Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad

“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

TPM: von Spakovsky Involved with Group That Originated Crazy Conspiracy Theory that Italian Defense Contractor Changed Votes from Trump to Biden (via Satellite!) During 2020 Election

June 19, 2021, 8:53 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Josh Kovensky for TPM: For those ready to believe that President Trump really won re-election, there’s one particularly fantastical conspiracy theory to hang your hat on.It’s called ItalyGate, and it offers a simple, direct, and especially implausible claim: An Italian… Continue reading

Before Texas Filed in Supreme Court in Trump Election Case Kris Kobach Pushed Louisiana to File to Overturn Election Results Based on Absurd Legal Theories and Weak Evidence (via TPM Exclusive)

June 18, 2021, 11:22 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Big Tierney Sneed report for TPM: Before Texas filed a lawsuit that asked the Supreme Court to block President Biden’s win in four battleground states, a draft of the petition was circulated to the Louisiana attorney general’s office.The template… Continue reading

“Arizona voting data taken to so-called ‘lab’ in remote Montana”

June 17, 2021, 12:53 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Bonkers CNN report.

The Republican “Triangle of Doom”

June 17, 2021, 12:45 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Smart Andy Kroll piece: Over the winter and spring, I spoke to half a dozen moderate Republican members and anti-Trump GOP operatives to understand what had happened. One of them was Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), an outspoken leader of… Continue reading

“Republican governors’ misleading spin on new voting restrictions”

June 17, 2021, 7:48 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo fact checker.

“‘Pure Insanity’: How Trump and His Allies Pressured the Justice Department to Help Overturn the Election”

June 16, 2021, 1:53 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo deep dive.

“New emails detail Trump’s efforts to have Justice Department take up his false election-fraud claims”

June 16, 2021, 7:14 amchicanery, Department of Justice, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: President Donald Trump’s staff began sending emails to Jeffrey Rosen, the No. 2 official at the Justice Department, asking him to embrace Trump’s claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election at least 10 days before Rosen assumed the… Continue reading

California: “Federal judge tosses local lawsuit that echoed Trump claims of election fraud; Judge scolds GOP group and several failed congressional candidates for ‘undermining’ election confidence.” (Includes link to opinion)

June 16, 2021, 7:11 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

OC Register: A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed with prejudice a lawsuit filed by California Republicans that echoed false allegations made by former President Donald Trump about the validity of the 2020 election.The lawsuit, filed in January by a conservative… Continue reading

Ludicrous, Audacious, and Incredibly Dangerous: Read the Draft “Bill of Complaint” That President Trump Pressured the Department of Justice to File to Steal and Overturn the 2020 Presidential Election

June 15, 2021, 8:31 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

It begins on page 33 of these documents released by the House Oversight Committee. It’s very similar to the dangerous, awful brief filed by Texas in the Supreme Court that was summarily rejected by the Court. Yes it cites debunked… Continue reading

“Get Ready for the Shitstorm That Will Follow the Arizona ‘Recount'”

June 15, 2021, 6:54 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Tim Miller for The Bulwark: Sometime soon the results of the Arizona audit will be brought forth. It seems quite likely, given the participants, that the auditor ninjas will claim that Donald Trump won Arizona. Or probably won Arizona—who can… Continue reading

“Trump is doing more lying about the election than talking about any other subject”

June 13, 2021, 8:13 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Daniel Dale for CNN: Since his presidency ended, Donald Trump has issued more statements lying about the 2020 election than statements talking about any other subject.Banned from Twitter since early January, Trump has communicated his post-presidency musings in written… Continue reading

“Tensions Flare Among Arizona Republicans Over Discredited ‘Fraudit’”

June 13, 2021, 8:04 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Steven Rosenfeld: The same split that is dividing Republicans nationally, whether to embrace or reject the fiction that the 2020 presidential election was illegitimate, is now reverberating backstage at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Arizona, where pro-Trump contractors are leading… Continue reading