Category Archives: chicanery

“Former Maryland elections official charged in January 6 case”

January 11, 2024, 12:39 pmchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

CNN: A member of Maryland’s Board of Elections has resigned after being charged with taking part in the mob during the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol and jabbing an officer during the melee with a flagpole. Carlos… Continue reading

“Trump seeks info on Fulton prosecutor’s meetings with feds”

January 11, 2024, 7:09 amchicaneryRick Hasen

AJC: Among the documents included alongside a bombshell court filing this week alleging misconduct by Fulton County’s top prosecutor were billing statements that caught the eye of former President Donald Trump’s legal team. Theyshowed contact between Nathan Wade, the… Continue reading

“Fani Willis, Prosecutor in Trump Georgia Case, Subpoenaed to Testify in Colleague’s Divorce”

January 10, 2024, 6:56 amchicaneryRick Hasen

WSJ: Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has been subpoenaed to testify in a colleague’s divorce proceeding, according to a court filing, a development that could shed light on claims Willis and the colleague carried out an improper romantic relationship as they… Continue reading

“Michigan Republicans vote to remove chair Kristina Karamo as she promises not to accept result”

January 7, 2024, 12:13 pmchicanery, political partiesRick Hasen

Politico: Michigan Republicans have voted to remove state GOP Chair Kristina Karamo during a meeting Saturday after many of the party’s leaders called for her resignation following a year of leadership plagued by debt and infighting. A large majority of… Continue reading

“Jack Smith: Trump ‘Agent’ Sought To Cause Riot To Disrupt Michigan Vote Count in 2020”

December 6, 2023, 10:07 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

The Messenger: Federal prosecutors said Tuesday they intend to present evidence at Donald Trump’s upcoming election-subversion trial that an agent of the former president sought “to cause a riot to disrupt the count” of votes in Detroit after the 2020… Continue reading

Iowa: “Woodbury County supervisor’s wife found guilty of 52 counts of voter fraud”

November 22, 2023, 6:58 amabsentee ballots, chicaneryRick Hasen

Iowa Public Radio: A jury spent about five hours deliberating before convicting Kim Phuong Taylor on 52 counts of voter fraud in federal court Tuesday in Sioux City. Taylor faces up to five years in prison on each count. A… Continue reading

Massachusetts: “Video allegedly shows woman stealing ballots from Lawrence mailbox”

November 16, 2023, 7:40 amchicaneryRick Hasen

NBC 10 Boston: Officials are looking into allegations of possible voter fraud in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and NBC10 Boston has obtained video footage from a man’s home that appears to show a woman removing ballots from his mailbox. The man, who… Continue reading

“Trump belief that 2020 election was stolen is not a defense, DOJ says”

November 7, 2023, 7:42 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

WaPo: Special counsel prosecutors said Monday they plan to show at trial that Donald Trump lied repeatedly about the results of the 2020 election as part of a conspiracy to subvert the legitimate results. But they also said they don’t… Continue reading

New York: “Two Competing City Council Campaigns in Brooklyn Paid the Same Lawyer and ConsultantsNew York: “

November 7, 2023, 7:31 amcampaigns, chicaneryRick Hasen

The City: Amber Adler, a Democrat, and Igor Kazatsker, an independent on the “Team Trump” line, are theoretically running against each other — and against incumbent Republican Inna Vernikov in this month’s City Council race for South Brooklyn’s 48th District.But… Continue reading

“You Can Now Read the GBI’s Coffee Co. Report in Full” and Not Everyone is Happy

November 3, 2023, 4:07 pmchicanery, voting technologyRick Hasen

Over at Lawfare. Response from the Coalition for Good Governance: CGG and its legal and voting system security advisors are extremely disappointed in the quality of the report, because of its lack of depth, delayed timing, accuracy and limited scope.… Continue reading

Allegations of Foreign Money Flowing into NYC Mayor Eric Adams 2021 Mayoral Race

November 2, 2023, 2:18 pmcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Thursday searched the Brooklyn home of Mayor Eric Adams’s chief fund-raiser, Brianna Suggs, a campaign consultant who is deeply entwined with efforts to advance the mayor’s agenda, according to two people… Continue reading

“Judge orders new Bridgeport mayoral primary after surveillance videos show possible ballot stuffing”

November 2, 2023, 8:20 amabsentee ballots, chicaneryRick Hasen

NBC Connecticut: A state judge has taken the unusual step of ordering a new Democratic mayoral primary in Connecticut’s largest city to be held after the Nov. 7 general election is completed. The decision comes after surveillance videos showed a… Continue reading

“GBI report provides new details in Coffee County elections breach”

November 1, 2023, 11:48 amchicaneryRick Hasen

AJC: When Fulton County prosecutors announced racketeering charges against Donald Trump and 18 others in August, they said a data breach in Coffee County was part of their alleged criminal enterprise to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election. But they weren’t the… Continue reading

“Prosecutors are focused on a rural Georgia county in Trump’s 2020 election case. Here’s why”

November 1, 2023, 7:06 amchicanery, election subversion risk, voting technologyRick Hasen

LA Times: They were running out of time and needed a Hail Mary. Joe Biden had won the electoral college vote in the 2020 presidential election. And with less than three weeks before Congress was set to certify the results… Continue reading

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