“N.C. investigates Mark Meadows after reports that he never lived where he registered to vote”
WaPo reports.
Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad
“Under Trump, DHS directed to probe bogus claims about voter fraud”
Politico:
In late April of 2020, a top political appointee in the Trump administration called for Department of Homeland Security officials to scrutinize an unusual topic for a national security agency: possible voter fraud in the upcoming election. A… Continue reading
“Republicans Push Crackdown on Crime Wave That Doesn’t Exist: Voter Fraud”
NYT:
The Florida Legislature last week created a law enforcement agency — informally called the election police — to tackle what Gov. Ron DeSantis and other Republicans have declared an urgent problem: the roughly 0.000677 percent of voters suspected… Continue reading
“The Trailer: Decertify the 2020 election? In Wisconsin, it may be on the ballot”
Weigel.
“‘Gutted’: What happened when a Georgia elections office was targeted for takeover by those who claim the 2020 election was a fraud”
WaPo:
Any thought they’d had that the atmosphere might calm down was gone. What amounted to a grass-roots uprising had gained momentum, become more organized and started coming after the election office.New people had been showing up for the… Continue reading
“Billionaire-Backed Group Enlists Trump-Supporting Citizens to Hunt for Voter Fraud Using Discredited Techniques”
ProPublica:
Ever since Trump failed to convince the world that he lost the 2020 election because of fraud, like-minded people across the country have been taking up the same rallying cry, revisiting that vote with an eye toward what… Continue reading
“Florida Senate Passes Voting Bill to Create Election Crimes Agency”
NYT:
The Florida Senate passed a sweeping new bill overhauling the state’s electoral process, adding new restrictions to the state election code and establishing a law enforcement office dedicated solely to investigating election crimes.The bill, which passed 24-14, now… Continue reading
“The Emptiness Inside Donald Trump’s New Social Media Platform”
Ruby Cramer for Politico:
Inside Truth Social, everything once blue was now a bright, jewel-toned purple. Tweets, a.k.a. posts, were now “Truths.” Retweets were now “ReTruths,” capital T. And above my username, I saw the site’s default avatar: Twitter’s… Continue reading
“Arizona Republicans keep churning out new election legislation targeting voting access”
Fernanda Santos WaPo column:
The election-related bills kept coming, most of them aimed squarely at restricting voting access. The files clogged the desk of Pima County Recorder Gabriella Cázares-Kelly — 141 by early last week, she said, or almost … Continue reading
“Pressure on Justice Dept. as Jan. 6 Panel Lays Out Case Against Trump”
NYT:
The Justice Department is facing mounting pressure to prosecute former President Donald J. Trump after the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack laid out its argument for a potential criminal case on Wednesday night, placing Attorney General… Continue reading
“New evidence shows Trump was told many times there was no voter fraud — but he kept saying it anyway”
WaPo:
A data expert for former president Donald Trump’s campaign told him bluntly not long after polls closed in November 2020 that he was definitely going to lose his campaign for reelection.In the weeks that followed, multiple top… Continue reading
“There’s no legal way to decertify the 2020 election, but the Gableman report is forcing Republican candidates to confront the question”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
A long-awaited report from a former Supreme Court justice hired by Assembly Republicans to review the 2020 election sought to give legitimacy to a legally debunked idea the same lawmakers have been trying stomp out for… Continue reading
“Jan. 6 Committee Lays Out Potential Criminal Charges Against Trump”
NYT:
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol said on Wednesday that there was enough evidence to conclude that former President Donald J. Trump and some of his allies might have conspired to commit… Continue reading
“John Eastman, Trump’s lawyer on overturning election, under investigation by California Bar”
LAT:
Orange County attorney John Eastman is at the center of an ethics investigation into whether he violated laws while advising President Trump on how he could overturn his election defeat in 2020, the State Bar of California said… Continue reading