Category Archives: chicanery

“Trump’s assault on election integrity forces question: What would happen if he refused to accept a loss?”

July 22, 2020, 2:04 pmchicanery, Election MeltdownRick Hasen

WaPo: President Trump’s relentless efforts to sow doubts about the legitimacy of this year’s election are forcing both parties to reckon with the possibility that he may dispute the result in November if he loses — leading to an unprecedented… Continue reading

In Must-Read Piece on Dysfunction at the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, Jessica Huseman Reveals that Excellent Republican Commissioner Matt Masterson Was Forced Out by Von Spakovsky and EAC Commissioner McCormick for Being “Insufficiently Partisan”

July 22, 2020, 9:40 amchicanery, election administration, Election Assistance Commission, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

In my 2012 book, The Voting Wars, I chronicled how Congress created the United States Election Assistance commission in 2002 after the debacle of 2000’s Bush v. Gore, how the agency started out with great promise as one that… Continue reading

President Trump, in Fox News Interview, Suggests without Evidence that Mail-In Balloting with “Rig” the Election, Refuses to Say He Would Accept the Results of the 2020 Election

July 19, 2020, 8:53 pmcampaigns, chicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Transcript of interview with Chris Wallace: WALLACE: Two–TRUMP: That’s going to happen here–WALLACE: Two final questions—TRUMP: If he wins–WALLACE: In general, not talking about November, are you a good loser?TRUMP: I’m not a good loser. I don’t like to lose.… Continue reading

“Graham releases declassified docs on early months of Russia probe”

July 18, 2020, 4:45 pmcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

Politico: A Senate committee released declassified documents Friday suggesting that senior FBI officials were initially skeptical of the emerging narrative early in Donald Trump’s presidency that his campaign was in contact with Russian intelligence officers.The Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired… Continue reading

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