Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad

“Trump declares that his voter-fraud conspiracy theory is ‘not a conspiracy theory”

April 6, 2018, 8:14 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

The Fix: “They always like to say, ‘Oh, that’s a conspiracy theory!’ ” [Trump] continued. “Not a conspiracy theory, folks. Millions and millions of people, and it’s very hard because the state guards their records. They don’t want to see… Continue reading

“ACLU: No ‘lawyer trick’ needed to spurn Kobach claims of voter fraud”

March 26, 2018, 7:22 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Sherman Smith in the Topeka Capital-Journal: Dale Ho’s mic drop flourish with a key witness for Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach made for one of the most memorable moments in a trial over the state’s voter registration law. But… Continue reading

“Dunlap offers unflattering account of Trump’s voter fraud commission”

March 21, 2018, 8:31 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Ellsworth-American: The whole affair began when he received a call from Kobach asking if he’d join the commission. At first, he said, he had no intention to help. But friends and colleagues advised him that he could play a regulating… Continue reading

“Trump’s claims of voter fraud are on trial in Kansas and Kris Kobach is losing”

March 21, 2018, 8:28 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Daniel Nachanian oped for NBC Think.

“Federal judge scolds Kobach for violating her trust at contempt hearing”

March 21, 2018, 8:01 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

KC Star: Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach could be facing a contempt order from a federal court after a judge on Tuesday tore into the Kansas Republican about repeatedly skirting her orders. U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson chastised Kobach,… Continue reading

“Kansas voting trial over. One more court day, a contempt hearing, ahead for Kobach”

March 19, 2018, 9:16 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Bryan Lowry for the KC Star: A federal judge will decide whether thousands can vote in Kansas this fall after the conclusion of a two-week trial that saw a leading candidate for governor scolded and scrutinized. Kansas Secretary of State… Continue reading

Redacted Kobach Deposition Transcript and von Spakovsky Cross Examination Transcript Now Available, Includes Discussion of False Claim of Somali American Voter Fraud

March 19, 2018, 7:31 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

This trial is going to go down in the history books. It is the first time the Fraudulent Fraud Squad’s spurious claims of massive voter fraud literally have been put to trial and cross examination. It is not going well… Continue reading

“Kris Kobach’s Voting Sham Gets Exposed in Court”

March 18, 2018, 5:24 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Lead Sunday NYT editorial.

“The ‘Voter Fraud’ Myth Is Just Embarrassing at This Point”

March 14, 2018, 8:06 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Charles Pierce on the Kobach-ACLU trial.

“Kobach witness can’t support claim that illegal votes helped Hillary Clinton”

March 14, 2018, 9:36 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

CJ Online: Jesse Richman endured a blistering critique Tuesday of his estimate of 18,000 noncitizen voters in Kansas and said he couldn’t support claims by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach that Hillary Clinton won the popular vote because more… Continue reading

Released Emails Show Coordination Between DOJ and Pence-Kobach Fraud Commission over Voter Fraud Allegations, with Communications Between John Gore and EAC’s Christy McCormick

March 14, 2018, 9:13 amelection administration, Election Assistance Commission, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

TPM: The chair of the Republican Party in Chicago last year passed on allegations of voter fraud to a member of President Trump’s now-defunct voter fraud commission, using a top Justice Department official as intermediary, newly released emails reveal. The… Continue reading

“‘Incredible and offensive’: Retired attorney feels sorry for Kobach team in voter fraud trial”

March 13, 2018, 8:36 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

The Topeka Capital Journal reports.

“Claims Of Leading Voter Fraud Alarmist Picked Apart In Kansas Trial”

March 12, 2018, 9:36 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

TPM: A prominent voter fraud alarmist who had prepared a report defending Kansas’ proof-of-citizenship law admitted in testimony Friday that he did not investigate the circumstances surrounding the registrations of a handful of non-citizens that were central to his allegations.… Continue reading