional candidate won’t face state charges in an absentee ballot fraud investigation that’s already led to indictments against his hired political operative and a new election, a local prosecutor said on Wednesday.Wake County District… Continue reading

“Kansas Congressman Steve Watkins charged with three felonies in illegal voting case”

July 15, 2020, 7:32 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

KC Star: Kansas Rep. Steve Watkins was charged Tuesday with three felonies and a misdemeanor related to an investigation into whether he illegally voted in a 2019 municipal election.Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay, a Republican, announced the charges about… Continue reading

“Trump Claims Credit for 2018 Cyberattack on Russia”

July 13, 2020, 7:21 amchicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: President Trump took credit late last week for a cyberattack on Russia’s Internet Research Agency two years ago, citing it as evidence that he has responded strongly to Russian provocations, despite considerable evidence that he has often excused Moscow’s… Continue reading

“Hunt for Biden tapes in Ukraine by Trump allies revives prospect of foreign interference”

July 1, 2020, 8:33 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: Last week, a Ukrainian lawmaker who was once affiliated with a pro-Russian political party and has met with Giuliani released 10 edited snippets of what appeared to be Biden’s official vice presidential phone calls in 2016 with Petro… Continue reading

“Judge Blocks Paterson Councilman-Elect Facing Voter Fraud Charges From Taking Office”

July 1, 2020, 7:44 amabsentee ballots, chicaneryRick Hasen

NBC New York reports.

“N.J. Election Fraud Case Draws A Trump Tweet But Suggests Safeguards Are Working”

July 1, 2020, 7:42 amabsentee ballots, chicaneryRick Hasen

NPR: When voters cast a ballot in person in New Jersey, they are required to sign a poll book to match their signature to election records. The same is true of mail-in ballots, and election officials check the ballot to… Continue reading

“Senate strips provision from intelligence bill requiring campaigns to report foreign election help”

June 30, 2020, 2:47 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

CNN: The Senate will incorporate the annual intelligence policy legislation into the National Defense Authorization Act — but only after stripping language from the intelligence bill that would have required presidential campaigns to report offers of foreign election help.Sen.… Continue reading

“What alleged voter fraud in Paterson, N.J., tells us about November — and what it doesn’t”

June 30, 2020, 9:18 amabsentee ballots, chicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo reports.

Montana Republicans Violated State Campaign Finance Laws to Qualify Green Party for the Ballot without Green Party’s Knowledge

June 26, 2020, 2:40 pmballot access, chicanery, third partiesRick Hasen

AP reports.

Barr Tried to Interfere with Michael Cohen Campaign Finance Case in SDNY, With Implications for the President’s Own Liability

June 25, 2020, 9:19 pmcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: But Mr. Barr spent weeks in the spring of 2019 questioning the prosecutors over their decision to charge Mr. Cohen with violating campaign finance laws, according to people briefed on the matter.At one point during the discussions, Mr. Barr… Continue reading

“Paterson City Council Vice President Among 4 Charged With Voting Fraud in May Special Election: NJ AG”

June 25, 2020, 8:27 pmabsentee ballots, chicaneryRick Hasen

NBC New York: A Paterson, New Jersey, councilman and a councilman-elect in the same city, along with two other men, face voting fraud charges in connection with the May 12 special election, the state attorney general’s office said Thursday.Councilmember… Continue reading

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