“Trump’s false fraud claims are laying groundwork for new voting restrictions, experts warn”
Jane Timm for NBC News.
Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad
“Trump keeps up baseless fraud claims at rally for US senators in Georgia”
Trump’s Continuing Failing Lawsuits as a Loss Leader, Grift, and Delegitimization Device
Three weeks ago, I and others in the election law field determined that Trump’s path to use lawsuits to overturn the results of the election was dead. The campaign had uncovered no significant fraud or irregularities and none of… Continue reading
As Path to Overturn Pennsylvania Election Results Closes Completely, Trump Campaign Apparently Abandons Seeking Supreme Court Emergency Relief in Third Circuit Case
Philadelphia Inquirer:
If its fate had not been abundantly clear already, President Donald Trump’s dream of having Pennsylvania’s GOP-controlled legislature overturn the state’s election results received what appeared to be its final death blows Thursday with a late-night order… Continue reading
“Trump Fundraising Surges After Election As He Makes False Claims It Was Rigged”
Tamara Keith for NPR:
After President Trump lost the election to President-elect Joe Biden, the campaign’s emails and texts to supporters carried on, urgently pushing them to donate money — a strategy that seems to have paid off.The Trump campaign,… Continue reading
Latest Sidney Powell Bonkers Lawsuit Contains ApparentTypo, Falsely Says Voting Machines Flipping Votes from Biden to Trump
Funny if it were not so despicable:
Whoops. The latest legal filing from former Trump attorney Sidney Powell in her Georgia lawsuit accuses Dominion voting machines of flipping votes from Biden to Trump — which would mean the president gained… Continue reading
“A Sketchy Trump Appointee At Census Is Involved In Wacky GA Election Lawsuit”
Tierney Sneed for TPM:
A top Trump-appointed Census Bureau official who was installed this summer under controversial circumstances is also serving as an expert for a Georgia lawsuit seeking to stave off the President’s defeat in the state.Ben Overholt —… Continue reading
“Trump’s grievances feed menacing undertow after the election”
AP:
The last throes of Donald Trump’s presidency have turned ugly — even dangerous.Death threats are on the rise. Local and state election officials are being hounded into hiding. A Trump campaign lawyer is declaring publicly that a federal… Continue reading
“Pro-Trump legal crusade peppered with bizarre blunders”
Politico:
Sidney Powell released the Kraken. And it turns out the mythological sea beast can’t spell, is terrible at geography and keeps mislabeling plaintiffs in court.A congressional candidate Powell claimed to represent in one lawsuit said that, in fact, he… Continue reading
“Gift or Contract? Eshelman v. True the Vote”
Jeremy Telman at Contracts Law Blog.
“Trump escalates baseless attacks on election with 46-minute video rant”
WaPo reports.
Escalating his attack on democracy from within the White House, President Trump on Wednesday distributed an astonishing 46-minute video rant filled with baseless allegations of voter fraud and outright falsehoods in which he declared the nation’s election system… Continue reading
“Army Hits Back Against False Claim that Soldiers Died in CIA Op to Nab Election Servers”
Military Times:
A retired Air Force three-star general reignited baseless conspiratorial claims about U.S. troops’ involvement in clandestine missions in the wake of the presidential election — claims an Army official said are 100% false.No Special Forces soldiers were… Continue reading
“More and More Republican Officials Are Standing Up to Trump and His Effort to Overturn the Election”
I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
On Monday, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey added his name to the list of Republican officials who have acted admirably to uphold the rule of law following President Donald Trump’s unprecedented attacks… Continue reading
“Barr: No evidence of fraud that’d change election outcome”
AP:
Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday the Justice Department has not uncovered evidence of widespread voter fraud that would change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.His comments come despite President Donald Trump’s repeated claims that the election… Continue reading