Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad

“Wisconsin Republicans pump new life into scrutinizing the 2020 election; The aim of the investigations has shifted to trying to subvert election boards and long-standing voting protocols”

December 27, 2021, 7:43 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Star Tribune: The cash bar was open for business, the Lilydale Dance Hall decked out in holiday garland, but Michael Gableman wasn’t here with good tidings.The attorney stood in front of Republican activists to share horror stories he’d heard… Continue reading

Must-read WaPo: “Inside the nonstop pressure campaign by Trump allies to get election officials to revisit the 2020 vote”

December 22, 2021, 7:22 pmelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: More than a year after Donald Trump lost the presidency, election officials across the country are facing a growing barrage of claims that the vote was not secure and demands to investigate or decertify the outcome, efforts… Continue reading

“19 states enacted voting restrictions in 2021. What’s next?”

December 21, 2021, 8:52 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Jane Timm for NBC News: State Republicans spent 2021 hunting for the widespread voter fraud that former President Donald Trump told his supporters cost him the election.They never found it. Still, the year was characterized by a wave of… Continue reading

“Texas AG Paxton’s $2.2M voter fraud unit closed three cases in Texas in 2021. GOP lawmakers still boosted its budget.”

December 17, 2021, 11:27 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Houston Chronicle: Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton has been one of former PresidentTexas PresidentDonald Trump’s most reliable allies in spreading the myth of widespread voter fraud,Donald particularly in the 2020 election, and frequently boasts that few states are… Continue reading

NYT Deep Dive: “Meadows and the Band of Loyalists: How They Fought to Keep Trump in Power”

December 15, 2021, 6:05 pmchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Must-read with the subhead: “A small circle of Republican lawmakers, working closely with President Donald J. Trump’s chief of staff, took on an outsize role in pressuring the Justice Department, amplifying conspiracy theories and flooding the courts in an… Continue reading

“The military-intelligence veterans who helped lead Trump’s campaign of disinformation”

December 15, 2021, 10:32 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Reuters: During the Afghan and Iraq wars, the careers of two military officers often intersected. Army General Michael Flynn and an Army Reserve colonel named Phil Waldron worked together on secret projects in both countries, Waldron said. When Flynn was… Continue reading

Must-Read: “Far too little vote fraud to tip election to Trump, AP finds”

December 14, 2021, 1:11 pmchicanery, election administration, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

AP: An Associated Press review of every potential case of voter fraud in the six battleground states disputed by former President Donald Trump has found fewer than 475 — a number that would have made no difference in the 2020… Continue reading

“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