Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad

The Guardian Obtains and Posts Trump Campaign’s (Paltry) Evidence of Election Fraud to Support Its Attack on Mail-In Voting in Pennsylvania

August 21, 2020, 2:16 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

The Guardian: Donald Trump’s campaign failed to produce any evidence of vote-by-mail fraud in Pennsylvania after a federal judge ordered it do so, according to a 524-page court filing obtained by the Guardian.The order came from US district judge… Continue reading

Echoing Reasons for Issuance of 1981 Consent Decree Against the RNC, Trump Threatens to Send Law Enforcement to Watch Polls. What Happens Next?

August 20, 2020, 9:07 pmElection Meltdown, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Back in 1981, the RNC agreed to a consent decree, which remained in place in various forms until 2017. It prevented the RNC from engaging in certain activities which intimidated minority voters. As I explained in this January 2019 Slate… Continue reading

Trump Campaign Reportedly Provides Little Evidence of Mail-In Ballot Fraud to Support Its Lawsuit Against Pennsylvania Drop Boxes

August 20, 2020, 11:44 amabsentee ballots, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

The Intercept: In a motion last week, Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future and the Sierra Club called on the Trump campaign to provide evidence of the existence of voter fraud, arguing that the campaign’s lawsuit was “replete with salacious allegations and… Continue reading

“Trump Likes Only Certain Kinds of Voters; His relentless attacks on mail-in ballots are part of a larger strategy. There is still time to keep the presidential election fair.”

August 19, 2020, 7:36 amelection administration, Election Meltdown, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

I have written this oped for the New York Times. It begins: The threat to the 2020 election’s legitimacy finally broke through into everyday conversation last week. People who pay little attention to politics started talking about whether President Trump… Continue reading

Mark Meadows Tries to Reverse the Burden of Proof on Widespread Voter Fraud

August 17, 2020, 6:55 amElection Meltdown, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Me at Twitter: This is a common, weak attempt to flip the burden of proof. Widespread voter fraud would be easy to detect. Kris Kobach told a federal court he had shown “tip of iceberg” of voter fraud. Court said… Continue reading

“Judge orders Trump campaign to produce evidence of voter fraud in Pennsylvania”

August 13, 2020, 5:40 pmabsentee ballots, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

CNN: A federal judge in Pennsylvania told the Trump campaign and the Republican Party that they must produce evidence they have of vote-by-mail fraud in the state by Friday.The judge’s order, in a high-profile case about vote-by-mail in the… Continue reading

Trump Opposes More Funding Proposed by Democrats for USPS, Saying It Will Facilitate Universal Mail-in Voting and Allow the “Greatest Fraud in History”

August 12, 2020, 8:54 pmabsentee ballots, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

More unsubstantiated rhetoric from the President (starting at the 10 minute mark). Christina Wilkie: Trump on the Post Office: "They don't have the money to do the mail in voting. Are they gonna do it even if they don't… Continue reading

Irony is Dead Dep’t

August 11, 2020, 2:09 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Trump appoints J. Christian Adams to U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

“Trump Again Assails Mail-In Voting”

August 3, 2020, 5:16 pmabsentee ballots, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: In his latest assault on voting by mail, President Trump said on Monday that he thought the Democratic primary in New York’s 12th Congressional District should be rerun because of lengthy delays in counting mail-in ballots. Prompted by a… Continue reading

Trump Made at Least 713 Statements and Tweets Since 2012 Calling Voting and Elections into Question, Including 91 from January through July of This Year

August 3, 2020, 8:52 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Incredible stats from Susan Glasser in the New Yorker: In fact, Trump’s attack on the legitimacy of the upcoming election has been intensifying for months, as his poll standing has sunk. Trump’s “Twitter Richter scale,” as the Democratic lawyer Norm… Continue reading

“Inside the Project Veritas Plan to Steal the Election; James O’Keefe’s group is part of a sprawling campaign to delegitimize mail-in balloting in the fall—a campaign being led by the White House.”

August 3, 2020, 8:30 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

TNR reports.

“Trump threatens lawsuit to block mail-in voting in Nevada”

August 3, 2020, 7:01 amabsentee ballots, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Politico: President Donald Trump threatened legal action Monday after Nevada’s legislature passed a bill to mail ballots to all active voters, suggesting that the measure would make it impossible for Republicans to win there in November’s general election.“In an illegal… Continue reading

“Mail-In Voting Is ‘Not Rampant Voter Fraud,’ Says Washington’s Top Election Official”

August 2, 2020, 8:36 pmabsentee ballots, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NPR: This past week, President Trump renewed his unsubstantiated claim that mail-in voting begets inaccurate or fraudulent results when he raised the prospect of delaying November’s election.“With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the… Continue reading

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