Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad
“Rep. Cawthorn talks of ‘bloodshed’ over future elections as he pushes voting lies”
CNN:
Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn on Sunday suggested there could be “bloodshed” over future elections as he pushed false claims about election security and voter fraud.Speaking at a North Carolina county GOP event, Cawthorn repeated the lie about US… Continue reading
“MAGA Election Clerk Tina Peters Accused of Not Counting Ballots in Local Races”
Daily Beast:
Seated onstage at the most-hyped election conspiracy event of the year, the clerk of Mesa County, Colorado, Tina Peters, described herself as a crusader for election security.“I’ve looked at it objectively,” Peters said of supposed issues in election… Continue reading
“Legal experts welcome sanctions of pro-Trump lawyers, say more needed”
John Kruzel:
Attorneys behind some of the dubious litigation over former President Trump’s 2020 election loss were sanctioned this week by a federal judge in a move that was welcomed by legal ethics experts.More disciplinary steps are needed to… Continue reading
Wisconsin: “GOP prepared to spend $680,000, issue subpoenas in hunt for election fraud, Reince Preibus says”
Madison.com:
Republican lawmakers are prepared to spend up to $680,000 on their ongoing review of the November presidential election and will issue subpoenas in the next week or two, according to former Wisconsin and national Republican Party chair Reince Priebus.Also… Continue reading
“The Cybersecurity 202: Election officials are tearing into the Maricopa County audit”
WaPo:
Election administrators from both parties are making their case that the audit of the 2020 election results in Maricopa County, Ariz., was partisan and ham-handed, even before it’s released.They’re hoping to halt the momentum for efforts at similar audits… Continue reading
Court Orders Sanctions and Suggests Possible Disbarment for Bogus “Kraken” Lawsuit By Sidney Powell, Lin Woods and Others Aimed at Overturning 2020 Presidential Results from Michigan
“Top Pa. GOP lawmaker says hearings will begin this week to start ‘forensic investigation’ of 2020 election”
Philly Inquirer:
Almost 10 months after the presidential election, the Pennsylvania Senate will open hearings this week as it launches a “forensic investigation,” the top Republican senator said Monday.Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman (R., Centre) said lawmakers will seek… Continue reading
“He Was the ‘Perfect Villain’ for Voting Conspiracists”
NYT Magazine deep dive:
Eric Coomer had an election-security job at Dominion Voting Systems. He also had posted anti-Trump messages on Facebook. What happened next ruined his life.
“Twitter blocked and labeled Donald Trump’s tweets on election fraud. They spread anyway.”
USA Today:
Twitter blocked and labeled some Donald Trump’s claims of election fraud in the run-up and aftermath of the 2020 presidential election.The tweets spread on and off Twitter anyway.That’s according to a new study from New York University… Continue reading
“A Covid outbreak delays a draft report on Arizona Republicans’ widely criticized election review.”
NYT:
A draft report on a much-ridiculed review of the 2020 election results in Arizona’s largest county has been delayed by a Covid-19 outbreak on the team preparing the analysis, the Republican president of the Arizona State Senate said on… Continue reading
Alabama: “After boos at Trump rally, Brooks vows to fight ‘Socialist Democrat voter fraud’”
AL.com:
After getting booed at a Donald Trump rally for suggesting that supporters put the 2020 election behind them, U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks has made it a point to reassert claims that fraud robbed Trump of re-election.Trump drew an energetic… Continue reading
“MPD fully activates department ahead of planned ‘Justice for J6’ protest on Sept. 18”
WUSA:
In a flash notice sent to all officers and members of the department Thursday, Metropolitan Police activated the entire force and postponed vacation days, in anticipation of a Sept. 18 protest organized by supporters of Jan. 6 defendants.The rally,… Continue reading
Bonkers and Dangerous: Mike Lindell Says Trump Will Be Back in Power in 2021, Perhaps With Help from the Supreme Court
Watch:
After missing his August 13th deadline for a Trump re-installment, Mike Lindell says that Trump will still be back in office by the end of 2021. pic.twitter.com/5HDA7xItfQ— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) August 21, 2021
MORE at Salon. (h/t Brian … Continue reading