Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad

“As Trump Thunders About Last Election, Republicans Worry About the Next One”

October 18, 2021, 7:09 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: Republicans believe they have a good shot at taking Congress next year. But there’s a catch.The G.O.P.’s ambitions of ending unified Democratic control in Washington in 2022 are colliding with a considerable force that has the ability… Continue reading

“Fact-checking Kari Lake, serial promoter of election lies and early frontrunner in GOP primary for Arizona governor”

October 16, 2021, 11:08 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Daniel Dale for CNN.

“Calls intensify to end Wisconsin’s election review amid blunders by ex-judge in charge”

October 14, 2021, 9:44 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: The glaring errors became clear soon after a former Wisconsin judge issued subpoenas earlier this month in a Republican review of the state’s 2020 presidential election. Some of the requests referred to the wrong city. At least one was… Continue reading

Trump Says That “If We Don’t Solve the Presidential Election Fraud of 2020,” Republican Voters Will Stay Home in 2022 and 2024

October 13, 2021, 2:24 pmelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

This seems to escalate the Big Lie and put Republicans in a tough position: https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1448386456406347786?s=20

“No counterfeit ballots found by Georgia election investigators”

October 12, 2021, 4:32 pmelection administration, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

AJC: Georgia election investigators were unable to find any counterfeit ballots among batches identified by Republican vote-counters, according to a court brief Tuesday, dealing a blow to a lawsuit seeking to inspect absentee ballots cast in last year’s presidential… Continue reading

“New Arizona audit review shows Cyber Ninjas’ ballot count off by 312K”

October 12, 2021, 7:13 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Arizona Republic: The hand count of ballots in Maricopa County was off by more than 312,000, according to a review of newly released Arizona audit records.Election analysts also say Cyber Ninjas, the contractor for the hand count, didn’t tally… Continue reading

“Trump Loses Arizona–Again; He still cries ‘fraud’ even after the audit he demanded found none.”

October 12, 2021, 7:03 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WSJ Editorial: Former President Trump claims Arizona’s ballot audit found “massive fraud,” yet the new recount says he actually lost the state by 360 more votes than originally reported. He is now demanding an audit of the 2020 election in … Continue reading

Claremont Institute, Lying About What John Eastman Proposed to Do In the 2020 Election (Have the VP Stage a Coup), Complains About Federalist Society Shutting Eastman Out of Annual Conference

October 11, 2021, 6:59 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Here is the mendacious statement. Steve Vladeck: The @ClaremontInst is attempting to whitewash John Eastman’s “how to coup in six easy steps” memo by blatantly misrepresenting what Eastman actually wrote. Among other things, Eastman falsely claimed there were dueling… Continue reading

Quote of The Day

October 10, 2021, 9:27 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

As noted by Political Wire: “I’m telling you the single biggest issue, as bad as the border is and it’s horrible, horrible what they’re doing, they’re destroying our country — but as bad as that is, the single biggest… Continue reading

“Why did this EAC commissioner talk to the senator behind Arizona’s audit?”

October 9, 2021, 2:06 pmchicanery, Election Assistance Commission, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Jessica Huseman (in Votebeat’s indispensable weekly newsletter): A newly revealed text message about Christy McCormick, a commissioner and past chair of the Election Assistance Commission, raised eyebrows among election observers this week. The exchange between two Arizona state senators… Continue reading

“Maricopa County debunks key election audit findings as ‘faulty claims'”

October 9, 2021, 2:03 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Arizona Republic: Maricopa County election officials delivered a brief point-by-point takedown on Thursday of the Arizona Senate’s monthslong audit, saying the people running it repeatedly made “faulty claims.”Contractors made assumptions about missing and duplicate ballots, did not understand election… Continue reading

“Trump Supporters Have Already Turned on the Cyber Ninjas”

October 8, 2021, 4:26 pmchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Vice: Doug Logan, the CEO of Cyber Ninjas, the Florida-based company that conducted the bogus election ‘audit’ in Arizona over the last six months, says he won’t be conducting any more recounts—unless God tells him to.That’s hardly a… Continue reading

Former Wisconsin State Supreme Court Justice Gableman, in Charge of Phony 2020 Election Investigation, Says Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Reporters are Like Hitler’s Nazi Propaganda Minister

October 8, 2021, 2:03 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Just wow: In the WISN interview, Gableman compared Journal Sentinel reporting to Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler’s Nazi propaganda minister — a comparison O’Donnell said was not appropriate and prompted a Jewish lawmaker to call on Assembly Speaker Robin Vos… Continue reading

“Arizona audit fuels election distrust, congressional panel says”

October 8, 2021, 7:32 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Arizona Republic: A congressional panel on Thursday portrayed the partisan review of Maricopa County’s 2020 election results as the latest in a wave of moves that feed on conspiracy theories to undermine Americans’ confidence in elections.The nearly four-hour proceeding also… Continue reading