Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad

John Eastman in Thursday Speech Still Claiming “Illegalities” in Conduct of Election in Wisconsin and Elsewhere Justifies Wisconsin Legislature Taking Action Even Now Against 2020 Presidential Election Results (Video)

March 18, 2022, 4:01 pmelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Part I of video: https://twitter.com/clayberg/status/1504888349072441346?s=20&t=zjY4Bl67S9AinQ57tOHU3Q Part 2: pic.twitter.com/xtsLX6NHzF— Clay (@clayberg) March 18, 2022

“N.C. investigates Mark Meadows after reports that he never lived where he registered to vote”

March 18, 2022, 7:09 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo reports.

“Under Trump, DHS directed to probe bogus claims about voter fraud”

March 18, 2022, 7:03 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

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”

March 17, 2022, 7:15 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

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”

March 16, 2022, 7:20 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Weigel.

“‘Gutted’: What happened when a Georgia elections office was targeted for takeover by those who claim the 2020 election was a fraud”

March 14, 2022, 10:54 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

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”

March 10, 2022, 11:26 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

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”

March 5, 2022, 10:49 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

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”

March 5, 2022, 10:28 amcheap speech, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

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”

March 5, 2022, 10:13 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

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”

March 4, 2022, 7:41 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

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”

March 4, 2022, 7:31 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

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”

March 3, 2022, 11:17 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

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”

March 3, 2022, 7:13 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

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

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