Category Archives: chicanery

“Chinese businessman with links to Steve Bannon is driving force for a sprawling disinformation network, researchers say”

May 17, 2021, 6:51 amcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: A sprawling online network tied to Chinese businessman Guo Wengui has become a potent platform for disinformation in the United States, attacking the safety of coronavirus vaccines, promoting false election-fraud claims and spreading baseless QAnon conspiracies, according to research… Continue reading

“Republican Arizona election official says Trump ‘unhinged'”

May 16, 2021, 9:57 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Politico: The Republican who now leads the Arizona county elections department targeted by a GOP audit of the 2020 election results is slamming former President Donald Trump and others in his party for their continued falsehoods about how the election… Continue reading

“Arizona audit funding cloaked in secrecy”

May 16, 2021, 9:53 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

CNN: Three weeks into the Arizona Senate’s unorthodox audit of the 2020 presidential election results, one potential winner seems to be emerging, regardless of any count: Cyber Ninjas, the Florida-based consulting firm being paid to lead the analysis of… Continue reading

Todd Rokita Goes After Kristen Clarke

May 14, 2021, 6:34 amcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

Bloomberg Law: President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the Justice Department’s civil rights division, already facing a tough confirmation fight, has received a civil investigative demand from Indiana’s Republican attorney general as part of his probe into Big Tech… Continue reading

“‘Normal tourist visit’: Republicans recast deadly Jan. 6 attack by pro-Trump mob”

May 13, 2021, 7:08 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: Several House Republicans on Wednesday tried to recast and downplay the events of Jan. 6, comparing the mob that breached the Capitol to tourists, railing against law enforcement for seeking to arrest them and questioning how anyone could be… Continue reading

“McCarthy after ousting Cheney: ‘I don’t think anybody is questioning the legitimacy of the presidential election'”

May 13, 2021, 6:51 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Politico: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday papered over the significant skepticism of the 2020 presidential election within the GOP just hours after his conference deposed Rep. Liz Cheney for criticizing fellow Republicans over that very issue.“I don’t… Continue reading

“Cheney Embraces Her Downfall, Warning G.O.P. of Trump in a Fiery Speech”

May 11, 2021, 7:37 pmchicanery, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT: In the hours before facing a vote that will almost certainly purge her from House Republican leadership, Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming remained unrepentant on Tuesday, framing her expulsion as a turning point for her party and declaring in… Continue reading

“The Trump G.O.P.’s Plot Against Liz Cheney — and Our Democracy”

May 11, 2021, 7:35 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

Tom Friedman NYT column: I didn’t want to write again about the House Republicans ousting Liz Cheney from their leadership for calling out Donald Trump’s Big Lie. I was going to make this my week for happy news. But to… Continue reading

“Arizona Review of 2020 Vote Is Riddled With Flaws, Says Secretary of State”

May 7, 2021, 7:21 amchicaneryRick Hasen

NYT reports.

“Republicans want to expand the Arizona audit — but DOJ may shut it down”

May 7, 2021, 6:53 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Steven Rosenfeld: On Wednesday, May 5, the Senate’s liaison to the audit, former Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett, a Republican, confirmed that the GOP-led Senate is negotiating with a California nonprofit to conduct a new and separate audit… Continue reading

“Despite GOP rhetoric, there have been fewer than two dozen charged cases of voter fraud since the election; One person has faced charges for every 10 million votes cast”

May 6, 2021, 7:07 amchicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: Those incidents: Thurman, above.A man and woman from Austin who allegedly tried to vote in Illinois by claiming residence in that state. It’s not clear whether they obtained ballots.A man in Lisle, Ill., who allegedly signed a ballot… Continue reading

“US Justice Department worried about Arizona Senate recount”

May 6, 2021, 6:59 amchicanery, Department of JusticeRick Hasen

AP: The U.S. Department of Justice expressed concern Wednesday about ballot security and potential voter intimidation arising from the Republican-controlled Arizona Senate’s unprecedented private recount of the 2020 presidential election results in Maricopa County.In a letter to GOP Senate… Continue reading

“Opinion: How GOP rage at Liz Cheney makes a future stolen election more likely”

May 5, 2021, 8:36 amchicanery, electoral collegeRick Hasen

Important Greg Sargent in WaPo: Rep. Liz Cheney’s fate appears sealed: Republicans are set to oust the Wyoming Republican as the No. 3 in the House GOP leadership, and will most likely replace her with Rep. Elise Stefanik of… Continue reading

Analysis: Facebook Oversight Board’s Decision Upholding Trump Suspension But Requiring Facebook to Reconsider “Indefinite” Suspension Is Good, But Doesn’t Go Far Enough in Requiring Trump to Abandon Claims of Stolen Election for Platform Restoration

May 5, 2021, 6:53 amcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

Facebook’s Oversight Board has issued its long-anticipated decision on whether Facebook was correct in removing Trump from the platform given his statements supporting the Capitol insurrection on January 6, 2021. The Board determined that Facebook was correct: “In maintaining an… Continue reading