Category Archives: chicanery

“Cracks emerge in Michigan’s criminal cases against false Trump electors”

June 5, 2024, 6:54 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Detroit News: The Michigan attorney general’s cases against 15 Republicans whose names appeared on a certificate falsely claiming Donald Trump won the 2020 election could be in jeopardy as prosecutors have struggled to supply evidence to back up charges that… Continue reading

“Wisconsin AG Josh Kaul charges former Trump associates in fake elector scheme”

June 4, 2024, 7:38 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Molly Beck for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul has filed felony forgery charges against an aide and two attorneys who worked for former President Donald Trump in 2020 for their part in designing and executing a… Continue reading

“Intelligence chairman says US may be less prepared for election threats than it was four years ago”

June 4, 2024, 7:00 amcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

AP: With only five months before voters head to the polls, the U.S. may be more vulnerable to foreign disinformation aimed at influencing voters and undermining democracy than it was before the 2020 election, the leader of the Senate Intelligence… Continue reading

“Multiple Trump Witnesses Have Received Significant Financial Benefits From His Businesses, Campaign”

June 3, 2024, 6:44 amchicaneryRick Hasen

ProPublica: Nine witnesses in the criminal cases against former President Donald Trump have received significant financial benefits, including large raises from his campaign, severance packages, new jobs, and a grant of shares and cash from Trump’s media company. The benefits… Continue reading

“Likely Trump Hush Money Appeal Could Center on New York Election Law Theory”

May 31, 2024, 8:03 pmcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

National Law Journal: Erica Hashimoto, who directs the Georgetown Law Appellate Litigation Program, said Trump’s appellate lawyers could challenge the three “unlawful means” that the jury was told to consider. These three are violations of the Federal Election Campaign Act,… Continue reading

“Trump supporters try to doxx jurors and post violent threats after his conviction”

May 31, 2024, 3:13 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

Ryan Reilly for NBC News: The 34 felony guilty verdicts returned Thursday against former President Donald Trump spurred a wave of violent rhetoric aimed at the prosecutors who secured his conviction, the judge who oversaw the case and the ordinary… Continue reading

Breaking: Donald Trump Becomes First Convicted Felon to Run as a Major Party Presumptive Nominee for President; What’s Next?

May 30, 2024, 2:17 pmchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Donald Trump has been convicted on all 34 counts of the charges against him. He is the first former President convicted of any felony and the first major party candidate to run for office as a convicted felon. Trump… Continue reading

“Experts Question Alito’s Failure to Recuse Himself in Flag Controversy”

May 30, 2024, 7:01 amchicanery, conflict of interest laws, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Adam Liptak for the NYT: Supreme Court justices seldom give reasons for their decisions to recuse themselves. Even rarer are explanations for deciding to participate in a case when they have been accused of conflicts of interest. Justice Samuel A.… Continue reading

“How Texas’ push for election transparency undermines the secret ballot”

May 29, 2024, 2:42 pmchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

Votebeat and the Texas Tribune: Texas’ efforts to make elections more transparent allows the public — in limited instances — to pierce the anonymity of the ballot and find out how people voted, undermining the secrecy essential to free elections.… Continue reading

“Putting a halt to state election law that blocked candidates is the right move”

May 28, 2024, 6:53 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Chicago Sun Times editorial: Changing the rules in the middle game to give yourself the advantage is never a fair strategy. That is how Illinois Republicans described the new law Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed earlier this month that requires state… Continue reading

“Political consultant indicted for AI robocalls with fake Biden voice made to New Hampshire voters”

May 23, 2024, 6:54 amcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

WMUR: A man who admitted to sending out robocalls mimicking President Joe Biden’s voice on the day of the New Hampshire primary is now facing criminal charges. Ten indictments have been returned against Steve Kramer out of Rockingham County for… Continue reading

Truly Bizarre Story in Mediaite About Texas Voting Technology Making It Possible to Figure Out How People Voted, and FEC Commissioner Trey Trainor Taunting Republican Leader for Voting for DeSantis Rather than Trump

May 23, 2024, 6:44 amchicanery, federal election commission, voting technologyRick Hasen

Mediaite: The eyes of Texas were upon the ballots cast by several high-profile Texas politicians on Wednesday, after documents were leaked related to a stunning lawsuit accusing state election officials of failing to properly protect ballot secrecy. The leak included… Continue reading

“Voting machine firm Smartmatic alleges Newsmax has deleted evidence in lawsuit over false vote-rigging claims”

May 22, 2024, 11:48 amchicaneryRick Hasen

NBC News: Smartmatic alleges that Newsmax has destroyed evidence in the voting machine company’s lawsuit against the right-wing news channel over false claims that Smartmatic helped “rig” the 2020 election, according to court documents made public this week. Lawyers for… Continue reading

“‘Deceptive’ MO ballot question bans non-U.S. citizens from voting. It’s already illegal”

May 22, 2024, 10:55 amalternative voting systems, chicanery, direct democracyRick Hasen

KC Star: When Missouri voters head to the ballot box this year, they’ll be asked to sign off on a measure that would ban ranked-choice voting or ranking candidates by preference. But the first bullet point that will appear on… Continue reading

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