“Leaked Texts: Jan. 6 Organizers Say They Were ‘Following POTUS’ Lead’”
New scoop from Hunter Walker for Rolling Stone.
Category Archives: chicanery
“How Trump ally Cleta Mitchell won a seat on the EAC advisory board”
Jessica Huseman for Votebeat:
Mitchell’s selection resulted from an unorthodox process by the Civil Rights commission, according to two people with direct knowledge of the process. In April, the commission changed the nominating procedures for members of the EAC… Continue reading
“Another voter fraud accusation blows up in Republicans’ faces”
Daniel Dale for CNN:
The mysterious case of Rosemarie Hartle’s vote in the last presidential election, three years after her death, was trumpeted in November 2020 by the Nevada Republican Party and various prominent conservatives. From then-President … Continue reading
“Effort to breach Ohio county’s voting system draws FBI and state scrutiny”
Washington Post Exclusive by Amy Gardner, Emma Brown, and Devlin Barrett
Investigators are examining possible connections between an attempted breach of Ohio county’s election network and “an incident in Colorado earlier this year, when government officials helped an outsider gain… Continue reading
“RNC chair contradicts Trump: ‘Biden won the election'”
The Hill
Imagine that this counts as news. Still, Trump’s lie continues to fuel illegal and misguided efforts to find (or fabricate) fraud. Incisive critique of polarization discourse by Jennifer Rubin at the Washington Post today.
“FBI raids home of Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters in election data breach investigation”
Colorado Politics
“Federal, state and local authorities searched the homes of Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters and three of her associates on Tuesday as part of an investigation into accusations the elected official was involved in voting machine security breaches,… Continue reading
“NC operative Dowless rejects plea deal on ballot fraud accusations. Here’s what’s next”
The Charlotte Observer
McCrae Dowless faces 13 state felony charges largely related to his role in in Mark Harris’ 2018 run, as a Republican, for Congress in the North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District. Dowless rejected a plea deal through which… Continue reading
Aspen Institute’s Commission on Information Disorder Issues Its Final Report
The Commission was created to explore the implications of our “crisis of trust and truth.” A chain reaction of harm to our democracy has emerged as “bad information has become as prevalent, persuasive, and persistent as good information.” The Final … Continue reading
“Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas Flynn and Eastman, Scrutinizing Election Plot”
NYT:
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol issued new subpoenas on Monday for a half-dozen allies of former President Donald J. Trump, including his former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn, as it moved its… Continue reading
Must-read: “Reuters unmasks Trump supporters who terrified U.S. election officials”
Reuters:
In Arizona, a stay-at-home dad and part-time Lyft driver told the state’s chief election officer she would hang for treason. In Utah, a youth treatment center staffer warned Colorado’s election chief that he knew where she lived and watched her… Continue reading
“Trump DOJ official who aided effort to overturn election declines to answer Jan. 6 questions; The chair of the Hill select panel probing the Capitol riot said a contempt of Congress referral for Jeffrey Clark is ‘on the table.'”
Politico:
A top Trump Justice Department official who aided the former president’s quest to overturn the 2020 election refused to answer substantive questions in a meeting with congressional investigators on Friday.The former official, Jeffrey Clark, instead delivered a 12-page … Continue reading
“Racine County sheriff seeks charges for 5 Wisconsin elections commissioners”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
The Racine County sheriff is recommending charges against five state election officials because they told clerks to bypass state law during the coronavirus pandemic and send absentee ballots to nursing homes instead of first visiting in person.Attorney General… Continue reading
“Authorities Arrest Analyst Who Contributed to Steele Dossier; Igor Danchenko, a Russia analyst who worked with Christopher Steele, the author of a dossier of rumors and unproven assertions about Donald J. Trump, was taken into custody as part of the Durham investigation.”
NYT:
Federal authorities on Thursday arrested an analyst who in 2016 gathered leads about possible links between Donald J. Trump and Russia for what turned out to be Democratic-funded opposition research, according to people familiar with the matter.The arrest… Continue reading
Atlanta: “The Jolt: Kasim Reed supporters spread erroneous report about mayoral race results”
AJC:
Former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed didn’t say anything publicly Wednesday about the dwindling chances of a comeback bid as election results continued to show him trailing third place behind Felicia Moore and Andre Dickens.But on social media, Reed and… Continue reading