Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad

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

“Election claims dominate lively night for Trump, allies at Mar-a-Lago”

April 6, 2022, 7:26 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: Former president Donald Trump and a coterie of his top allies, donors and paying club members gathered at his palatial beachfront club Tuesday night for a reunion of sorts: to sip Trump-branded wine, snack on an amuse-bouche of… Continue reading

Eggers and Grimmer on John Lott’s Spurious Voter Fraud Claims in the 2020 Election

April 4, 2022, 6:57 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Andrew Eggers and Justin Grimmer have posted Comment on ‘Simple tests for the extent of vote fraud with absentee and provisional ballots in the 2020 US presidential election’. Here is the abstract: Lott (2022) introduces ‘simple tests’ of voter… Continue reading

“Opinion: The fool’s gold of Trump’s decertification plan”

April 2, 2022, 11:13 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Ginsberg/Bauer/Becker WaPo oped: As Donald Trump flails about trying to “rescind” the 2020 presidential election and castigating Republicans who point out the Constitution doesn’t allow that, here is a heads-up for state legislators considering doing his bidding:… Continue reading

“Election skeptics roil GOP contests for secretary of state”

March 31, 2022, 11:43 amelection administration, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

AP: Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose was clear in the months after the 2020 presidential election.“Elections are run better and more honestly than really I think they ever have been,” he said in response to conspiracy theories being floated… Continue reading

Wisconsin: “Robin Vos found in contempt of court for failing to turn over records about the Republican election review”

March 31, 2022, 7:48 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: A judge found Assembly Speaker Robin Vos in contempt of court Wednesday for failing to release documents related to a Republican-run review of the 2020 election. Dane County Judge Valerie Bailey-Rihn determined the Rochester Republican and… Continue reading

“More than 80 election-denying candidates running for governor, attorney general and secretary of state in 2022’s primaries”

March 30, 2022, 6:00 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Steven Rosenfeld reports.

“Arizona Republicans enact a controversial new proof-of-citizenship voting law”

March 30, 2022, 5:44 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NPR: Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Wednesday signed legislation to expand U.S. citizenship voting requirements in the state, a measure that critics warn will jeopardize the voter registrations of thousands of Arizona residents.In signing House Bill 2492, Ducey disputed… Continue reading