Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad

ELB Podcast Episode 3:7: Mike Haas: The Mess with Wisconsin’s Elections

March 28, 2022, 6:12 pmELB Podcast, election administration, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

New ELB Podcast: How did Wisconsin go from the gold standard for election administration in the United States to its laughing stock?What does the partisan investigation into the 2020 election say about how to once again achieve bipartisan cooperation… Continue reading

“Federal Judge Finds Trump Likely Committed Crimes Over 2020 Election”

March 28, 2022, 10:39 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: A federal judge ruled on Monday that former President Donald J. Trump and a lawyer who advised him on how to overturn the 2020 election most likely committed felonies, including obstructing the work of Congress and conspiring to… Continue reading

“Inside Ted Cruz’s last-ditch battle to keep Trump in power; The Texas senator’s effort alienated some allies and sparked questions about ties to John Eastman, a longtime friend and author of key legal memos in Trump’s efforts”

March 28, 2022, 6:58 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: An examination by The Washington Post of Cruz’s actions between Election Day and Jan. 6, 2021, shows just how deeply he was involved, working directly with Trump to concoct a plan that came closer than widely realized to… Continue reading

“Perdue welcomes Trump to Georgia by embracing ‘stolen’ election lie”

March 28, 2022, 6:38 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

AJC: Republican David Perdue is cozying up to Donald Trump ahead of his Saturday rally in Georgia by embracing one of the former president’s favorite lies: That the 2020 election was “stolen.”The Trump-backed challenger to Gov. Brian Kemp… Continue reading

John Eastman in Thursday Speech Still Claiming “Illegalities” in Conduct of Election in Wisconsin and Elsewhere Justifies Wisconsin Legislature Taking Action Even Now Against 2020 Presidential Election Results (Video)

March 18, 2022, 4:01 pmelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Part I of video: John Eastman’s full speech from yesterday in Wisconsin. #Ivan, #JoshBarnett and #DavidJose 📸 TG Raiklin 🔹14,267 followers 🔹 pic.twitter.com/qvrSbtJPkv— Clay🎈 (@clayberg) March 18, 2022 Part 2: pic.twitter.com/xtsLX6NHzF— Clay (@clayberg) March 18, … Continue reading

“N.C. investigates Mark Meadows after reports that he never lived where he registered to vote”

March 18, 2022, 7:09 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo reports.

“Under Trump, DHS directed to probe bogus claims about voter fraud”

March 18, 2022, 7:03 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Politico: In late April of 2020, a top political appointee in the Trump administration called for Department of Homeland Security officials to scrutinize an unusual topic for a national security agency: possible voter fraud in the upcoming election. A… Continue reading

“Republicans Push Crackdown on Crime Wave That Doesn’t Exist: Voter Fraud”

March 17, 2022, 7:15 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: The Florida Legislature last week created a law enforcement agency — informally called the election police — to tackle what Gov. Ron DeSantis and other Republicans have declared an urgent problem: the roughly 0.000677 percent of voters suspected… Continue reading

“The Trailer: Decertify the 2020 election? In Wisconsin, it may be on the ballot”

March 16, 2022, 7:20 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Weigel.

“‘Gutted’: What happened when a Georgia elections office was targeted for takeover by those who claim the 2020 election was a fraud”

March 14, 2022, 10:54 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: Any thought they’d had that the atmosphere might calm down was gone. What amounted to a grass-roots uprising had gained momentum, become more organized and started coming after the election office.New people had been showing up for the… Continue reading

“Billionaire-Backed Group Enlists Trump-Supporting Citizens to Hunt for Voter Fraud Using Discredited Techniques”

March 10, 2022, 11:26 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

ProPublica: Ever since Trump failed to convince the world that he lost the 2020 election because of fraud, like-minded people across the country have been taking up the same rallying cry, revisiting that vote with an eye toward what… Continue reading

“Florida Senate Passes Voting Bill to Create Election Crimes Agency”

March 5, 2022, 10:49 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: The Florida Senate passed a sweeping new bill overhauling the state’s electoral process, adding new restrictions to the state election code and establishing a law enforcement office dedicated solely to investigating election crimes.The bill, which passed 24-14, now… Continue reading

“The Emptiness Inside Donald Trump’s New Social Media Platform”

March 5, 2022, 10:28 amcheap speech, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Ruby Cramer for Politico: Inside Truth Social, everything once blue was now a bright, jewel-toned purple. Tweets, a.k.a. posts, were now “Truths.” Retweets were now “ReTruths,” capital T. And above my username, I saw the site’s default avatar: Twitter’s… Continue reading

“Arizona Republicans keep churning out new election legislation targeting voting access”

March 5, 2022, 10:13 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Fernanda Santos WaPo column: The election-related bills kept coming, most of them aimed squarely at restricting voting access. The files clogged the desk of Pima County Recorder Gabriella Cázares-Kelly — 141 by early last week, she said, or almost … Continue reading