Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad

“Ethics group demands investigation into vice chair of Trump’s election commission”

November 28, 2017, 11:04 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Washington Examiner: Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington on Tuesday asked the Justice Department to investigate whether Kris Kobach is improperly getting a financial benefit by serving as vice chairman of the Trump administration’s Presidential Advisory Commission on Election… Continue reading

“Kris Kobach Wants to Make It Harder to Vote Nationwide—But He’s Already Failing Back Home in Kansas”

November 28, 2017, 7:17 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Ari Berman for Mother Jones.

von Spakovsky and Adams Say Only Plausible Reason People Question Pence-Kobach Fraud Commission is Because They Want Voter Fraud and Mistakes to Happen

November 20, 2017, 8:07 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Washington Examiner: A wide range of interest groups – from academics, to faux-media outlets, to partisans, to foundations and the activist groups they fund – appear intent on trying to sabotage the work of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election… Continue reading

“Judge: Trump voter fraud commission on ice till next year”

November 20, 2017, 7:44 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Josh Gerstein: A commission that President Donald Trump tasked with investigating his own unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud won’t meet again this year, according to court records, fueling more questions about the panel’s future and its viability. In an… Continue reading

“Maine secretary of state steps up legal fight with Trump voter fraud panel”

November 20, 2017, 6:51 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

BDN: Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap is increasing the pressure on President Donald Trump’s election fraud commission to release documents he says have been withheld from him. Dunlap, who is a member of the president’s commission, announced Thursday that… Continue reading

“After Months Of Silence, A Blip Of Activity From Trump’s Voter Fraud Panel”

November 15, 2017, 3:20 pmelection administration, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Sam Levine for HuffPost: After over two months of silence, there was a blip of activity from President Donald Trump’s voter fraud commission this week when a commissioner sent an email requesting information on voter fraud prosecutions by the … Continue reading

Celeste Katz Interviews Dunlap, von Spakovsky and Adams about Dunlap’s Lawsuit Against Pence-Kobach Fraud Commission

November 14, 2017, 8:11 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Here.

Blockbuster from Gizmodo on Crosscheck: “Even a Novice Hacker Could Breach the Network Hosting Kris Kobach’s Bogus Voter Fraud Program”

November 9, 2017, 10:05 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Big from Gizmodo on Crosscheck: A program overseen by the head of President Trump’s so-called “election integrity” commission—which is now largely a tool for driving conspiracy theories about “massive voter fraud” in the United States—is placing the personal data of… Continue reading

J. Christian Adams, Members of Pence-Kobach Fraudulent Fraud Squad, Suggests von Spakovsky Was Right to Suggest Keeping Democrats Off Commission

November 9, 2017, 8:50 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Hans von Spakovsky, in a released email a while back, suggested that Pence-Kobach should keep all Democrats off the sham voting commission. Now, in light of news that Maine SOS Matt Dunlap, one of the few Democratic members of… Continue reading

Breaking: Maine SOS Dunlap, Democratic Member of Pence-Kobach Voter Fraud Commission, Sues Commission in Federal Court

November 9, 2017, 7:01 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Add to the many lawsuits against the sham voting commission this new complaint filed by one of its own members, Maine, Secretary of State Matt Dunlap. The law and good conscience require Secretary Dunlap to participate meaningfully in the work… Continue reading

“Trump’s voter fraud commission appears to have gone dark”

November 5, 2017, 8:31 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

USA Today reports.

New Yorker Radio Hour Interviews John Fund, Lori Minnite on Voter Fraud Myth

November 4, 2017, 6:31 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

David Remnick does a devastating interview with John Fund. Description: Donald Trump memorably claimed, without a shred of evidence, that millions of votes cast by undocumented immigrants had given Hillary Clinton the popular vote in the 2016 election. More circumspect… Continue reading

“Why has Kris Kobach’s voter fraud commission disappeared?”

November 1, 2017, 8:32 pmfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

KC Star editorial: Some may take solace in the commission’s quixotic search for non-existent evidence. Perhaps the commission is fading into well-deserved oblivion. We’re more worried. The commission’s lack of transparency and visible accomplishment could be a smoke-screen designed to… Continue reading