Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad

“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

“The great capitulation of Trump’s voter fraud crusade”

April 13, 2021, 7:00 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Aaron Blake: The 2020 election is a case study in how unproved claims can be weaponized. For decades, former president Donald Trump’s party warned of significant voter fraud while successfully pushing policies such as voter ID. In 2016, Trump… Continue reading

“These Minnesotans didn’t know they challenged the election until months later”

April 13, 2021, 6:54 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Star-Tribune: The legal saga involving failed efforts to undo the 2020 election recorded an unusual new chapter recently in Ramsey County.For more than three months, at least one of several lawsuits contesting the election’s outcome in Minnesota carried the… Continue reading

“Polls show majority of Republicans mistakenly think the 2020 election wasn’t legitimate”

April 12, 2021, 8:35 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Harry Enten for CNN: Following every election from 2004 to 2016, the Pew Research Center queried voters on whether they were confident that the votes around the country were counted accurately.The voters for the losing candidate in those elections had… Continue reading

Trump Appears to Have a New Zuckerberg Variation in His Lies About the Election Being Stolen

April 12, 2021, 7:00 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Per the NYT: As donors and G.O.P. leaders looked on Saturday night, Mr. Trump quickly cast aside his prepared remarks and returned to his false claims that the election was stolen from him. He referenced “Zuckerberg” and $500 million… Continue reading

“The Truth About Georgia’s Voting Law”

April 8, 2021, 7:43 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Derek Thompson for The Atlantic: What can we honestly say about the new Georgia voting-rights law? The legislation is based on a craven conspiracy theory about 2020 voter fraud. It has drawn a barrage of criticism from Democrats, including the… Continue reading

“Georgia’s GOP lieutenant governor says Giuliani’s false fraud claims helped lead to restrictive voting law”

April 8, 2021, 7:31 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

CNN: A top Georgia Republican said Wednesday that Rudy Giuliani’s false claims of election fraud — which were presented before state lawmakers — created momentum for a package of voting rights restrictions that recently became state law.“This is really… Continue reading