Category Archives: chicanery

“The Legal Minds Who Tried to Overturn the Election for Trump Are Being Welcomed Back Into Polite Society”

September 1, 2021, 7:18 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

I have written this piece at Slate: Though it hasn’t received the attention it deserves, courage from Republican election officials and leaders helped save this country from a total election meltdown in 2020 based on lies about voter fraud from… Continue reading

“Trump’s political operation paid more than $4.3 million to Jan. 6 organizers but questions remain about the full extent of its involvement”

September 1, 2021, 6:55 amcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

Anna Massoglia for OpenSecrets: Former President Donald Trump’s political operation reported paying more than $4.3 million to people and firms that organized the Jan. 6 rally since the start of the 2020 election. However, questions remain about the full… Continue reading

“Rep. Cawthorn talks of ‘bloodshed’ over future elections as he pushes voting lies”

August 31, 2021, 7:36 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

CNN: Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn on Sunday suggested there could be “bloodshed” over future elections as he pushed false claims about election security and voter fraud.Speaking at a North Carolina county GOP event, Cawthorn repeated the lie about US… Continue reading

“Disbar Trump’s Lawyers Who Tried to Steal the Election”

August 31, 2021, 7:27 amchicanery, election law bizRick Hasen

Josh Douglas in the Washington Monthly.

Greg Sargent on Electoral Count Act Reform: “How to prevent the next Jan. 6, as revealed in an important new analysis”

August 30, 2021, 1:02 pmchicanery, election subversion risk, electoral collegeRick Hasen

WaPo column: We cannot say we weren’t warned.As the select committee examining the Jan. 6 violence ramps up, one of its lesser-known goals is to offer “recommendations” to prevent a future effort to overthrow U.S. democracy through violence.As it… Continue reading

“POLITICO Playbook: About Jim Jordan’s other Jan. 6 call with Trump”

August 29, 2021, 11:02 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Politico: SCOOP: MORE THAN ONE JAN. 6 TRUMP-JORDAN CALL — We know that DONALD TRUMP and Rep. JIM JORDAN spoke once on the day of the Capitol riot, but the Ohio Republican has said he doesn’t remember when their conversation… Continue reading

“Mesa County commissioners to embattled clerk in hiding: ‘Come home'”

August 28, 2021, 2:28 pmchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

AP: Rural Colorado county officials pled with community members to pass along a message to their missing-in-action county clerk who is being investigated for an election security breach: “Come home.”Mesa County commissioners made their plea Tuesday during a meeting attended… Continue reading

“Capitol Police Officers Sue Trump and Allies Over Election Lies and Jan. 6”

August 26, 2021, 10:54 amchicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: A group of seven Capitol Police officers filed a lawsuit on Thursday accusing former President Donald J. Trump and nearly 20 members of far-right extremist groups and political organizations of a plot to disrupt the peaceful transition of power… Continue reading

“No-party candidate in Miami election fraud case takes plea deal, apologizes to voters”

August 24, 2021, 8:00 amcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

Miami Herald: An auto parts salesman and acquaintance of a former Miami lawmaker accused of running a vote-siphoning scheme in a 2020 Florida Senate race pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges that he accepted illegal donations and lied on sworn… Continue reading

“Giuliani associate Igor Fruman expected to plead guilty in campaign-finance case”

August 24, 2021, 7:53 amcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

WaPo: Igor Fruman, an associate of Rudolph W. Giuliani who aided his political activities on behalf of former president Donald Trump, is expected to plead guilty this week in connection with his indictment on campaign finance fraud charges, according to… Continue reading

“Exclusive-FBI finds scant evidence U.S. Capitol attack was coordinated-sources”

August 20, 2021, 7:57 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Reuters: The FBI has found scant evidence that the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was the result of an organized plot to overturn the presidential election result, according to four current and former law enforcement officials.Though federal… Continue reading

“Experts Warn Recent ‘Insider’ Theft, Leak of Vote System Software Imperils CA Recall Election: ‘BradCast’ 8/18/2021”

August 19, 2021, 8:06 amchicanery, voting technologyRick Hasen

Brad Blog: We’ve been covering this story in detail over the past week, as both the national media and California media haven’t covered it at all. But they should. Colorado media finally jumped in, a bit, this week… Continue reading

“Protect Democracy Joins Defamation Suit Against Project Veritas: Right-Wing Group Maliciously Lied About a PA Postmaster In the Aftermath of 2020 Election”

August 16, 2021, 10:44 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Release: Today, a Pennsylvania judge granted a postmaster’s motion to file an amended complaint in a lawsuit filed against the rightwing video production house Project Veritas and several individuals. The lawsuit concerns a series of defamatory videos, maliciously produced and… Continue reading

“Emails: Senior DOJ officials wrangled over baseless Trump voter fraud allegations”

August 16, 2021, 6:41 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Politico: During Donald Trump’s final weeks in office, top Justice Department officials wrangled over how the FBI should handle a particularly wacky voter fraud allegation promoted by the then-president and his allies. Unreleased emails obtained by POLITICO show just how… Continue reading

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