Category Archives: chicanery

“Trump Lawyers Pressured to End Role in Election Challenges”

November 14, 2020, 2:46 pmchicanery, election law bizRick Hasen

WSJ: Some law firms representing President Trump’s legal push to remain in the White House are withdrawing from cases or clarifying their roles amid pressure to end their involvement.Ohio-based law firm Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP withdrew Thursday from… Continue reading

“DHS boss Chad Wolf defies Trump order to fire cyber chief Chris Krebs”

November 13, 2020, 3:12 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

NY Post reports.

“Va., Md. Republicans follow Trump playbook, questioning his defeat and refusing to concede.”

November 13, 2020, 6:32 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: “Why do people think I have to concede? I WILL NOT CONCEDE,” wrote Manga Anantatmula, the Virginia Republican who lost to Rep. Gerald E. Connolly (D) last weekby 43 points and nearly 170,000 votes.“Please donate what you can… Continue reading

Must-Read Story Out of Florida: “Evidence suggests several state Senate candidates were plants funded by dark money”

November 12, 2020, 7:40 amballot access, chicaneryRick Hasen

Local10 News: Why would candidates for Florida Senate seats do no campaigning, no fundraising, have no issue platforms, nor make any effort to get votes?Local 10 News has found evidence to suggest three such candidates in three Florida Senate district… Continue reading

“What Is Trump’s Legal Strategy? Try to Block Certification of Biden Victory in States; Effort to get state Republicans to appoint pro-Trump Electoral College votes is a long shot, president’s advisers and election-law experts say”

November 11, 2020, 6:28 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

WSJ: President Trump’s campaign is pursuing a patchwork of legal attacks in key states that have been called for President-elect Joe Biden to mount a long-shot effort to try to prevent officials from certifying the results, advisers and lawyers… Continue reading

“Pa. GOP lawmakers to probe unverified fraud claims in election they largely won”

November 10, 2020, 2:08 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

Philly Inquirer: As President Donald Trump continues to question the integrity of Pennsylvania’s election while repeating unverified claims of voter fraud, state Republicans are once again seeking greater powers to investigate the voting process.Roughly two dozen House and Senate lawmakers… Continue reading

“False News Targeting Latinos Trails the Election; Rampant falsehoods evolved online on Wednesday, intended to make Spanish speakers question the unfolding election results and believe that President Trump was being robbed of victory.”

November 9, 2020, 7:54 pmcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: The posts proliferated on election night before anything remotely definitive was known about the results of the presidential race. “Robado,” they falsely repeated again and again in Spanish: President Trump was being robbed of a victory. He had won… Continue reading

Life Imitates Veep: First Witness Giuliani Called Up at Press Conference to Talk About Voter Fraud was a Convicted Sex Offender

November 9, 2020, 7:07 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Politico: The first person Rudy Giuliani, the attorney for President Donald Trump, called up as a witness to baseless allegations of vote counting shenanigans in Philadelphia during a press conference last week is a sex offender who for years has… Continue reading

Betsy DeVos’s Former Chief of Staff Confirms No Democratic Chicanery in Detroit Vote Count

November 7, 2020, 8:21 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Tim Alberta (linking to this Politico piece): This is Betsy DeVos's former chief of staff. He spent years running the Michigan GOP's election day operations. He knows the Detroit election heads personally, has intimate knowledge of the processes there,… Continue reading

“‘Get to TCF’: What really happened inside Detroit’s ballot counting center”

November 6, 2020, 12:47 pmchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

Deep dive in the Detroit Free Press: Chris Thomas, a former long-time director of elections for the Michigan Secretary of State, addressed the concerns of Republican challengers and debunked rumors of foulplay that circulated on social media.Thomas, who has worked… Continue reading

“Trump-linked figures have boosted #StopTheSteal movement”

November 6, 2020, 12:25 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Politico: Demonstrations across the country protesting alleged fraud in this week’s election have ties to major conservative activist groups and MAGA personalities affiliated with President Donald Trump, according to multiple misinformation researchers.Many of these protests have been organized by… Continue reading

“Trump-associated firm helped send unmarked texts urging vote protests in Philadelphia”

November 6, 2020, 7:50 amchicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: A Republican firm run by a top aide to President Trump’s 2020 campaign appears to have helped send unmarked text messages on Thursday that urged supporters in Philadelphia to converge outside a building where local election officials counted votes.… Continue reading

Wisconsin Republicans Urged to Get PA Republicans to Commit Voter Fraud to Help Trump win PA; Never Heard Something Dumber

November 6, 2020, 6:51 amchicaneryRick Hasen

This is some really 4th dimensional chess stuff: Wisconsin Republicans solicit PA Republicans to commit voter fraud by sending in late ballots to make the election look fraudulent to cause courts to throw out Pennsylvania’s election results—after using the Supreme… Continue reading

“Armed Agents Are Allowed in Ballot-Counting Venues, Justice Dept. Tells Prosecutors”

November 4, 2020, 7:36 pmchicanery, Department of JusticeRick Hasen

NYT: The Justice Department told federal prosecutors in an email early on Wednesday that the law allowed them to send armed federal officers to ballot-counting locations around the country to investigate potential voter fraud, according to three people who described… Continue reading

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