Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad
“Arizona’s Republican-Run Election Audit Is Now Looking for Bamboo-Laced ‘China Ballots'”
Jeremy Stahl for Slate:
On Wednesday, a member of the Arizona election audit team that has been heavily touted by former President Donald Trump revealed that its examination of the 2020 vote in Maricopa County will include a “forensic” analysis… Continue reading
“In Turning on Liz Cheney, G.O.P. Bows to Trump’s Election Lies”
NYT:
While she began as one of the more moderate members of the Republican Conference — her voting record is far less conservative than Ms. Cheney’s, according to the conservative Heritage Foundation — Ms. Stefanik became one of Mr.… Continue reading
“Arizona’s audit of fall presidential election could drag into summer. Will taxpayers get stuck with the bill?”
12News:
Senate President Karen Fann rented the coliseum through May 14 for a recount and examination of 2.1 million Maricopa County ballots. Fann, a Prescott Republican, also signed an agreement allowing the county to retrieve its subpoenaed ballots and ballot-tabulating… Continue reading
“Trump attorney, other allies launch voter fraud organization”
Politico reports.
John Kruzel:
INBOX: Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale’s group has launched an initiative called the Election Integrity Alliance. Its board comprises some of the most aggressive peddlers of the dangerous and anti-democratic lie about the 2020 election… Continue reading
Trump Tries to Flip “Big Lie” Statement in Effort To Neutralize Term’s Use Against His Repeated and Dangerous False Statements that the 2020 Election Was Stolen
Vintage Trump.
The tweet on the right was posted about an hour after the statement on the left. pic.twitter.com/ecBgKuGYyA— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) May 3, 2021
“Florida Republicans rushed to curb mail voting after Trump’s attacks on the practice. Now some fear it could lower GOP turnout.”
Amy Gardner for WaPo:
Virtually every narrow Republican victor of the past generation — and there have been many, including two of the state’s current top officeholders, Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Rick Scott — owes their victory, at least… Continue reading
“G.O.P. Seeks to Empower Poll Watchers, Raising Intimidation Worries”
NYT:
As Republican lawmakers in major battleground states seek to make voting harder and more confusing through a web of new election laws, they are simultaneously making a concerted legislative push to grant more autonomy and access to partisan poll… Continue reading
“Arizona Republicans Continue Recount Drive in ‘Fealty’ to Trump”
Bloomberg:
Arizona Republicans still distraught that voters rejected both Donald Trump and their incumbent U.S. senator are hyper-scrutinizing millions of ballots, looking for anything other than the candidates themselves to account for their top-of-the-ticket defeats.Six months after a presidential election… Continue reading
“For Republicans, fealty to Trump’s election falsehood becomes defining loyalty test”
WaPo:
Debra Ell, a Republican organizer in Michigan and fervent supporter of former president Donald Trump, said she has good reason to believe the 2020 presidential election was stolen.“I think I speak for many people in that Trump has never… Continue reading
“Antifa fears, UV lights: What the group running Arizona GOP’s election audit tried to keep secret”
Jane Timm for NBC News:
The private companies hired by Arizona Senate Republicans to recount millions of ballots from the 2020 election are concerned about possible Antifa attacks and planned to use UV lights to hunt for fraud, internal documents… Continue reading
“As Trump seizes on Arizona ballot audit, election officials fear partisan vote counts could be the norm in future elections”
WaPo:
More than five months after the 2020 presidential election, and after numerous failed attempts to overturn the results, former president Donald Trump has seized on a new avenue to try to call the outcome into question: a hand recount… Continue reading
“‘Never heard of them’: Republicans hire ‘ninja’ firm for Arizona vote audit; Almost no one involved in GOP politics in Florida, where the company is headquartered, has a clue about the firm conducting the review.”
Marc Caputo for Politico.
“Cyber Ninjas, hired by Arizona Senate to recount Maricopa County’s ballots, asks court to keep its procedures secret”
Arizona Republic:
Lawyers for Cyber Ninjas, the Florida-based company the Arizona Senate hired to lead a recount of Maricopa County’s 2.1 million general election ballots, are asking a judge to keep secret its procedures for the recount and shut… Continue reading