Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad

“Republicans Fear Trump’s Criticism of Mail-In Ballots Will Hurt Them”

June 2, 2020, 8:42 amcampaigns, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: President Trump has relentlessly attacked mail voting, calling it a free-for-all for cheating and a Democratic scheme to rig elections.None of the charges are true.But as eight states and the District of Columbia vote on Tuesday in the biggest… Continue reading

“Election officials contradict Barr’s assertion that counterfeit mail ballots produced by a foreign country are a ‘real’ worry”

June 2, 2020, 8:35 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: Current and former election administrators said it would be virtually impossible for a foreign country to produce and mail in phony absentee ballots without detection, an issue Attorney General William P. Barr raised as a serious possibility in… Continue reading

“As Trump attacks voting by mail, GOP builds 2020 strategy around limiting its expansion”

June 1, 2020, 2:33 pmabsentee ballots, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo deep dive: President Trump’s persistent attacks on mail-in voting have fueled an unprecedented effort by conservatives to limit expansion of the practice before the November election, with tens of millions of dollars planned for lawsuits and advertising aimed… Continue reading

AG Bill Barr Floats Ridiculous Theory of Foreign Governments Counterfeiting and Submittting Absentee Ballots

June 1, 2020, 7:40 amabsentee ballots, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Michael Li thread starts here: Bless Bill Barr’s heart – this just couldn’t happen. For starters, the return envelopes have unique bar codes that are scanned when the ballots are received. 1/ https://t.co/ATn8cHppgz— Michael Li 李之樸 (@mcpli) June … Continue reading

“Law Enforcement Files Discredit Brian Kemp’s Accusation That Democrats Tried to Hack the Georgia Election; Kemp’s explosive allegation, just days before the closely contested 2018 election, drew wide attention. But newly released documents show that there was no such hack.”

May 29, 2020, 11:07 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Pro-Publica and the AJC report: It was a stunning accusation: Two days before the 2018 election for Georgia governor, Republican Brian Kemp used his power as secretary of state to open an investigation into what he called a “failed… Continue reading

“More False Mail-In Ballot Claims from Trump”

May 28, 2020, 6:57 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Analysis from Factcheck.org.

“Fact-checking Trump’s recent claims that mail-in voting is rife with fraud”

May 27, 2020, 8:23 pmabsentee ballots, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

CNN reports.

“The Right-Wing Legal Network Is Now Openly Pushing Conspiracy Theories”

May 27, 2020, 5:09 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

I have written this piece at Slate with Dahlia Lithwick. It begins: The right-wing legal network spawned by the Federalist Society has finally gone full Trumpian. It has morphed from a group of apparently principled conservatives debating high-minded theories of… Continue reading

“Trump press secretary Kayleigh McEnany has voted by mail 11 times in 10 years; The Tampa native has said it shouldn’t be available to everyone.”

May 27, 2020, 12:21 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

The Tampa Bay Times reports.

Forces Behind Conservative Judicial Nominations Network, Including the Federalist Society’s Leonard Leo and Judicial Crisis Network’s Carrie Severino, Join the Fraudulent Fraud Squad with the “Honest Elections Project”

May 27, 2020, 7:08 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

So much for principled conservatism. New reporting from The Guardian and Open Secrets: A powerful new conservative organization fighting to restrict voting in the 2020 presidential election is really just a rebranded group that is part of a dark money… Continue reading

RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel Tries to Play the “Even Liberal Election Law Expert Rick Hasen” Card

May 26, 2020, 5:02 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Oh boy: I've also written: Trump Is Wrong About Dangers of Absentee Ballots: https://t.co/Q6oHbhXjMWand Trump’s bogus attacks on mail-in voting could hurt his supporters, toohttps://t.co/uCUcnRcbQu andHow Republicans are using the pandemic to suppress the votehttps://t.co/nY716rEmQE https://t.co/uOfarxvyFz… Continue reading

“AP FACT CHECK: Faulty Trump Claims on Virus Drug, Vote Fraud”

May 25, 2020, 3:48 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

AP reports.

Must-Read from Marc Caputo: Trump’s Florida 2018 Vote Conspiracy Collapses

May 21, 2020, 4:39 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Marc Caputo in Politico: A Trump election conspiracy theory fell apart Wednesday when Florida’s law enforcement agency said it had found no widespread voter fraud in the 2018 races for Senate and governor.President Donald Trump had complained repeatedly about election… Continue reading