Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad

Persily and Stewart NYT Oped: “Trump Is Wrong. There’s No Evidence of Election Fraud in Philadelphia. The Claim Itself Is Fraudulent”

November 19, 2020, 7:13 amabsentee ballots, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Must-read: Joe Biden’s lead in the presidential election results in Pennsylvania has now surpassed 81,000 votes, far exceeding Donald Trump’s 44,000-vote victory margin there four years ago. Yet the Trump campaign continues to claim in court huge but incalculable levels… Continue reading

“As defeats pile up, Trump tries to delay vote count in last-ditch attempt to cast doubt on Biden victory”

November 19, 2020, 7:06 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: President Trump has abandoned his plan to win reelection by disqualifying enough ballots to reverse President-elect Joe Biden’s wins in key battleground states, pivoting instead to a goal that appears equally unattainable: delaying a final count long enough… Continue reading

“The Trump campaign was not denied access to Philadelphia’s ballot count”

November 19, 2020, 7:03 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo Fact Checker.

Seriously Disturbing and Unprecedented: Trump Personally Reached Out to Wayne County Canvassers and Then They Attempted to Rescind Their Votes to Certify (After First Refusing to Certify)

November 19, 2020, 6:55 amchicanery, Election Meltdown, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

AP: Getting nowhere in the courts, President Donald Trump’s scattershot effort to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory is shifting toward obscure election boards that certify the vote as Trump and his allies seek to upend the electoral process, sow chaos… Continue reading

“Trump campaign revises Pennsylvania suit, again”

November 19, 2020, 6:48 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Josh Gerstein for Politico: President Donald Trump’s campaign has filed yet another version of its lawsuit over the election results in Pennsylvania, now contending that he should be named the victor in the presidential contest there or that the state… Continue reading

“Threats and Tensions Rise as Trump and Allies Attack Elections Process”

November 19, 2020, 6:46 amchicanery, Election Meltdown, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: President Trump’s false accusations that voter fraud denied him re-election are causing escalating confrontations in swing states across the country, leading to threats of violence against officials in both parties and subverting even the most routine steps in the… Continue reading

“The Nation’s Top Election Official Has Overdosed on the Trump Kool-Aid”

November 18, 2020, 10:14 amfederal election commission, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Lachlan Markay for the Daily Beast: The good news is that the nation’s top campaign finance watchdog may soon be functional again. The bad news is that its current chairman has gone off the rails.Trey Trainor may not be a… Continue reading

Rudy’s Stupid Certification Endgame

November 18, 2020, 6:37 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Hasen on Costa on Giuiliani: They are not going to be able to stop certification in any state, and certainly not in enough states.And then what? Face Nancy Pelosi's House? With electoral college slates coming from governors of Michigan, PA,… Continue reading

“Trump’s effort to overturn the election results may be inept. But it’s still a scandal.”

November 18, 2020, 6:33 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NBC First Read: Forget Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. Or Trump’s impeachment for asking Ukraine to dig up dirt on Joe Biden.Arguably the biggest political scandal we’ve ever seen in this country is playing right before our eyes:… Continue reading

Pam Fessler: “Led By Giuliani, Trump Campaign Effort To Stop Certification Falters In Pennsylvania”

November 18, 2020, 6:30 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NPR: Things did not go well Tuesday for the Trump campaign’s effort to stop certification of the Pennsylvania vote count — which has Joe Biden ahead by more than 73,000 votes.At almost the same time the president’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani,… Continue reading

“Lindsey Graham’s Long-Shot Mission to Unravel the Election Results”

November 17, 2020, 8:40 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: In 2016, Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina praised the integrity of the nation’s elections system, criticizing claims by Donald J. Trump that the vote was “rigged.”“Like most Americans, I have confidence in our democracy and our election system,”… Continue reading

“Trump campaign deploys Giuliani to assist flailing legal effort”

November 17, 2020, 8:35 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Josh Gerstein for Politico: Giuliani’s presence amped up the drama of the hearing and briefly displaced the predominant narrative that the president’s legal challenges have thus far been almost completely unsuccessful. However, it was less clear whether his presence would… Continue reading

“Election Security Experts Contradict Trump’s Voting Claims; In a public letter, 59 top specialists called the president’s fraud assertions ‘unsubstantiated’ and ‘technically incoherent.'”

November 16, 2020, 3:03 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: Fifty-nine of the country’s top computer scientists and election security experts rebuked President Trump’s baseless claims of voter fraud and hacking on Monday, writing that such assertions are “unsubstantiated or are technically incoherent.”The rebuttal, in a letter to be… Continue reading