“A GOP donor gave $2.5 million for a voter fraud investigation. Now he wants his money back.”
WaPo offers another True the Vote/Jim Bopp/Eshelman lawsuit dive.
Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad
“PolitiFact – Trump did not win two-thirds of election lawsuits ‘where merits considered'”
“Top GOP lawmaker in Michigan falsely claims Capitol riot was ‘staged,’ dismisses Trump supporters’ role”
WaPo:
Michigan’s Republican Senate majority leader told members of his party that the storming of the U.S. Capitol was “all staged” and not perpetrated by Trump supporters in a moment captured on video that drew calls for his resignation… Continue reading
“Dozens of states see new voter suppression proposals”
Axios:
There are at least 165 proposals under consideration in 33 states so far this year to restrict future voting access by limiting mail-in ballots, implementing new voter ID requirements and slashing registration options.Driving the news: As former President Donald… Continue reading
“Impeachment Case Aims to Marshal Outrage of Capitol Attack Against Trump”
NYT:
When House impeachment managers prosecute former President Donald J. Trump this week for inciting the Capitol attack, they plan to mount a fast-paced, cinematic case aimed at rekindling the outrage lawmakers experienced on Jan. 6.Armed with lessons from … Continue reading
“Fight Over Voting Rules Revs Up in Georgia”
WSJ reports.
“Lawsuits Take the Lead in Fight Against Disinformation”
NYT:
In just a few weeks, lawsuits and legal threats from a pair of obscure election technology companies have achieved what years of advertising boycotts, public pressure campaigns and liberal outrage could not: curbing the flow of misinformation in right-wing… Continue reading
“Was Election Denial Just a Get-Rich-Quick Scheme? Donors’ Lawsuits Look for Answers” (with Juicy Tidbits on True the Vote Lawsuit)
Some great reporting here from Richard Salame:
Eshelman ultimately gave True the Vote a total of $2.5 million for its 2020 election efforts. True the Vote launched a massive undertaking in November to recruit whistleblowers, lobby legislatures, analyze data,… Continue reading
“No Evidence for Voter Fraud: A Guide To Statistical Claims About the 2020 Election”
Andrew C. Eggers, Haritz Garro, and Justin Grimmer have posted this draft on Dropbox. Here is the abstract:
After the 2020 US presidential election Donald Trump refused to concede, alleging widespread and unparalleled voter fraud. Trump’s supporters deployed several statistical… Continue reading
“Trump doubles down on false election claim in impeachment response”
Politico:
Trump’s legal team filed its first official response to the House’s impeachment charge later Tuesday, denying that the former president sought to subvert the election results and incited the violence at the Capitol. The submission foreshadowed Trump’s legal strategy… Continue reading
Attorney Lin Wood, Who Has Posited Bonkers Conspiracy Theories About the 2020 Election, May Have Voted Illegally in Georgia While Being a South Carolina Resident
Just Watch This
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Newsmax invites Mike Lindell, who advocated for a coup and spews dangerous conspiracy theories, on air. It didn't go well. pic.twitter.com/6xzSgXlHua— Jason S. Campbell (@JasonSCampbell) February 2, 2021
“Trump’s Sleight of Hand: Shouting Fraud, Pocketing Donors’ Cash for Future”
NYT:
Former President Donald J. Trump and the Republican Party leveraged false claims of voter fraud and promises to overturn the election to raise more than a quarter-billion dollars in November and December as hundreds of thousands of trusting supporters… Continue reading