Category Archives: election subversion risk
“Facebook Said to Consider Forming an Election Commission”
NYT:
Facebook has approached academics and policy experts about forming a commission to advise it on global election-related matters, said five people with knowledge of the discussions, a move that would allow the social network to shift some of its… Continue reading
“Jan. 6 investigation will seek phone records related to attack, including lawmakers”
Politico:
The select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection will seek electronic communications records related to the attack, including from members of Congress, the panel’s chair said Monday.Select Committee Chair Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) told reporters his panel would be sending… Continue reading
“MPD fully activates department ahead of planned ‘Justice for J6’ protest on Sept. 18”
WUSA:
In a flash notice sent to all officers and members of the department Thursday, Metropolitan Police activated the entire force and postponed vacation days, in anticipation of a Sept. 18 protest organized by supporters of Jan. 6 defendants.The rally,… Continue reading
Bonkers and Dangerous: Mike Lindell Says Trump Will Be Back in Power in 2021, Perhaps With Help from the Supreme Court
Watch:
After missing his August 13th deadline for a Trump re-installment, Mike Lindell says that Trump will still be back in office by the end of 2021. pic.twitter.com/5HDA7xItfQ— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) August 21, 2021
MORE at Salon. (h/t Brian … Continue reading
“Exclusive-FBI finds scant evidence U.S. Capitol attack was coordinated-sources”
Reuters:
The FBI has found scant evidence that the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was the result of an organized plot to overturn the presidential election result, according to four current and former law enforcement officials.Though federal… Continue reading
“Arizona ‘bracing for impact’ of Trump-driven election report”
Zach Montellaro for Politico:
The controversial Arizona 2020 election review is almost over, but top officials in the state’s largest county and secretary of state’s office aren’t waiting for the conclusions, launching a pair of preemptive strikes against a report… Continue reading
“Abundance of Jan. 6 Evidence Collides With Suspects’ Right to Speedy Trials”
Alan Feuer at the New York Times:
As the case of Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, a suspect in the Jan. 6 riot, was poised in late July to drag into its seventh month without much progress, the presiding judge lost patience… Continue reading
“Lead felony charge against Jan. 6 defendants could be unconstitutionally vague, U.S. judge warns”
Washington Post:
A federal judge has warned that the lead felony charge leveled by the government against Capitol riot defendants could be unconstitutionally vague, potentially putting convictions at risk of being overturned on appeal.U.S. District Judge Randolph D. Moss… Continue reading
“Former Acting Attorney General Testifies About Trump’s Efforts to Subvert Election”
New York Times:
Jeffrey A. Rosen, who was acting attorney general during the Trump administration, has told the Justice Department watchdog and Congressional investigators that one of his deputies tried to help former President Donald J. Trump subvert the… Continue reading
Watch My MSNBC Segment with Chris Hayes Talking About My Slate Piece on Trump’s Next, More “Respectable” Coup
Watch here.
(Discussing this Slate piece).
Time for Conservatives Who Sit on New Civil Liberties Alliance Board to Speak Up Explaining Hiring of Coup Promoter Jeffrey Clark
The actions of Jeffrey Clark in attempting to help President Trump remain in office and interfere with the election process despite losing the election are reprehensible and potentially open up Clark to disbarment or criminal charges.
And yet, as reported … Continue reading
Jane Mayer Talks to Fresh Air’s Terry Gross About Her New Yorker Article on the Big Money Behind the Big Lie
Gerrymandering the Presidency Without a Coup
As much as I’m concerned about the risk that on January 6, 2025 there will a successful subversion of the popular vote caused by an abuse of the procedures set forth in the Electoral Count Act, I’m concerned about other… Continue reading