Category Archives: election subversion risk

“Donald Trump backs Michigan election critic for secretary of state”

September 8, 2021, 8:14 pmelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Detroit News: Former President Donald Trump is supporting Republican Kristina Karamo, an outspoken critic of the 2020 election, to be Michigan’s next secretary of state, a development that will likely bolster her campaign.Trump announced his endorsement of Karamo to be… Continue reading

“‘Keep your head on a swivel’: FBI analyst circulated a prescient warning of Jan. 6 violence”

September 8, 2021, 8:12 pmchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Politico: An FBI intelligence analyst warned days after the 2020 election that Stop the Steal rallies — one of which metastasized into the ransacking of the Capitol — could turn violent.The emailed warning from an analyst at the FBI’s school… Continue reading

“State GOP leaders push new 2020 election reviews as Arizona report looms”

September 8, 2021, 7:47 pmelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Zach Montellaro for Politico: GOP legislative leaders in key battleground states are increasingly embracing 2020 election investigations that they once held at arm’s length, as Arizona Republicans await a long-delayed final report from their own conspiracy-tinged “audit.”Top Republicans in… Continue reading

“Jan. 6 committee leaders blast McCarthy’s ‘baseless’ claim about Trump’s innocence”

September 4, 2021, 2:39 pmelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: Leaders of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol are calling out House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) for making “baseless” claims regarding former president Donald Trump’s involvement in that day’s violence.In… Continue reading

“Fair elections and a strong economy: Both are at risk”

September 2, 2021, 10:09 amelection subversion risk, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

Robert Rubin and Sam Issacharoff oped: President Biden, speaking in Philadelphia last month, warned of nefarious efforts afoot to undermine voting rights, calling them the “most significant test of our democracy since the Civil War.” But while much… Continue reading

“Heeding Steve Bannon’s Call, Election Deniers Organize to Seize Control of the GOP — and Reshape America’s Elections”

September 2, 2021, 8:11 amchicanery, election administration, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

ProPublica: One of the loudest voices urging Donald Trump’s supporters to push for overturning the presidential election results was Steve Bannon. “We’re on the point of attack,” Bannon, a former Trump adviser and far-right nationalist, pledged on his popular podcast… Continue reading

“The election gambit that’s sending Georgia Democrats into a frenzy”

September 2, 2021, 7:06 amelection administration, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Politico: Georgia Republicans say it’s merely an attempt to improve a chronically mismanaged elections administration.But a newly-formed election review panel in Atlanta’s Fulton County is nevertheless sparking outrage — and paranoia — from Democrats who believe it’s the GOP’s first… Continue reading

Ninth Circuit Judge Carlos Bea Despicably Agrees to Be Honored by John Eastman’s Claremont Institute, at Event with Orwellian Panel on “Election Integrity”

September 1, 2021, 9:19 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Update in my Slate piece: Update at 12:15 p.m.: After this article was posted, Fix the Court called attention to a Claremont Institute event that not only features John Eastman; it also has an entire panel on “Election Integrity… Continue reading

“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

“Which Senators And Representatives Vote In Favor Of Democracy?”

September 1, 2021, 7:05 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Interesting analysis at 538: In the Senate, it’s still Collins, Murkowski, Romney, Sasse, and Cassidy that lead Republicans on this metric — supporting almost all of the bills that fall in this second metric. The notable exception is the For… Continue reading

“Election-fraud conspiracy theorist Sidney Powell pressed by Australian reporter: ‘Do you ever hear yourself and think that it sounds ridiculous?'”

August 31, 2021, 7:58 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Business Insider reports.

“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

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

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