Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad

“The Jolt: 2020 controversy dominates Georgia’s 2022 GOP governor’s race”

December 13, 2021, 11:11 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

AJC: It was only one week ago that former U.S. Sen. David Perdue jolted Georgia by formally declaring he would challenge Gov. Brian Kemp in the GOP primary.And though he insisted in an interview with the AJC that he’s “trying… Continue reading

“Eastman takes the Fifth with Jan. 6 committee”

December 3, 2021, 10:28 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Politico: John Eastman, the attorney who helped former President Donald Trump pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the 2020 election, has asserted his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, according to a letter he delivered to the Jan. 6 committee… Continue reading

Former White House Physician Ronny Jackson “MAGA Congressman Falsely Claims Omicron Variant Is Part of Plot to Rig 2022 Election”

November 28, 2021, 3:56 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Mother Jones: The new coronavirus variant, Omicron—which was first detected by virologists in South Africa—has sparked concerns among public health experts. The United States quickly imposed travel restrictions on certain African countries. Scientists say that much about the… Continue reading

“Mike Lindell Finally Reveals His Supreme Court Complaint, And Critics Have Notes”

November 24, 2021, 7:26 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

HuffPost: MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell on Tuesday released a copy of his long-promised Supreme Court complaint to overturn the 2020 presidential election, though it had not actually been filed and it listed the plaintiff as “[insert your state].”The pillow magnate… Continue reading

“Trump’s Voter Fraud Claims Test Republican Candidates”

November 23, 2021, 7:31 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WSJ: Former President Donald Trump’s yearlong campaign falsely claiming he won the 2020 election and demanding redress is turning voter fraud into a litmus test for Republicans seeking office as the party seeks to reclaim the House and… Continue reading

“‘Results were meaningless’: Analysts say they cannot validate or replicate Cyber Ninjas’ hand count of votes”

November 22, 2021, 6:57 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Arizona Republic: Cyber Ninjas’ hand count of votes cast in Maricopa County’s 2020 election can neither be validated nor replicated, according to analysts who waded through tens of thousands of newly released records.They say the numbers reported by the… Continue reading

“How Trump ally Cleta Mitchell won a seat on the EAC advisory board”

November 21, 2021, 2:46 pmchicanery, Election Assistance Commission, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Jessica Huseman for Votebeat: Mitchell’s selection resulted from an unorthodox process by the Civil Rights commission, according to two people with direct knowledge of the process. In April, the commission changed the nominating procedures for members of the EAC… Continue reading

“Another voter fraud accusation blows up in Republicans’ faces”

November 21, 2021, 11:07 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Daniel Dale for CNN: The mysterious case of Rosemarie Hartle’s vote in the last presidential election, three years after her death, was trumpeted in November 2020 by the Nevada Republican Party and various prominent conservatives. From then-President … Continue reading

“Effort to breach Ohio county’s voting system draws FBI and state scrutiny”

November 20, 2021, 4:36 amchicanery, election administration, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadTabatha Abu El-Haj

Washington Post Exclusive by Amy Gardner, Emma Brown, and Devlin Barrett Investigators are examining possible connections between an attempted breach of Ohio county’s election network and “an incident in Colorado earlier this year, when government officials helped an outsider gain… Continue reading

“The Bolsonaro-Trump Connection Threatening Brazil’s Elections”

November 11, 2021, 1:43 pmelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: The conference hall was packed, with a crowd of more than 1,000 cheering attacks on the press, the liberals and the politically correct. There was Donald Trump Jr. warning that the Chinese could meddle in the election, a Tennessee… Continue reading

“Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas Flynn and Eastman, Scrutinizing Election Plot”

November 9, 2021, 7:35 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol issued new subpoenas on Monday for a half-dozen allies of former President Donald J. Trump, including his former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn, as it moved its… Continue reading

“A year ago Philadelphia’s vote count decided the presidency, but also inspired conspiracies that live on today”

November 8, 2021, 7:46 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Jonathan Tamari for the Philadelphia Inquirer.

“Steve Bannon’s popular podcast is a ‘dangerous’ fantasyland of election lies”

November 7, 2021, 11:52 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Daniel Dale for CNN: Steve Bannon’s aggressive campaign to undermine American democracy didn’t stop on January 6.Bannon, a bellicose right-wing nationalist who served as White House chief strategist under President Donald Trump in 2017, is fighting a subpoena from… Continue reading

“Dane County judge orders Wisconsin Republicans to turn over records related to election review”

November 5, 2021, 2:19 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: A Dane County judge on Friday ordered Assembly Speaker Robin Vos to turn over records within 10 days about a secretive review of the 2020 election that Republicans have been conducting since this summer.Circuit Judge Valerie Bailey-Rihn ruled… Continue reading