Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad

Texas: “Steven Hotze charged for funding voter fraud investigation where repairman was held at gunpoint”

April 20, 2022, 3:34 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Houston Chronicle: Steven Hotze, the conservative activist who funded a private investigation into voter fraud that ended with the investigator pointing a gun at an innocent air conditioning repairman, has been indicted for his role in the episode.A Harris… Continue reading

“Libs of TikTok” Account and Bogus Claims of Voter Fraud and About Jan. 6

April 19, 2022, 7:42 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

From Taylor Lorenz’s must-read reporting on the person behind the influential “Libs of TikTok” account: Libs of TikTok reposts a steady stream of TikTok videos and social media posts, primarily from LGBTQ+ people, often including incendiary framing designed to generate… Continue reading

“Trump’s Focus on 2020 Election Splits Michigan Republicans”

April 17, 2022, 4:06 pmelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: The shouting in the banquet hall erupted just minutes after the Macomb County Republican Party convention was called to order.In a room packed with about 500 people, Mark Forton, the county party chairman and a fierce ally of… Continue reading

“CNN Exclusive: ‘We need ammo. We need fraud examples. We need it this weekend.’ What the Meadows texts reveal about how two Trump congressional allies lobbied the White House to overturn the election.”

April 15, 2022, 6:47 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

CNN: In the weeks between the 2020 election and the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, almost 100 text messages from two staunch GOP allies of then-President Donald Trump reveal an aggressive attempt to lobby, encourage… Continue reading

“New Brennan Center analyses: Sponsors of anti-voter bills and their election denialism; failed Trump campaign lawsuits and related anti-voter bills”

April 13, 2022, 6:56 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Release: Today the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law published a pair of analyses tracing post-2020 paths of the misinformation and conspiracy theories spread by the former president and his allies about voting and the 2020 election.One analysis looks… Continue reading

“In Conference Call Before Riot, a Plea to ‘Descend on the Capitol’

April 12, 2022, 1:32 pmchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: One week before an angry mob stormed the Capitol, a communications expert named Jason Sullivan, a onetime aide to Roger J. Stone Jr., joined a conference call with a group of President Donald J. Trump’s… Continue reading

“How a Trump ally got his unfounded voting-machine audit push in front of federal cyber agency”

April 12, 2022, 6:56 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Politico: Donald Trump’s top pick to administer Arizona elections in 2024 is more than a garden-variety backer — he played a little-known but notable role in bolstering the former president’s push to subvert the 2020 ballot.It was the waning… Continue reading

Eastman Watch: “Former Trump lawyer, amid clash with Jan. 6 committee, pushing to decertify 2020 election”

April 12, 2022, 6:54 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

ABC News: Just as he was emerging as a top target of the House committee investigating the Capitol attack, former Trump lawyer John Eastman took a trip to Wisconsin.Eastman, a right-wing lawyer who drafted a plan for former President… Continue reading

“Colorado Republicans back election denier for Senate primary”

April 10, 2022, 12:19 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

AP: Colorado Republicans on Saturday voted to place on their U.S. Senate primary ballot a state representative who attended the Jan. 6 rally that preceded the attack on the U.S. Capitol and is a supporter of former President Donald Trump’s… Continue reading

“Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, in Wild New Campaign Ad: ‘The Fake News, Big Tech and Blue State Liberals Stole the Election from President Trump’”

April 10, 2022, 12:15 pmchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Mediaite: Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) went all in on Donald Trump’s “Big Lie” with her campaign ad blasting those who supposedly “stole” the election from the former president.Ivey left little room for subtlety in her video titled… Continue reading

“On Steve Bannon podcast, Michael Gableman appeals to Trump supporters for help keeping the doors open on his Wisconsin election review”

April 8, 2022, 12:36 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: The former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice overseeing a taxpayer-funded review of the 2020 election for Assembly Republicans is warning supporters of former President Donald Trump that Speaker Robin Vos wants to dismantle his Brookfield office within… Continue reading

“Big Outside Spending on Election Denial Floods Local Elections in Battleground States”

April 7, 2022, 3:05 pmelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Brennan Center: Tuesday’s local elections in and around Green Bay, Wisconsin, were the focus of big spending by outside groups pushing narratives around election denial — claims that the 2020 presidential election was so marred by fraud that it… Continue reading

“Arizona AG Mark Brnovich’s letter offers no proof of 2020 election fraud”

April 7, 2022, 7:41 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

AP: Arizona’s Republican attorney general issued an interim report Wednesday on his review of the 2020 election in Maricopa County that outlined his concerns with some election procedures but did not provide proof of any major issues despite six months… Continue reading

“Trump deflects blame for Jan. 6 silence, says he wanted to march to Capitol”

April 7, 2022, 7:35 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Josh Dawsey for WaPo: Former president Donald Trump voiced regret Wednesday over not marching to the U.S. Capitol the day his supporters stormed the building, and he defended his long silence during the attack by claiming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi… Continue reading

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