Category Archives: chicanery
“Meadows Was Deeply Involved in Fighting Election Outcome, Jan. 6 Panel Says”
NYT:
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol released a report on Sunday that laid out its case for a contempt of Congress charge against Mark Meadows, the chief of staff to former President Donald J.… Continue reading
“What crime might Trump have committed on Jan. 6? Liz Cheney points to one.”
Aaron Blake:
Rep. Liz Cheney’s disclosures of intriguing Jan. 6 text messages between Mark Meadows and both Donald Trump Jr. and Fox News personalities are the big news in the committee’s investigation right now. But don’t lose sight of what… Continue reading
“Now in Your Inbox: Political Misinformation”
Maggie Astor for the NYT:
A few weeks ago, Representative Dan Crenshaw, a Texas Republican, falsely claimed that the centerpiece of President Biden’s domestic agenda, a $1.75 trillion bill to battle climate change and extend the nation’s social… Continue reading
“Trump’s judicial campaign to upend the 2020 election: A failure, but not a wipe-out.”
Russell Wheeler, Brookings Institute
Wheeler shows that while “Trump’s election litigation efforts failed decisively[,] . . . more judges than is generally assumed found his lawyers’ arguments persuasive.” The key point is that judicial independence is unlikely to be impervious… Continue reading
“Lawyers Risk Their Law Licenses Helping Smarmy Politicians”
Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy writes, in the Washington Monthly, about the hard lessons currently being learned by the lawyers who peddled the Big Lie in court. More than just an update on the sanctions that have already been dispensed, Torres-Spelliscy… Continue reading
“Eastman takes the Fifth with Jan. 6 committee”
Politico:
John Eastman, the attorney who helped former President Donald Trump pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the 2020 election, has asserted his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, according to a letter he delivered to the Jan. 6 committee… Continue reading
“GOP targets Wisconsin elections system, nonpartisan director”
Political Wire notes this news item from NBC News.
” Wisconsin Republicans are working to discredit the bipartisan system they created to run elections in the state after President Joe Biden narrowly won last year’s presidential race, making the… Continue reading
“Prosecutors demanded records of Sidney Powell’s fundraising groups as part of criminal probe”
Washington Post
“Federal prosecutors have demanded the financial records of multiple fundraising organizations launched by attorney Sidney Powell after the 2020 election as part of a criminal investigation, according to a subpoena reviewed by The Washington Post.
The grand jury… Continue reading
Book Review: “Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show”
The Washington Post reviews ABC newsman, Jonathan Karl’s Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show.
“Karl’s sobering, solid, account of Trump’s last year in office sheds new light on how the man who lost the presidency nearly succeeded in… Continue reading
“Inside the ‘Misinformation’ Wars; Journalists and academics are developing a new language for truth. The results are not always clearer.”
New Ben Smith NYT column.
Former White House Physician Ronny Jackson “MAGA Congressman Falsely Claims Omicron Variant Is Part of Plot to Rig 2022 Election”
Mother Jones:
The new coronavirus variant, Omicron—which was first detected by virologists in South Africa—has sparked concerns among public health experts. The United States quickly imposed travel restrictions on certain African countries. Scientists say that much about the… Continue reading
“Iranian Hackers Broke Into Newspaper Publisher Lee Enterprises Ahead of 2020 Election”
WSJ:
Iranian hackers last year infiltrated the computer systems of Lee Enterprises Inc., a major American media company that publishes dozens of daily newspapers across the U.S., as part of a broader effort to spread disinformation about the 2020 presidential… Continue reading
“Steele dossier sources, methods face new scrutiny after indictment of key figure”
WaPo:
When Christopher Steele delivered his first report on Donald Trump’s alleged activities in Russia, including lurid claims about cavorting with prostitutes, the people who had hired the British ex-spy wanted to know that his information was solid.“You… Continue reading