Category Archives: election subversion risk

“Trump at NRA convention floats 3-term presidency”

May 19, 2024, 9:07 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Politico: Former President Donald Trump on Saturday floated the idea of a third term if he wins in November. “You know, FDR 16 years — almost 16 years — he was four terms. I don’t know, are we going to… Continue reading

“Evaluating a New Generation of Expansive Claims about Vote Manipulation”

May 17, 2024, 7:13 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Justin Grimmer, Michael Herron and Michael Tyler in ELJ. Abstract: In the wake of Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election, a cottage industry of conspiracy theorists has advanced ever more expansive claims of vote manipulation, going… Continue reading

“Sen. Tim Scott dodges on whether he would accept 2024 election results”

May 5, 2024, 10:14 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NBC News: South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott on Sunday did not directly answer multiple questions about whether he’d accept the results of the 2024 presidential election, regardless of who wins. “At the end of the day, the 47th president of… Continue reading

“A group of Republicans has united to defend the legitimacy of US elections and those who run them”

May 4, 2024, 2:15 pmelection administration, election subversion riskRick Hasen

AP: Sterling, the chief operating officer for the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office, is part of an effort begun after the last presidential election that seeks to bring together Republican officials who are willing to defend the country’s election systems… Continue reading

“Trump, Repeating 2020 Election Lies, Will Not Commit to Accepting 2024 Results”

May 2, 2024, 5:55 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: Former President Donald J. Trump told The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Wednesday that he would not commit to accepting the results of the 2024 election, as he again repeated his lies that the 2020 election was stolen from him.… Continue reading

“Trump Again Vows Mass Deportations and Won’t Rule Out Political Violence”

May 1, 2024, 7:19 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: Former President Donald J. Trump told Time magazine in an interview published Tuesday morning that if elected in November, he would deploy the U.S. military to detain and deport migrants and permit states to decide whether to prosecute those… Continue reading

Trump in TIME Interview: “I Think a Lot of People Like” Talk of Dictatorship

April 30, 2024, 7:19 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

TIME Magazine interview: Toward the end of our conversation at Mar-a-Lago, I ask Trump to explain another troubling comment he made: that he wants to be dictator for a day. It came during a Fox News town hall with… Continue reading

“Why an Immunity Ruling in Trump’s Favor Might Not Alter the Shape of His Trial”

April 30, 2024, 7:01 amelection subversion risk, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Charlie Savage in the NYT: If the Supreme Court rules that Donald J. Trump is immune from being charged with crimes over official actions he took as president, it would be a momentous decision for the future of executive power … Continue reading

“Michigan AG executes search warrants on Google and X in ongoing 2020 fake electors probe”

April 29, 2024, 1:45 pmelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Marshall Cohen for CNN: Google and X, formerly Twitter, recently provided hundreds of files to Michigan prosecutors for their 2020 election subversion probe, complying with search warrants that investigators obtained after CNN revealed secret social media accounts belonging to pro-Trump lawyer… Continue reading

Rick Hasen on CNN’s The Lead With Jake Tapper Discussing Fake Electors and Trump Immunity Claim (Video)

April 25, 2024, 3:09 pmelection subversion risk, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

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Rick Hasen’s Live Blog of the Supreme Court’s Oral Argument Over Trump’s Claim of Immunity in the Federal Election Subversion Case (Updates completed)

April 25, 2024, 6:44 amelection subversion risk, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

[This post has been updated.] After a couple of hours of oral argument, it appears that the Supreme Court is unlikely to embrace either Donald Trump’s extreme position—that would seem to give immunity for a president who ordered an assassination… Continue reading

“Trump is a co-conspirator in Michigan’s 2020 false electors plot, state investigator says”

April 24, 2024, 8:16 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Detroit News: Michigan prosecutors consider former President Donald Trump and some of his top aides co-conspirators in the plot to submit a certificate falsely claiming he won Michigan’s 2020 election, an investigator for Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office testified Wednesday… Continue reading