Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad

“Arizona ballot audit shows signs of backfiring on GOP”

June 29, 2021, 10:50 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Marc Caputo for Politico: When Arizona Republicans first pushed for a partisan audit of the 2020 presidential ballots cast in the Phoenix metropolitan area, they argued that they needed to know if any irregularities or fraud caused President Trump to… Continue reading

Arizona: “Audit leader Doug Logan appears in conspiracy theorist election film”

June 28, 2021, 8:35 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Arizona Mirror: The CEO of a Florida-based firm chosen to conduct the review of Maricopa County’s election results appeared in a conspiracy theorist film riddled with falsehoods about the 2020 election and directed by a man whose previous work claimed … Continue reading

“As Arizona Wraps Up Hand Count of 2020 Ballots, New Questions About Accuracy Arise”

June 26, 2021, 12:05 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Steven Rosenfeld reports.

“Georgia judge dismisses most of lawsuit that alleged fraudulent absentee ballots in Fulton County”

June 25, 2021, 7:06 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: A Georgia judge on Thursday dismissed most of a lawsuit that alleged there were fraudulent mail-in ballots in Fulton County from the 2020 presidential election, dealing a potential blow to a group of local voters that has pushed to… Continue reading

“Judge Appears Skeptical Over Efforts to Dismiss Dominion Suit”

June 25, 2021, 6:57 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

AP: A federal judge on Thursday appeared skeptical of arguments to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems over baseless 2020 election claims made by Trump allies Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani and the MyPillow Guy.The voting system company… Continue reading

“Pence, Diverging From Trump, Says He Was ‘Proud’ to Certify Election”

June 25, 2021, 6:51 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: Former Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday night made his most forceful attempt yet to separate himself from his former boss, Donald J. Trump, on the issue of certifying the 2020 election results.Speaking at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library… Continue reading

“Inside the ‘shadow reality world’ promoting the lie that the presidential election was stolen”

June 25, 2021, 6:45 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: The slickly produced movie trailer, set to ominous music, cuts from scenes of the 2020 election to clips of allies of former president Donald Trump describing a vast conspiracy to steal the White House.“The Deep Rig,” a film financed… Continue reading

“Giuliani suspended from New York bar; Court ruling cites the former mayor’s ‘false and misleading’ statements on behalf of Trump about 2020 election.”

June 24, 2021, 9:55 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Politico: A New York court has suspended then-President Donald Trump’s most prominent attorney, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, from the practice of law in that state over Giuliani’s claims of rampant fraud during the 2020 presidential election.“We conclude that… Continue reading

“GOP investigation finds no Michigan vote fraud, deems many claims ‘ludicrous’”

June 23, 2021, 7:13 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Bridge Michigan: A months-long Republican investigation into Michigan’s 2020 election uncovered no evidence of widespread fraud and concluded Wednesday with a recommendation the attorney general investigate those who made false claims for “personal gain.” The 35-page report prepared by Sen.… Continue reading

“Report on the Cyber Ninjas Review of the 2020 Presidential and U.S. Senatorial Elections in Maricopa County, Arizona”

June 22, 2021, 9:59 amchicanery, election administration, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

States United Democracy Center: The report is co-authored by two eminent election experts former Kentucky GOP Secretary of State Trey Grayson and Dr. Barry C. Burden of the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The report takes… Continue reading

Must-read: “‘Italygate’ election conspiracy theory was pushed by two firms led by woman who also falsely claimed $30 million mansion was hers”

June 21, 2021, 6:46 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Another crazy, grifty, report on the 2020 election conspiracies, this one from WaPo: Late last December, as President Donald Trump pressed senior officials to find proof of election fraud, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows emailed acting attorney general… Continue reading

“As Missouri Senate contenders peddle conspiracies, what’s the damage to democracy?”

June 21, 2021, 6:36 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

KC Star: One Republican candidate in Missouri’s Senate race skipped the state party’s annual convention last week and traveled instead to Arizona, where he toured the site of a discredited 2020 election audit and falsely claimed it could lead to… Continue reading

“Convention circuit of delusion gives forum for election lies”

June 19, 2021, 9:08 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

AP: For a few hours last weekend, thousands of Donald Trump’s supporters came together in a field under the blazing Wisconsin sun to live in an alternate reality where the former president was still in office — or would… Continue reading

“Key Pennsylvania state senator backs Arizona-style election audit”

June 19, 2021, 8:57 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Spotlight PA: The Pennsylvania state senator in charge of a key election committee is backing an audit of the November presidential contest similar to Arizona’s partisan ballot review, four days after former President Donald Trump called him out and claimed… Continue reading