Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad

“For Republicans, fealty to Trump’s election falsehood becomes defining loyalty test”

May 3, 2021, 6:36 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: Debra Ell, a Republican organizer in Michigan and fervent supporter of former president Donald Trump, said she has good reason to believe the 2020 presidential election was stolen.“I think I speak for many people in that Trump has never… Continue reading

“Antifa fears, UV lights: What the group running Arizona GOP’s election audit tried to keep secret”

May 3, 2021, 6:26 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Jane Timm for NBC News: The private companies hired by Arizona Senate Republicans to recount millions of ballots from the 2020 election are concerned about possible Antifa attacks and planned to use UV lights to hunt for fraud, internal documents… Continue reading

“As Trump seizes on Arizona ballot audit, election officials fear partisan vote counts could be the norm in future elections”

April 29, 2021, 12:44 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: More than five months after the 2020 presidential election, and after numerous failed attempts to overturn the results, former president Donald Trump has seized on a new avenue to try to call the outcome into question: a hand recount… Continue reading

“‘Never heard of them’: Republicans hire ‘ninja’ firm for Arizona vote audit; Almost no one involved in GOP politics in Florida, where the company is headquartered, has a clue about the firm conducting the review.”

April 26, 2021, 5:42 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Marc Caputo for Politico.

“Cyber Ninjas, hired by Arizona Senate to recount Maricopa County’s ballots, asks court to keep its procedures secret”

April 26, 2021, 7:16 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Arizona Republic: Lawyers for Cyber Ninjas, the Florida-based company the Arizona Senate hired to lead a recount of Maricopa County’s 2.1 million general election ballots, are asking a judge to keep secret its procedures for the recount and shut… Continue reading

“Election conspiracies live on with audit by Arizona GOP”

April 25, 2021, 7:47 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

AP: Months after former President Donald Trump’s election defeat, legislative Republicans in Arizona are challenging the outcome as they embark on an unprecedented effort to audit the results in the state’s most populous county.The state Senate used its subpoena… Continue reading

“Fund-Raising Surged for Republicans Who Sought to Overturn the Election”

April 18, 2021, 7:55 pmcampaign finance, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: Republicans who were the most vocal in urging their followers to come to Washington on Jan. 6 to try to reverse President Donald J. Trump’s loss, pushing to overturn the election and stoking the grievances that prompted the… Continue reading

“One America News Network Stays True to Trump”

April 18, 2021, 7:50 pmcheap speech, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: Months after the inauguration of President Biden, One America News Network, a right-wing cable news channel available in some 35 million households, has continued to broadcast segments questioning the validity of the 2020 presidential election.“There’s still serious doubts about… Continue reading

Far Right Wing Bloggers Who Believe That Alabama SOS John Merrill Protected Voting Rights Too Much (!) and That He Allowed for Voter Fraud Outed Explicit Details of His Extra-Marital Affair

April 17, 2021, 4:13 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Quite a story: A former Spanish teacher in North Carolina, Noel Fritsch has in recent years built a career as a conservative operative with a history of involvement in Republican campaigns and far-right causes across the country.Described by a … Continue reading

2020 Election Conspiracist Lin Wood Says He’s Donated a Five-Figure Sum to Help Cover Cost of Sham Arizona Ballot Audit

April 16, 2021, 10:50 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Sigh.

“A cybersecurity expert who promoted claims of fraud in the 2020 election is leading the GOP-backed recount of millions of ballots in Arizona”

April 16, 2021, 7:18 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: The nearly 2.1 million ballots cast in Maricopa County, Ariz., last fall are currently packaged in 40 cardboard shrink-wrapped boxes and stacked on 45 pallets in a county facility in Phoenix known as “the vault,” due to its sophisticated… Continue reading

LOL

April 15, 2021, 10:21 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Von Spakovsky at hearing. https://twitter.com/JessicaHuseman/status/1382742368319799296

“How a Very Weird Quirk Might Let Michigan Republicans Limit Voting Rights”

April 13, 2021, 7:12 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: At first glance, the partisan battle over voting rights in Michigan appears similar to that of many other states: The Republican-led Legislature, spurred by former President Donald J. Trump’s lies about election fraud, has introduced a rash of proposals… Continue reading

“Nevada Republicans vote to censure SOS Cegavske over voter fraud allegations”

April 13, 2021, 7:05 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Nevada Independent: The Nevada Republican Party Central Committee has voted to censure the state’s GOP secretary of state, Barbara Cegavske, over claims that her office failed to do its job and “put the reliability of our elections in Nevada… Continue reading