“The GOP’s sudden and convenient distancing from Trump’s voter fraud claims”
Aaron Blake for WaPo.
Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad
“Fact-checking Josh Hawley’s claim about Pennsylvania’s election law | PolitFact”
Politfact reports.
Hawley’s central argument is that a new state law about voting by mail — passed not “last year” but in the fall of 2019 — conflicts with the state’s constitution. The courts have not backed up his argument,… Continue reading
“Pence Said to Have Told Trump He Lacks Power to Change Election Result”
NYT:
Vice President Mike Pence told President Trump on Tuesday that he did not believe he had the power to block congressional certification of Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s victory in the presidential election despite Mr. Trump’s baseless insistence that he… Continue reading
Ted Cruz Will Object to Arizona Electors So He Can Get to Speak First When Senate Debates Objections Wednesday. Really Despicable Conduct from Someone Who Knows Better
WaPo. Unlike Trump, Cruz knows better. He’s smart. This is just evil.
“Trump’s call is still a crime, even if he believes his own fraud fantasies”
Trevor Potter and Mark Gaber in WaPo:
Although a criminal conviction does require proof of intent — proof Trump knew he was asking for nonexistent votes to be counted in his favor — a person cannot avoid criminal liability… Continue reading
My Appearance on the PBS News Hour: “Trump’s attempt to ‘manufacture votes’ in Georgia raises legal questions”
Watch my interview with Judy Woodruff here.
“Donald Trump Should Be Prosecuted for His Shakedown of Georgia’s Brad Raffensperger”
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
President Donald Trump likely broke both federal and state law in a Saturday phone call during which he encouraged Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” enough votes to overturn… Continue reading
“We Can’t Let Our Elections Be This Vulnerable Again”
I have written this piece for The Atlantic. It begins:
The 2020 election and its aftermath have laid bare an unhappy truth: Many of the familiar procedures for translating the people’s will into the choice of a president depend on… Continue reading
“MAGA marchers plot final D.C. stand on Jan. 6”
Politico:
Timed to the day when Congress will formally certify President-elect Joe Biden’s win, the MAGA crowd is trying to pressure Vice President Mike Pence and Republican lawmakers to refuse to seat Biden over fabricated voter-fraud claims. It’s a doomed… Continue reading
“POLITICO Playbook: The backstory of Trump’s Georgia call”
Marc Caputo:
It started on Saturday when Trump and his team reached out to talk to Raffensperger, who, according to an adviser, felt he would be unethically pressured by the president. Raffensperger had been here before: In November he accused… Continue reading
“‘I just want to find 11,780 votes’: In extraordinary hour-long call, Trump pressures Georgia secretary of state to recalculate the vote in his favor”
Amy Gardner exclusive for WaPo:
President Trump urged fellow Republican Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state, to “find” enough votes to overturn his defeat in an extraordinary one-hour phone call Saturday that legal scholars described as a flagrant abuse… Continue reading
“Trump has yet to accept the election results months after Republicans said he would”
WaPo:
The day after President Trump in late September refused to commit to a peaceful transition of power, congressional Republicans were quick to reassure the nation he would.“The winner of the November 3rd election will be inaugurated on January… Continue reading
Trump Campaign Files Yet Another Quixotic Supreme Court Petition Seeking to Overturn Election Results from Wisconsin, Misspelling “Laches”
Can’t make this stuff up:
⚖️NEW: For the second time in two days, Trump files a SCOTUS petition re: Biden's win in WISCONSIN. Trump campaign notes that the suit's dismissal in federal appeals court was not based on the… Continue reading
Pennsylvania, Opposing Trump Effort to Expedite Consideration of One of Its Bonkers Election Challenges, Calls Argument About Trump’s Delay “Profoundly Incoherent”
The opposition also says this:
The Trump Campaign threatens that “if this matter is not timely resolved, not only Petitioner, but the Nation as a whole may suffer injury from the resulting confusion.” Motion at 5. But it is the… Continue reading