Category Archives: chicanery

“Legal Effort Expands to Disqualify Republicans as ‘Insurrectionists’”

April 8, 2022, 7:14 amchicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: A legal effort to disqualify from re-election lawmakers who participated in events surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol expanded on Thursday, when a cluster of voters and a progressive group filed suit against three elected… Continue reading

“Trump deflects blame for Jan. 6 silence, says he wanted to march to Capitol”

April 7, 2022, 7:35 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Josh Dawsey for WaPo: Former president Donald Trump voiced regret Wednesday over not marching to the U.S. Capitol the day his supporters stormed the building, and he defended his long silence during the attack by claiming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi… Continue reading

“Election claims dominate lively night for Trump, allies at Mar-a-Lago”

April 6, 2022, 7:26 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: Former president Donald Trump and a coterie of his top allies, donors and paying club members gathered at his palatial beachfront club Tuesday night for a reunion of sorts: to sip Trump-branded wine, snack on an amuse-bouche of… Continue reading

“January 6 committee obtains emails that former Trump attorney John Eastman sought to keep secret”

April 5, 2022, 6:46 pmchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

CNN: The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol has obtained a cache of emails that right-wing lawyer John Eastman had sought to keep secret.The 101 emails — exchanged between January 4… Continue reading

“More Evidence Bolsters Durham’s Case Against Democratic-Linked Lawyer”

April 5, 2022, 1:35 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

Charlie Savage for the NYT: The Trump-era special counsel scrutinizing the Russia investigation has acquired additional evidence that may bolster his case against a Democratic-linked lawyer accused of lying to the F.B.I. at a September 2016 meeting about Donald… Continue reading

“How election conspiracy theories turned local politics ‘toxic’ in one Wisconsin city”

April 5, 2022, 7:03 amcheap speech, chicaneryRick Hasen

Politico: For the second time since Election Day 2020, uniformed police officers will be on duty when ballot counting begins in Green Bay’s local elections.It’s the result of tension building for over a year in the city, which has… Continue reading

“How a California lawyer became a focal point of the Jan. 6 investigation”

April 5, 2022, 6:54 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

LA Times on John Eastman.

“New Right-Wing Conspiracies Threaten to Further Starve Local Election Systems”

March 31, 2022, 11:41 amchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

Spenser Mestel for Bolts: Michael Gableman, a former Wisconsin supreme court justice who said state election officials “stole our votes” days after Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential race, was granted wide latitude by Republicans to investigate voter fraud… Continue reading

DNC Settles Suit Over Payment for Research in “Steele Dossier”; One ELB Reader Wonders About DNC Tactics

March 31, 2022, 7:42 amcampaign finance, chicanery, federal election commissionRick Hasen

Politico: The Federal Election Commission has agreed to a fine of over $100,000 against the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign over an investigation into alleged misreporting of spending related to the now-infamous Steele dossier.The FEC… Continue reading

“Trump calls on Putin to release dirt on Hunter Biden”

March 30, 2022, 7:00 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Politico: Former President Donald Trump in a new interview called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to release information regarding alleged dealings between Eastern European oligarchs and Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden’s son.Trump’s remarks, in an interview with discredited far-right … Continue reading

Arizona: “Brnovich asks Cochise County prosecutor to investigate Hobbs”

March 30, 2022, 6:52 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Tucson.com: The attorney general is asking Cochise County’s prosecutor to launch a criminal probe into whether Secretary of State Katie Hobbs is breaking the law.The move came late Tuesday, after Hobbs ignored prior warnings from Attorney General Mark… Continue reading

“Election Denial in Races for Election Administration Positions”

March 29, 2022, 10:40 amchicanery, election administration, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Brennan Center: n battleground states’ contests for the offices that will run the 2024 elections, many campaigns are centered on the Big Lie that the 2020 election was stolen.Since 2020, election denial — claims that the process or result… Continue reading

NYT: “New Focus on How a Trump Tweet Incited Far-Right Groups Ahead of Jan. 6”

March 29, 2022, 7:19 amcheap speech, chicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: Federal prosecutors and congressional investigators have gathered growing evidence of how a tweet by President Donald J. Trump less than three weeks before Jan. 6, 2021, served as a crucial call to action for extremist groups that played a… Continue reading

“Local Election Officials in Georgia Oppose G.O.P. Election Bill”

March 29, 2022, 7:15 amchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

NYT: A year ago, when Georgia Republicans passed a mammoth law of election measures and voting restrictions, many local election officials felt frustrated and sidelined, as their concerns about resources, ballot access and implementation went largely ignored.This year, Republicans have… Continue reading