Category Archives: election subversion risk

“Jack Smith, Who Led Prosecutions of Trump, Resigns”

January 12, 2025, 7:53 amDepartment of Justice, election subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: Jack Smith, the special counsel who brought two failed federal prosecutions against President-elect Donald J. Trump, resigned this week, according to a footnote buried in court papers — a remarkably muted conclusion to a fight that redefined the nation’s… Continue reading

“Trump urges Garland to block release of Jack Smith’s final report”

January 7, 2025, 7:27 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

Politico: Donald Trump and two of his allies are making a last-minute push to block special counsel Jack Smith from issuing his final report on his two dismissed criminal cases against the president-elect. Trump’s lawyers wrote to Attorney General Merrick… Continue reading

“Donald Trump is about to get the Jan. 6 that he denied Joe Biden”

January 6, 2025, 6:58 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Politico: The transfer of power to Donald Trump is shaping up to be, well, peaceful. No mobs are assembling to disrupt Congress’ Jan. 6 counting of electoral votes. No Democratic leaders are questioning the results of the election or concocting… Continue reading

“‘A Day of Love’: How Trump Inverted the Violent History of Jan. 6”

January 6, 2025, 6:56 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: In two weeks, Donald J. Trump is to emerge from an arched portal of the United States Capitol to once again take the presidential oath of office. As the Inauguration Day ritual conveying the peaceful transfer of power unfolds,… Continue reading

“F.B.I. Offers New Details in Hunt for Jan. 6 Pipe Bomb Suspect”

January 3, 2025, 7:23 amchicanery, election subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: F.B.I. officials on Thursday released new details of their investigation into the still-unidentified suspect believed to have placed pipe bombs in Washington the night before the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol, hoping to spur tips that might… Continue reading

“Expect a quieter Jan. 6 this time around — as long as Republicans avert a looming speakership crisis”

December 26, 2024, 7:13 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Politico: Donald Trump’s victory has made Jan. 6 boring again. Four years after a mob of Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol to prevent Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s victory, Republicans and Democrats seem to agree they’ll give Trump the smooth,… Continue reading

“The Big Companies Funding Trump’s Inauguration Despite Denouncing Jan. 6”

December 25, 2024, 8:36 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

WSJ: Four years ago, dozens of companies denounced the invasion of the U.S. Capitol and pledged to withhold support from those who disputed the 2020 election results. Now, many of those companies are lining up to fund Donald Trump… Continue reading

“Judges increasingly alarmed as Trump’s Jan. 6 clemency decision nears”

December 20, 2024, 10:09 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

Politico: U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan says she has often reassured police officers traumatized by the violence of Jan. 6, 2021, that “the rule of law still applies.” But as President-elect Donald Trump — once a defendant in Chutkan’s very … Continue reading

“Georgia Court of Appeals strips Fulton DA Fani Willis of Trump election interference case”

December 19, 2024, 7:09 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

AJC: The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and her office should be removed from the 2020 election interference case, a bombshell decision that will upend the last remaining criminal case against… Continue reading

Jan. 28 Safeguarding Democracy Project Live and Online Event with Amy Gardner, Pam Karlan, and Stephen Richer: “Fair Elections and Voting Rights: What’s Ahead in the Next Four Years?”

December 17, 2024, 8:07 amelection administration, election subversion risk, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

The UCLA Law Safeguarding Democracy Project will be announcing its spring speaker series in January, but here’s our first event for you to put on your calendars: Tuesday, January 28 Fair Elections and Voting Rights: What’s Ahead in the Next… Continue reading

“After Trump’s Victory, Republicans Trust the Election System Again”

December 17, 2024, 6:57 amelection administration, election subversion risk, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

NYT: Americans are more confident in the country’s election system than they have been at any time since the 2020 election, according to a new study — a shift owed to a sea change in Republican sentiment since Donald J.… Continue reading

“Thirteen 2020 fake electors will cast real Electoral College votes for Trump on Tuesday”

December 17, 2024, 6:55 amchicanery, election subversion risk, electoral collegeRick Hasen

CNN: Thirteen Republicans who participated in the 2020 fake electors plot, including some who are facing criminal charges, will cast real Electoral College votes Tuesday for President-elect Donald Trump, as electors in the states finalize his victory. These Republican… Continue reading

“The Top Cybersecurity Agency in the US Is Bracing for Donald Trump”

December 16, 2024, 11:13 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squad, voting technologyRick Hasen

Eric Geller for Wired: Donald Trump helped create the US government’s cybersecurity agency during his first term as president. Six years later, employees of that agency are afraid of what he’ll do with it once he retakes office. Trump’s alliances… Continue reading

“How Pam Bondi boosted Trump’s election fraud claims in a key swing state”

December 16, 2024, 7:58 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: On the morning of Nov. 4, 2020, former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi drove northeast from Washington to Philadelphia on an urgent mission:to monitor the tally of hundreds of thousands of mail-in ballots as President Donald Trump’s reelection hung… Continue reading