Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad
“Trump makes yet another false claim about California voter fraud”
Daniel Dale reports for CNN.
Axios: Trump Transition Team Vetting Documents for Kris Kobach Worried About White Supremacist Ties
Axios:
Nearly 100 internal Trump transition vetting documents leaked to “Axios on HBO” identify a host of “red flags” about officials who went on to get some of the most powerful jobs in the U.S. government. Why it matters: … Continue reading
Trump Again Falsely Suggests 1 Million Fraudulent Votes in California, Citing Judicial Watch
From the Meet the Press transcript:
CHUCK TODD:You didn’t like the fact that you lost the popular vote. That bothered you, didn’t it?PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP:Well, I think it was a — I mean, I’ll say something that, again, is… Continue reading
“Judge: Voter Fraud Panel Emails About Potential Members Can Be Withheld, For Now”
TPM:
A federal judge is letting the Trump administration continue to withhold certain emails related to the Trump voter fraud commission while the government appeals her order that the emails be produced for a Democrat who was on the… Continue reading
“Judge Reveals New Info About Trump Voter Fraud Panel Communications”
TPM:
Before they were formally named to President Trump’s now disbanded voter fraud commission, two conservative activists emailed the commission’s vice chair Kris Kobach about “potential Democratic commissioners,” a federal judge revealed Thursday.The revelation came in a legal dispute… Continue reading
DOJ Relents and Releases Additional Names (Charles Cooper and John Fund) Which Were Redacted on “Inflammatory” von Spakovsky Email About Pence-Kobach “Voter Fraud” Commission
Campaign Legal Center:
After nearly two years of seeking to hide the names of individuals involved in an inflammatory email to Attorney General Sessions regarding the Pence-Kobach Commission, the Department of Justice has relented in light of a district… Continue reading
“Texas Tried to Mess with Voting. It Failed.”
“Judge Hints Trump Admin Misled Court About Voter Fraud Panel Appointment Dates”
TPM:
President Trump’s voter fraud commission has been dead for nearly a year and a half.But the litigation spurred by its lack of transparency continues, with a judge on Tuesday suggesting that the administration misled the court about the… Continue reading
“Texas ditched its botched voter roll review but has signaled it hasn’t closed its criminal inquiry”
Alexa Ura for the Texas Tribune:
When former Secretary of State David Whitley launched a review of the Texas voter rolls for supposed noncitizens, his office marked almost 100,000 voters for two reviews — one by county officials to question… Continue reading
“Emails show Texas governor requested the voter purge that used flawed data”
San Antonio Express News:
In an August 2018 email from John Crawford, a top official of the driver’s license division at the Texas Department of Public Safety, to an employee, Crawford said DPS had run data of licensed drivers to… Continue reading
“A resignation in Texas is a reminder of how Trump’s vote-fraud claims come up empty”
Philip Bump for WaPo.
“Judge Orders Voter Fraud Alarmist To Be Deposed Again After Docs Raise New Questions”
TPM:
J. Christian Adams — a former member of President Trump’s voter fraud commission who has been sued for defamation for his reports claiming mass fraud — will have to sit for another deposition in the case, after a… Continue reading
“How a large-scale effort to register black voters led to a crackdown in Tennessee”
Amy Gardner for WaPo:
What played out in Tennessee illustrates the messiness that has accompanied some large-scale efforts to draw new Democratic voters into the electorate, providing an opening for critics to push for stricter rules. The fallout is part… Continue reading