Category Archives: election subversion risk

“Election skeptics roil GOP contests for secretary of state”

March 31, 2022, 11:43 amelection administration, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

AP: Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose was clear in the months after the 2020 presidential election.“Elections are run better and more honestly than really I think they ever have been,” he said in response to conspiracy theories being floated… Continue reading

“Jan. 6 votes show the link between primary system and more extreme views in Congress”

March 31, 2022, 9:56 amelection subversion risk, primariesRick Hasen

The Fulcrum: Only hours after the riot of Jan. 6, 2021, with the calls to “stop the steal” still reverberating under the Capitol Rotunda, 139 Republican members of the House of Representatives voted to oppose the valid electoral votes… Continue reading

“Justice Dept. expands Jan. 6 probe to look at rally prep, financing”

March 31, 2022, 7:50 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Washington Post: The criminal investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has expanded to examine the preparations for the rally that preceded the riot, as the Justice Department aims to determine the full extent of any conspiracy to… Continue reading

“Why a Ruling Declaring Trump ‘Likely’ Broke Laws May Not Mean He Will Be Prosecuted”

March 30, 2022, 7:20 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Charlie Savage for the NYT: What is a big challenge to prosecuting Mr. Trump?Proving Mr. Trump’s state of mind — specifically, that he had the requisite criminal intent.The obstruction statute, for example, says that for the defendant’s action impeding… 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

“Jan. 6 White House logs given to House show 7-hour gap in Trump calls”

March 29, 2022, 7:10 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Bob Woodward and Robert Costa: Internal White House records from the day of the attack on the U.S. Capitol that were turned over to the House select committee show a gap in President Donald Trump’s phone logs of… Continue reading

“Federal Judge Finds Trump Likely Committed Crimes Over 2020 Election”

March 28, 2022, 10:39 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: A federal judge ruled on Monday that former President Donald J. Trump and a lawyer who advised him on how to overturn the 2020 election most likely committed felonies, including obstructing the work of Congress and conspiring to… Continue reading

“Inside Ted Cruz’s last-ditch battle to keep Trump in power; The Texas senator’s effort alienated some allies and sparked questions about ties to John Eastman, a longtime friend and author of key legal memos in Trump’s efforts”

March 28, 2022, 6:58 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: An examination by The Washington Post of Cruz’s actions between Election Day and Jan. 6, 2021, shows just how deeply he was involved, working directly with Trump to concoct a plan that came closer than widely realized to… Continue reading

“Virginia Thomas urged White House chief to pursue unrelenting efforts to overturn the 2020 election, texts show”

March 24, 2022, 2:41 pmelection subversion risk, electoral collegeDerek Muller

Bob Woodward and Robert Costa in the Washington Post: Virginia Thomas, a conservative activist married to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, repeatedly pressed White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to pursue unrelenting efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election… Continue reading

“Trump sues Hillary Clinton, others over 2016 election he won”

March 24, 2022, 2:41 pmelection subversion riskDerek Muller

Felicia Sonmez and Matt Zapotosky in the Washington Post: Former president Donald Trump on Thursday filed a lawsuit against former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, the Democratic National Committee and others, alleging that they “maliciously conspired to weave a false… Continue reading

John Eastman in Thursday Speech Still Claiming “Illegalities” in Conduct of Election in Wisconsin and Elsewhere Justifies Wisconsin Legislature Taking Action Even Now Against 2020 Presidential Election Results (Video)

March 18, 2022, 4:01 pmelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Part I of video: https://twitter.com/clayberg/status/1504888349072441346?s=20&t=zjY4Bl67S9AinQ57tOHU3Q Part 2: pic.twitter.com/xtsLX6NHzF— Clay (@clayberg) March 18, 2022

“Democrats urge DOJ to address ‘insider threats’ from candidates who deny 2020 results”

March 16, 2022, 12:30 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

The Hill: More than a dozen House Democrats are urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to address “insider threats to election systems,” which they say are posed by candidates who are running to fill local election positions motivated by former … Continue reading

“Another Jan. 6 mystery revealed: Pence’s second script rewrite”

March 16, 2022, 7:26 amelection subversion risk, electoral collegeRick Hasen

Politico: It turns out Mike Pence made more than one major change to the vice presidential script for presiding over the Jan. 6 counting of electoral votes.Pence’s decision to craft and employ his own unprecedented language as he… Continue reading