Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad

“Virginia city’s preelection fight over certification shows how local procedures have become a flashpoint”

October 23, 2024, 6:27 amchicanery, election administration, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

CNN: A lawsuit from two Republican officials in Waynesboro, Virginia, that threatened not to certify the 2024 election results attracted a counter lawsuit Monday from voters in the Shenandoah Valley city who are seeking a court order that would force the board to formalize… Continue reading

“Kurt Olsen Helped Trump Fight His 2020 Defeat. Trump Is Talking to Him Again.”

October 22, 2024, 5:29 pmelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: A lawyer who tried to help Donald J. Trump overturn his 2020 presidential election loss has been in direct contact with Mr. Trump once again as his allies start to lay the groundwork for challenging this year’s election results… Continue reading

“Putting Conspiracy Theories in a Legal Complaint Doesn’t Make Them True; Election deniers are filing lawsuits now in attempts to lay the groundwork for challenging the results later.”

October 22, 2024, 5:26 pmelection administration, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Eliza Sweren-Becker for the Brennan Center

“Trump Says He Has Seen No Evidence of Cheating in the Election, but Nonetheless Sows Doubts”

October 22, 2024, 7:54 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: At a news conference in a storm-damaged part of western North Carolina, Mr. Trump was asked by a reporter whether he had seen any evidence to suggest this year’s election would not be fair. “Well, I haven’t,” Mr. Trump… Continue reading

“Republicans Who Led 2020 Election Denial Now Sowing Doubt in 2024 Votes”

October 22, 2024, 7:52 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: Starting in late 2020, Representative Scott Perry was one of the ringleaders of the Republican plot to use the House’s constitutional role in certifying the electoral count to delegitimize the results in a bid to help Donald J. Trump… Continue reading

“Trump Tries to Rewrite History of Jan. 6 in Campaign’s Final Stretch”

October 19, 2024, 7:57 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: Donald J. Trump on Friday tried to revise the history of the deadly attack on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob, as new details in the federal prosecution against him were made public by the judge in the case.… Continue reading

“Citizen advocates are training to disrupt 2024 elections in the name of election integrity”

October 19, 2024, 7:43 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Sarah Wire for USA Today: For the last four years, a network of right-wing activists and Trump allies, like Clements, has crisscrossed the country and held thousands of organizing meetings in order to create an army of tens of thousands of… Continue reading

“Musk pushes debunked Dominion voting conspiracy theory at first Pennsylvania appearance”

October 18, 2024, 6:27 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NBC News: Billionaire Elon Musk promoted debunked conspiracy theories about election fraud Thursday at the first of a series of planned campaign events across Pennsylvania meant to rally support for former President Donald Trump’s campaign. At a town hall hosted… Continue reading

“Trump’s Big Lie Attorneys Are Back”

October 17, 2024, 4:08 pmelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

The Intercept: Across battleground states, attorneys who helped former President Donald Trump undermine confidence in the 2020 election results are back at it, filing lawsuits that seed doubt in advance about this year’s outcome. Some of Trump’s attorneys from the… Continue reading

” Vance says ‘no,’ Trump did not lose the 2020 election”

October 16, 2024, 3:21 pmelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Politico: This time, JD Vance didn’t dodge the question: “Did Donald Trump lose the election in 2020? Not by the words that I would use.” Vance has been repeatedly asked in recent weeks if he thinks his running mate lost… Continue reading

“Inside the Republican legal blitz to sow election doubt: ‘The claims are garbage'”

October 16, 2024, 3:09 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Sam Levine for The Guardian.

“Right-Wing Activists Pushed False Claims About Election Fraud. Now They’re Recruiting Poll Workers in Swing States.”

October 16, 2024, 1:12 pmchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

ProPublica: Right-wing strategists still talk about what happened in Detroit in 2020, when poll watchers stood outside the absentee ballot counting center, banging on windows and shouting “Stop the count!” Conspiracy theories swirled that those volunteers had been kept out… Continue reading

“Arizona lawyers keep distance from GOP’s ‘election integrity’ operation amid concern over Kari Lake’s fraud claims”

October 15, 2024, 12:56 pmelection law biz, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NBC News: Multiple Republican lawyers in Arizona say they and others who were involved in the party’s election litigation efforts in past cycles are keeping their distance this time around, in large part because of Senate candidate Kari Lake’s history… Continue reading

“How Trump allies stoked election chaos in Detroit in 2020 — and what they’re planning in 2024”

October 15, 2024, 8:05 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Ryan Reilly and Jane Timm deep dive for NBC: How this will play out on Election Day is unknown. But an NBC News investigation can now report the extent of the Republican Party and Trump campaign’s involvement in the TCF… Continue reading

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