Category Archives: chicanery

“OAN network agrees to settle defamation claims brought by election workers”

April 23, 2022, 9:46 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Oregon Live: Two Georgia election workers agreed to settle defamation claims against a right-wing cable news channel, which they said falsely claimed they engaged in ballot fraud during the 2020 election, according to a court document filed Thursday.Fulton County… Continue reading

Listen to Audio of Kevin McCarthy Saying to Liz Cheney He Would Push Donald Trump to Resign After Jan. 6 Insurrection, the Same Day He Denied Saying It

April 21, 2022, 8:04 pmchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Obtained by Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns as part of their upcoming book. After their article about McCarthy saying this posted, McCarthy denied it vehemently. Then they released the audio on Maddow.

Texas: “Steven Hotze charged for funding voter fraud investigation where repairman was held at gunpoint”

April 20, 2022, 3:34 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Houston Chronicle: Steven Hotze, the conservative activist who funded a private investigation into voter fraud that ended with the investigator pointing a gun at an innocent air conditioning repairman, has been indicted for his role in the episode.A Harris… Continue reading

“Libs of TikTok” Account and Bogus Claims of Voter Fraud and About Jan. 6

April 19, 2022, 7:42 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

From Taylor Lorenz’s must-read reporting on the person behind the influential “Libs of TikTok” account: Libs of TikTok reposts a steady stream of TikTok videos and social media posts, primarily from LGBTQ+ people, often including incendiary framing designed to generate… Continue reading

“Eastman shielding 37,000 pages of Trump-related email from Jan. 6 committee”

April 19, 2022, 7:33 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Politico: Attorney John Eastman revealed Monday that he has asserted attorney-client privilege on 37,000 pages of emails related to his work for then-President Donald Trump in the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election.The Jan. 6 select… Continue reading

“Text message trove shows Oath Keepers discussing security details for Trump associates”

April 19, 2022, 7:30 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Politico: Top members of the Oath Keepers now facing seditious conspiracy charges chatted for days about providing security for some of the highest-profile figures associated with Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the election, according to a newly released trove… Continue reading

“Two Florida men at The Villages admit to voter fraud in 2020 election”

April 15, 2022, 6:56 amchicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: Two Florida men charged with filing ballots in two states in the 2020 presidential election confessed to voter fraud, according to court records.Charles F. Barnes and Jay Ketcik, residents of The Villages in Sumter County, Fla., pleaded guilty to… Continue reading

“N.Y. Democrats back election law change to remove former Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin from ballot”

April 15, 2022, 6:50 amballot access, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYDN: Advocates and Democratic lawmakers have devised a way to boot recently indicted ex-Lieutenant Gov. Brian Benjamin from the ballot.Or at least prevent another problem like the one Dems will face in two months when Benjamin’s name will still… Continue reading

“CNN Exclusive: ‘We need ammo. We need fraud examples. We need it this weekend.’ What the Meadows texts reveal about how two Trump congressional allies lobbied the White House to overturn the election.”

April 15, 2022, 6:47 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

CNN: In the weeks between the 2020 election and the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, almost 100 text messages from two staunch GOP allies of then-President Donald Trump reveal an aggressive attempt to lobby, encourage… Continue reading

“Zealous lawyer or coup architect? The legal theorist behind Jan. 6.”

April 15, 2022, 6:33 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

CSM deep dive into whether John Eastman should face trouble with the CA Bar.

“New Brennan Center analyses: Sponsors of anti-voter bills and their election denialism; failed Trump campaign lawsuits and related anti-voter bills”

April 13, 2022, 6:56 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Release: Today the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law published a pair of analyses tracing post-2020 paths of the misinformation and conspiracy theories spread by the former president and his allies about voting and the 2020 election.One analysis looks… Continue reading

“In Conference Call Before Riot, a Plea to ‘Descend on the Capitol’

April 12, 2022, 1:32 pmchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: One week before an angry mob stormed the Capitol, a communications expert named Jason Sullivan, a onetime aide to Roger J. Stone Jr., joined a conference call with a group of President Donald J. Trump’s… Continue reading

“How a Trump ally got his unfounded voting-machine audit push in front of federal cyber agency”

April 12, 2022, 6:56 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Politico: Donald Trump’s top pick to administer Arizona elections in 2024 is more than a garden-variety backer — he played a little-known but notable role in bolstering the former president’s push to subvert the 2020 ballot.It was the waning… Continue reading

“US assesses Putin may increase efforts to interfere with US elections”

April 11, 2022, 12:55 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

CNN: The United States believes Russian President Vladimir Putin may be willing to take more aggressive action against the US, including dialing up his attempts to interfere with American elections in response to its support for Ukraine, according to… Continue reading