“Instead of ‘No Collusion!’ Trump Now Seems to Be Saying, So What if I Did?”
Peter Baker news analysis in the NYT.
Category Archives: chicanery
Michigan: “Southfield City Clerk charged with 6 election law felonies”
Detroit Free Press reports. Although the story is a bit vague, it sounds like the clerk may have falsified absentee ballot submissions so that her numbers would properly balance in a post-election audit.
“Thomas Hofeller and GOP strategists experimented with using race as the primary factor in drawing districts in Alabama, Florida, and West Virginia.”
More revelations from David Daley.
Common Cause: “DOJ & FEC Complaints Filed Against President Trump, Rudy Giuliani and Others for Illegal Solicitation of Contribution from Ukrainian President”
“As Trump Confirms He Discussed Biden With Ukraine, Pressure to Impeach Builds”
NYT:
President Trump acknowledged on Sunday that he raised corruption accusations against former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. during a phone call with Ukraine’s leader, a stunning admission as pressure mounted on Democrats to impeach Mr. Trump over allegations… Continue reading
“Trump’s Ukraine Gambit Could Be Another Campaign Finance Crime; Unfortunately, Robert Mueller may have given the president the green light to solicit foreign interference again”
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
President Donald Trump may well have committed a new campaign finance crime if he, as reported, pressured Ukraine into providing dirt on a political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, and… Continue reading
“Political Fundraiser Pleads Guilty To Fraud”
ProPublica:
In one of the first Justice Department cases of its kind, Maryland political consultant Kelley Rogers pleaded guilty to wire fraud on Tuesday for operating multiple fraudulent political action committees that raised money from donors for conservative causes… Continue reading
“Warren releases plan to tackle Washington corruption”
WaPo:
Sen. Elizabeth Warren released a new plan Monday to tackle corruption in Washington, part of the Democratic presidential candidate’s ongoing promises to enact “big structural change” if elected.Warren’s wide-ranging new proposal seeks to dramatically limit the influence of federal… Continue reading
“Washington, Silicon Valley Struggle to Unify on Protecting Elections”
WSJ:
U.S. national-security officials traveled to Silicon Valley last week to forge deeper ties with big tech companies in hopes of better protecting the 2020 election from foreign intervention. It didn’t go entirely as planned.At the meeting organized by … Continue reading
Kentucky: “Jury convicts dad of Alison Lundergan Grimes for giving illegally to Senate campaign”
The Lexington Herald-Leader reports.
“New Clues Show How Russia’s Grid Hackers Aimed for Physical Destruction”
Wired:
For nearly three years, the December 2016 cyberattack on the Ukrainian power grid has presented a menacing puzzle. Two days before Christmas that year, Russian hackers planted a unique specimen of malware in the network of Ukraine’s national grid… Continue reading
“PACs that raise small-dollar donations — and spend mostly on themselves — are proliferating”
Troubling trend detailed by CPI.
“The Cybersecurity 202: How counties are war-gaming Election Day cyberattacks”
Trump Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, Who Lied About His Reason for Including A Citizenship Question on the Census, Pressured NOAA Officials on Trump Misstatement about Alabama Hurricane
NYT:
The Secretary of Commerce threatened to fire top employees at NOAA on Friday after the agency’s Birmingham office contradicted President Trump’s claim that Hurricane Dorian might hit Alabama, according to three people familiar with the discussion.That threat led to … Continue reading