Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad

The Grassroots Spread of Election Denial Claims

July 5, 2022, 4:01 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squad, UncategorizedDan Tokaji

NPR has a great report on how false claims that the 2020 election was stolen are (still) being spread nationwide: Instead of trickling down from former President Donald Trump’s Twitter account, the movement has gone grassroots, with election denial influencers… Continue reading

“Trump campaign documents give inside look at fake-elector plan”

June 20, 2022, 7:13 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: At the time, the gatherings seemed a slapdash, desperate attempt to mimic President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede.But internal campaign emails and memos revealthat the convening of the fake electors appeared to be a much more concerted strategy, intended… Continue reading

“Texas Republicans Approve Far-Right Platform Declaring Biden’s Election Illegitimate”

June 20, 2022, 7:07 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: The Republican Party in Texas made a series of far-right declarations as part of its official party platform over the weekend, claiming that President Biden was not legitimately elected, issuing a “rebuke” to Senator John Cornyn for… Continue reading

Watch My Appearance on the PBS News Hour: “Republican plans to use political operatives as poll workers alarm voting rights activists”

June 2, 2022, 7:11 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

You can watch or read the transcript at this link.

NYT on “2000 Mules”/True the Vote Nonsense; Come for the Part Where Greg Phillip Says His Method to Track Supposed Voter Fraud is a “Trade Secret”; Stay for the Von Spakovsky Lie About Federal Law and Ballot Collection

May 30, 2022, 3:38 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: The film, directed by the conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza, is based in part on an erroneous premise: that getting paid to deliver other people’s ballots is illegal not just in states like Pennsylvania and Georgia where True the Vote… Continue reading

NYT: Federal Grand Jury Looking at Trump Lawyers Eastman, Giuliani, Ellis in Connection with Fake Electors Scheme

May 25, 2022, 10:49 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: The Justice Department has stepped up its criminal investigation into the creation of alternate slates of pro-Trump electors seeking to overturn Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s victory in the 2020 election, with a particular focus on a team of… Continue reading

David Purdue Won’t Commit to Accepting Tonight’s Election Results

May 24, 2022, 6:42 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

And it went downhill from there according to AJC’s “The Jolt:” His final major campaign stop before Tuesday’s primary was not a mega-rally in exurban Georgia or a gathering with his closest friends and supporters in his middle… Continue reading

As Two Republican U.S. Senate Candidates Anticipate a Recount in Razor-Thin Race, Neither Attacked the Legitimacy of the Vote Counting or the Ballots

May 23, 2022, 2:39 pmfraudulent fraud squad, recountsRick Hasen

This is what happens in a very close race but one that does not pit a Republican against a Democrat: The legal fight for every single vote in Pennsylvania’s Republican Senate primary has begun.Armies of attorneys representing David McCormick… Continue reading

“‘Audit’ records show Cyber Ninjas went deep into debt, despite pro-Trump donations”

May 11, 2022, 3:57 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

AZ Mirror: Newly released documents by the watchdog group American Oversight show that the Arizona Senate’s partisan review of the 2020 presidential election in Maricopa County went over its proposed budget and spent more money than it had available… Continue reading

Occam’s razor and election fraud

May 10, 2022, 2:54 pmfraudulent fraud squadDerek Muller

I’m hardly the first to think about the relationship between Occam’s razor and election fraud. But a recent movie release has prompted a lot of 2020 claims to resurface (again). As I explained to the Associated Press: There’s no… Continue reading

“GOP donor described botched vote fraud probe in recording, prosecutors say”

May 6, 2022, 6:14 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: On Oct. 17, 2020, influential GOP donor Steven F. Hotze made an urgent request during a phone call with a top federal prosecutor in Texas, according to a court filing Fridayby the Houston district attorney’s office.Hotze claimed that private… Continue reading

Trump Records Robocall in Georgia Secretary of State Race Supporting Candidate Who Parrots Trump’s False Claim of a Stolen 2020 Election

May 6, 2022, 7:20 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

AJC: In a new and rambling robocall this week for U.S. Rep. Jody Hice that we got our hands on, the former president goes on for more than a minute and a half, talking about himself, repeating disproven election… Continue reading

“Watch the birth of a right-wing term of art: ‘Ballot trafficking’

May 5, 2022, 12:33 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Philip Bump for WaPo: Before we explore the ascent of this phrase, we should dispatch with its implications, as I dispatched with your assumptions that my father was some sort of hardened criminal. Even if True the Vote’s… Continue reading

“Republican election-deniers elevate races for secretary of state”

May 1, 2022, 7:33 pmelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

AP: States United Action, a nonpartisan advocacy organization co-founded by Whitman, has been tracking secretary of state races and identified nearly two dozen Republican candidates who deny the results of the 2020 presidential election.That includes John Adams, a former… Continue reading