Category Archives: chicanery

“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

“In Arizona, G.O.P. Lawmakers Strip Power From a Democrat”

June 26, 2021, 12:08 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: The Republican-controlled State Legislature in Arizona voted Thursday to revoke the Democratic secretary of state’s legal authority in election-related lawsuits, handing that power instead to the Republican attorney general.The move added more discord to the politics of a state… Continue reading

“As Arizona Wraps Up Hand Count of 2020 Ballots, New Questions About Accuracy Arise”

June 26, 2021, 12:05 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Steven Rosenfeld reports.

“Pelosi announces a select committee will investigate Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob”

June 25, 2021, 6:59 amchicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced Thursday that the House will form a select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob, one month after Senate Republicans blocked an effort to form an… Continue reading

“Judge Appears Skeptical Over Efforts to Dismiss Dominion Suit”

June 25, 2021, 6:57 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

AP: A federal judge on Thursday appeared skeptical of arguments to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems over baseless 2020 election claims made by Trump allies Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani and the MyPillow Guy.The voting system company… Continue reading

“They Seemed Like Democratic Activists. They Were Secretly Conservative Spies”

June 25, 2021, 6:52 amchicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: The young couple posing in front of the faux Eiffel Tower at the Paris hotel in Las Vegas fit right in, two people in a sea of idealistic Democrats who had arrived in the city in February 2020 for… Continue reading

“Inside the ‘shadow reality world’ promoting the lie that the presidential election was stolen”

June 25, 2021, 6:45 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: The slickly produced movie trailer, set to ominous music, cuts from scenes of the 2020 election to clips of allies of former president Donald Trump describing a vast conspiracy to steal the White House.“The Deep Rig,” a film financed… Continue reading

“Biden campaign workers and ex-state lawmaker sue ‘Trump Train’ members involved in dangerous Texas highway incident” (link to complaints)

June 24, 2021, 1:57 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

CNN: A White House staffer and former Texas state representative are among those suing several participants of a “Trump Train” that allegedly harassed a Biden campaign bus last October in Texas, claiming in a lawsuit filed Thursday that the… Continue reading

“GOP investigation finds no Michigan vote fraud, deems many claims ‘ludicrous’”

June 23, 2021, 7:13 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Bridge Michigan: A months-long Republican investigation into Michigan’s 2020 election uncovered no evidence of widespread fraud and concluded Wednesday with a recommendation the attorney general investigate those who made false claims for “personal gain.” The 35-page report prepared by Sen.… Continue reading

“Report on the Cyber Ninjas Review of the 2020 Presidential and U.S. Senatorial Elections in Maricopa County, Arizona”

June 22, 2021, 9:59 amchicanery, election administration, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

States United Democracy Center: The report is co-authored by two eminent election experts former Kentucky GOP Secretary of State Trey Grayson and Dr. Barry C. Burden of the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The report takes… Continue reading

“Trump Election Pressure Caused Senior Justice Official to Weigh Resigning”

June 22, 2021, 7:48 amchicanery, Department of JusticeRick Hasen

WSJ: John Demers, head of the Justice Department’s national security division, said the sole time in his three-year tenure he considered resigning came when the agency fell under pressure from then-President Donald Trump to pursue baseless claims of election fraud… Continue reading

“Two dark money groups shut down following CREW complaints”

June 22, 2021, 7:38 amcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

Matt Corley writes.

Must-read: “‘Italygate’ election conspiracy theory was pushed by two firms led by woman who also falsely claimed $30 million mansion was hers”

June 21, 2021, 6:46 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Another crazy, grifty, report on the 2020 election conspiracies, this one from WaPo: Late last December, as President Donald Trump pressed senior officials to find proof of election fraud, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows emailed acting attorney general… Continue reading