Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad

“Big Outside Spending on Election Denial Floods Local Elections in Battleground States”

April 7, 2022, 3:05 pmelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Brennan Center: Tuesday’s local elections in and around Green Bay, Wisconsin, were the focus of big spending by outside groups pushing narratives around election denial — claims that the 2020 presidential election was so marred by fraud that it… Continue reading

“Arizona AG Mark Brnovich’s letter offers no proof of 2020 election fraud”

April 7, 2022, 7:41 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

AP: Arizona’s Republican attorney general issued an interim report Wednesday on his review of the 2020 election in Maricopa County that outlined his concerns with some election procedures but did not provide proof of any major issues despite six months… Continue reading

“Trump deflects blame for Jan. 6 silence, says he wanted to march to Capitol”

April 7, 2022, 7:35 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Josh Dawsey for WaPo: Former president Donald Trump voiced regret Wednesday over not marching to the U.S. Capitol the day his supporters stormed the building, and he defended his long silence during the attack by claiming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi… Continue reading

“Election claims dominate lively night for Trump, allies at Mar-a-Lago”

April 6, 2022, 7:26 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: Former president Donald Trump and a coterie of his top allies, donors and paying club members gathered at his palatial beachfront club Tuesday night for a reunion of sorts: to sip Trump-branded wine, snack on an amuse-bouche of… Continue reading

Eggers and Grimmer on John Lott’s Spurious Voter Fraud Claims in the 2020 Election

April 4, 2022, 6:57 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Andrew Eggers and Justin Grimmer have posted Comment on ‘Simple tests for the extent of vote fraud with absentee and provisional ballots in the 2020 US presidential election’. Here is the abstract: Lott (2022) introduces ‘simple tests’ of voter… Continue reading

“Opinion: The fool’s gold of Trump’s decertification plan”

April 2, 2022, 11:13 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Ginsberg/Bauer/Becker WaPo oped: As Donald Trump flails about trying to “rescind” the 2020 presidential election and castigating Republicans who point out the Constitution doesn’t allow that, here is a heads-up for state legislators considering doing his bidding:… Continue reading

“Election skeptics roil GOP contests for secretary of state”

March 31, 2022, 11:43 amelection administration, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

AP: Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose was clear in the months after the 2020 presidential election.“Elections are run better and more honestly than really I think they ever have been,” he said in response to conspiracy theories being floated… Continue reading

Wisconsin: “Robin Vos found in contempt of court for failing to turn over records about the Republican election review”

March 31, 2022, 7:48 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: A judge found Assembly Speaker Robin Vos in contempt of court Wednesday for failing to release documents related to a Republican-run review of the 2020 election. Dane County Judge Valerie Bailey-Rihn determined the Rochester Republican and… Continue reading

“More than 80 election-denying candidates running for governor, attorney general and secretary of state in 2022’s primaries”

March 30, 2022, 6:00 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Steven Rosenfeld reports.

“Arizona Republicans enact a controversial new proof-of-citizenship voting law”

March 30, 2022, 5:44 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NPR: Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Wednesday signed legislation to expand U.S. citizenship voting requirements in the state, a measure that critics warn will jeopardize the voter registrations of thousands of Arizona residents.In signing House Bill 2492, Ducey disputed… Continue reading

ELB Podcast Episode 3:7: Mike Haas: The Mess with Wisconsin’s Elections

March 28, 2022, 6:12 pmELB Podcast, election administration, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

New ELB Podcast: How did Wisconsin go from the gold standard for election administration in the United States to its laughing stock?What does the partisan investigation into the 2020 election say about how to once again achieve bipartisan cooperation… Continue reading

“Federal Judge Finds Trump Likely Committed Crimes Over 2020 Election”

March 28, 2022, 10:39 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: A federal judge ruled on Monday that former President Donald J. Trump and a lawyer who advised him on how to overturn the 2020 election most likely committed felonies, including obstructing the work of Congress and conspiring to… Continue reading

“Inside Ted Cruz’s last-ditch battle to keep Trump in power; The Texas senator’s effort alienated some allies and sparked questions about ties to John Eastman, a longtime friend and author of key legal memos in Trump’s efforts”

March 28, 2022, 6:58 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: An examination by The Washington Post of Cruz’s actions between Election Day and Jan. 6, 2021, shows just how deeply he was involved, working directly with Trump to concoct a plan that came closer than widely realized to… Continue reading

“Perdue welcomes Trump to Georgia by embracing ‘stolen’ election lie”

March 28, 2022, 6:38 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

AJC: Republican David Perdue is cozying up to Donald Trump ahead of his Saturday rally in Georgia by embracing one of the former president’s favorite lies: That the 2020 election was “stolen.”The Trump-backed challenger to Gov. Brian Kemp… Continue reading