Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad

Cleta Mitchell Helped Set Up Escrow Account to Funnel $1 Million to Support Sham Arizona Audit

September 3, 2021, 4:04 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Arizona Republic: A prominent Republican attorney who advised President Donald Trump as he tried to overturn the 2020 election helped set up an escrow account to funnel money to companies working on the Arizona election audit.Cleta Mitchell’s role came to… Continue reading

5th Circuit Panel Upholds Attorneys Fees for Plaintiffs in Texas Voter ID Case, Judge Ho Concurs Separately in His Own Majority Opinion to Rail Against Earlier 5th Circuit Decision Finding Texas Voter ID Law Discriminatory

September 3, 2021, 10:48 amfraudulent fraud squad, voter idRick Hasen

Totally gratuitous opinion not only citing fraudulent fraud squad member John Fund but also saying that Texas can’t have engaged in racial discrimination in passing a voter id law knowing of its disparate impact on minority voters because the Carter-Baker… Continue reading

“Heeding Steve Bannon’s Call, Election Deniers Organize to Seize Control of the GOP — and Reshape America’s Elections”

September 2, 2021, 8:11 amchicanery, election administration, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

ProPublica: One of the loudest voices urging Donald Trump’s supporters to push for overturning the presidential election results was Steve Bannon. “We’re on the point of attack,” Bannon, a former Trump adviser and far-right nationalist, pledged on his popular podcast… Continue reading

“The Legal Minds Who Tried to Overturn the Election for Trump Are Being Welcomed Back Into Polite Society”

September 1, 2021, 7:18 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

I have written this piece at Slate: Though it hasn’t received the attention it deserves, courage from Republican election officials and leaders helped save this country from a total election meltdown in 2020 based on lies about voter fraud from… Continue reading

“Republican bill tightening Texas election laws is headed to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk”

August 31, 2021, 4:56 pmelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Texas Tribune: A wave of changes to Texas elections, including new voting restrictions, is headed to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk.Three months after House Democrats first broke quorum to stymie a previous iteration of the legislation, Republicans in the House… Continue reading

“Election-fraud conspiracy theorist Sidney Powell pressed by Australian reporter: ‘Do you ever hear yourself and think that it sounds ridiculous?'”

August 31, 2021, 7:58 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Business Insider reports.

“Rep. Cawthorn talks of ‘bloodshed’ over future elections as he pushes voting lies”

August 31, 2021, 7:36 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

CNN: Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn on Sunday suggested there could be “bloodshed” over future elections as he pushed false claims about election security and voter fraud.Speaking at a North Carolina county GOP event, Cawthorn repeated the lie about US… Continue reading

“MAGA Election Clerk Tina Peters Accused of Not Counting Ballots in Local Races”

August 29, 2021, 2:14 pmelection administration, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Daily Beast: Seated onstage at the most-hyped election conspiracy event of the year, the clerk of Mesa County, Colorado, Tina Peters, described herself as a crusader for election security.“I’ve looked at it objectively,” Peters said of supposed issues in election… Continue reading

“Legal experts welcome sanctions of pro-Trump lawyers, say more needed”

August 28, 2021, 2:30 pmelection law biz, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

John Kruzel: Attorneys behind some of the dubious litigation over former President Trump’s 2020 election loss were sanctioned this week by a federal judge in a move that was welcomed by legal ethics experts.More disciplinary steps are needed to… Continue reading

Wisconsin: “GOP prepared to spend $680,000, issue subpoenas in hunt for election fraud, Reince Preibus says”

August 26, 2021, 10:50 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Madison.com: Republican lawmakers are prepared to spend up to $680,000 on their ongoing review of the November presidential election and will issue subpoenas in the next week or two, according to former Wisconsin and national Republican Party chair Reince Priebus.Also… Continue reading

“The Cybersecurity 202: Election officials are tearing into the Maricopa County audit”

August 26, 2021, 10:49 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: Election administrators from both parties are making their case that the audit of the 2020 election results in Maricopa County, Ariz., was partisan and ham-handed, even before it’s released.They’re hoping to halt the momentum for efforts at similar audits… Continue reading

Court Orders Sanctions and Suggests Possible Disbarment for Bogus “Kraken” Lawsuit By Sidney Powell, Lin Woods and Others Aimed at Overturning 2020 Presidential Results from Michigan

August 25, 2021, 3:10 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

This seems right to me. More thoughts from me in this Twitter thread.

“Top Pa. GOP lawmaker says hearings will begin this week to start ‘forensic investigation’ of 2020 election”

August 24, 2021, 6:57 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Philly Inquirer: Almost 10 months after the presidential election, the Pennsylvania Senate will open hearings this week as it launches a “forensic investigation,” the top Republican senator said Monday.Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman (R., Centre) said lawmakers will seek… Continue reading

“He Was the ‘Perfect Villain’ for Voting Conspiracists”

August 24, 2021, 3:33 pmelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, voting technologyRick Hasen

NYT Magazine deep dive: Eric Coomer had an election-security job at Dominion Voting Systems. He also had posted anti-Trump messages on Facebook. What happened next ruined his life.

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