Category Archives: chicanery

“Prosecutors Withdraw Second Subpoena in Trump Fund-Raising Inquiry”

October 27, 2023, 6:51 amcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: Federal prosecutors have quietly withdrawn a subpoena seeking records from former President Donald J. Trump’s 2020 campaign as part of their investigation into whether Mr. Trump’s political and fund-raising operations committed any crimes as he sought to stay in… Continue reading

“N.J. council president ‘personally collected ballots’ in local voting fraud scheme, AG says”

October 26, 2023, 7:43 amabsentee ballots, chicaneryRick Hasen

NJ.com: The sitting president of the Paterson City Council, already under indictment in a 2020 election fraud probe, faces new charges after state authorities say they uncovered evidence that he “personally collected ballots” in violation of New Jersey election… Continue reading

“Ex-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows granted immunity, tells special counsel he warned Trump about 2020 claims: Sources”

October 24, 2023, 2:16 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

ABC News: Former President Donald Trump’s final chief of staff in the White House, Mark Meadows, has spoken with special counsel Jack Smith’s team at least three times this year, including once before a federal grand jury, which came only… Continue reading

“Why Did Sidney Powell Plead Guilty?”

October 23, 2023, 7:37 amchicanery, election subversion risk, voting technologyRick Hasen

New Yorker: In rural Coffee County, Georgia, three and a half hours southeast of Atlanta, at least a few employees of the election office agreed. After a recount of Georgia’s votes was completed, on December 4th, the county’s elections supervisor,… Continue reading

“From Bush v. Gore to ‘Stop the Steal’: Kenneth Chesebro’s Long, Strange Trip”

October 21, 2023, 1:18 pmchicaneryJanuary 6, The Big LieTabatha Abu El-Haj

N.Y. Times has an in-depth profile of Kenneth Chesebro. “Some former colleagues say Mr. Chesebro’s 180-degree turn came after a lucrative 2014 investment in Bitcoin and a subsequent posh, itinerant lifestyle. Others, like Mr. Tribe, see Mr. Chesebro as a… Continue reading

“Kenneth Chesebro: Second Trump lawyer pleads guilty to conspiracy”

October 20, 2023, 10:30 amchicanery, Election Meltdown2020 Election Conspiracies, Trump indictmentTabatha Abu El-Haj

BBC News: Kenneth Chesebro, a former Trump lawyer, has pled guilty in the Georgia case. “Kenneth Chesebro is the third of 19 co-defendants to plead guilty in a deal with Fulton County prosecutors.” His plea follows Sidney Powell’s which… Continue reading

Watch Archived Video of My Conversation with Genevieve Lakier and Eugene Volokh on “The Trump Prosecutions, the First Amendment, and Election Inteference”

October 19, 2023, 3:35 pmchicanery, First Amendment theoryRick Hasen

An interesting and spirited conversation for the Safeguarding Democracy Project’s webinar series. Watch:

Superseding Indictment Charges Senator Menendez with Conspiracy to Act as Foreign Agent

October 12, 2023, 9:45 ambribery, chicaneryRick Hasen

Serious.

“Cenk Uygur running for president as Democrat” Despite Being Born in Turkey and Therefore Not Qualified

October 11, 2023, 6:08 pmchicaneryRick Hasen

Oh man: Uygur was born in Istanbul, and immigrated to the United States from Turkey in 1978, but believed that the Constitution’s “natural born citizen” clause wouldn’t disqualify him from running. The issue would end up in the Supreme Court,… Continue reading

“We Don’t Talk About Leonard: The Man Behind the Right’s Supreme Court Supermajority”

October 11, 2023, 7:45 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Very illuminating ProPublica report. I highly recommend their accompanying three-part podcast, which included a lot of information I did not know (such as the attempt by Leo and allies to get the Missouri plan for choosing judges thrown out in… Continue reading

“Senator Robert Menendez Is Indicted in New York”

September 22, 2023, 7:14 amchicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey has been charged in a federal corruption indictment, the authorities said on Friday. The indictment against Mr. Menendez, a 69-year-old Democrat who leads the Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee, follows a lengthy investigation by… Continue reading

“Mark Meadows’s Testimony in Georgia Case May Have Done Him No Favors”

September 18, 2023, 7:45 amchicaneryRick Hasen

NYT: At issue was whether his actions — as described in the indictment of Mr. Trump, Mr. Meadows and 17 others in Fulton County, Ga., last month — could be considered within the scope of his duties as White House… Continue reading

“‘Where’s Celia?’ An Arizona elections official becomes the target of a virtual manhunt by GOP activists on a public records crusade.”

September 15, 2023, 6:56 amchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

Jen Fifield for Votebeat: They started searching for her in late January. “Where’s CELIA NABOR?” one member of the angry online mob wrote. “Find her,” another wrote. Track her phone, credit cards, social security number, and social media, others… Continue reading

David Levine: “Countering the Distortion of Election Administrator Errors”

September 13, 2023, 3:30 pmchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

The following is a guest post from David Levine: On September 1, Harris County, Texas’ two-year-old elections department was eliminated after the Texas Legislature passed legislation earlier this year abolishing it and the State Supreme Court refused to stop the… Continue reading