Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad

“A novel defense in Trump’s Georgia case: The 2020 election really was stolen”

November 3, 2023, 11:59 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: Lawyers for one of those defendants, Harrison Floyd, appeared in court Friday morning to argue that their client is entitled to thousands of pages of election records from Fulton County and the Georgia secretary of state. “They opened… Continue reading

“Judge finds Eastman culpable for ethics breaches in 2020 bid to keep Trump in power”

November 3, 2023, 7:42 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Politico: A California judge made a “preliminary finding” Thursday that attorney John Eastman breached professional ethics when he aided Donald Trump’s bid to overturn the 2020 election, a significant milestone in the lengthy proceedings over whether Eastman should lose his… Continue reading

Jenna Ellis Pleads Guilty in Georgia to 2020 Attempted Election Subversion

October 24, 2023, 7:17 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Attorney Jenna Ellis on Tuesday became the fourth defendant in the Fulton County election interference case to strike a deal with prosecutors. In exchange for her cooperation, Ellis pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and abetting… Continue reading

“Conservative Election Activists Use Virginia as a Dry Run for 2024”

October 11, 2023, 7:50 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: In 2021, after Republican victories in Virginia, conservative activists were so proud of their work training poll watchers, recruiting election workers and making other attempts to subtly influence the voting system that they wrote a memo called “The Virginia … Continue reading

John Eastman, in Fundraising Email, Continues to Claim “election illegality and fraud” in the 2020 Election

October 5, 2023, 3:06 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Here’s a screenshot:

“Kari Lake Files to Run for Kyrsten Sinema’s Senate Seat in Arizona”

October 4, 2023, 7:09 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: Kari Lake, the Republican former news anchor who refused to acknowledge her loss in the Arizona governor’s race last year, filed paperwork on Tuesday to run for Senate, setting up what is expected to be one of the most… Continue reading

“Inside Mike Lindell’s ‘plan’ to sound false cyber-attack alarms at local polls”

October 3, 2023, 4:41 pmfraudulent fraud squad, voting technologyRick Hasen

Steven Rosenfeld: Lindell’s quest is decidedly quixotic, beyond the fringe to some, particularly in light of outsized voting-fraud claims made by right-wing election vigilantes, such as True the Vote, that have consistently withered under scrutiny and failed to materialize around… Continue reading

“How DeSantis Played Both Sides of the G.O.P. Rift Over the 2020 Election”

September 19, 2023, 7:51 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: It resembled a political rally more than a news conference. In November 2021, exactly one year after Donald J. Trump lost the presidential election to Joseph R. Biden Jr., Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida spoke to a raucous crowd… Continue reading

Sounds Like Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Gableman’s Testimony at John Eastman’s California Disbarment Trial Did Not Go Well

September 13, 2023, 3:27 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

LA Times: Cross-examining Gableman last week in Eastman’s trial, Duncan Carling, an attorney representing the California State Bar, asked Gableman if there had been any successful legal challenges to the CTCL grants. “Not yet,” Gableman replied. Was he aware of… Continue reading

“A New Antidemocracy Tool; EagleAI is the latest effort by election deniers to use the upkeep of voter rolls as a vehicle to disenfranchise voters and spread disinformation.”

September 5, 2023, 3:38 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Brennan Center: Some of the nation’s preeminent election deniers have launched EagleAI NETwork, a new project that could undermine voting rights and elections. Its key supporters include Georgia serial voter registration challenger Jason Frazier and former President Trump lawyer… Continue reading

“Judge rules for Fulton election workers in Giuliani defamation lawsuit”

August 31, 2023, 7:00 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

AJC: A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that Rudy Giuliani is liable in a defamation lawsuit brought by two former Fulton County election workers. In her 57-page order, U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell issued a default judgment against the former… Continue reading

“How Trump’s Election Lies Left the Michigan G.O.P. Broken and Battered”

August 29, 2023, 6:59 amfraudulent fraud squad, political partiesRick Hasen

NYT: The Michigan Republican Party is starving for cash. A group of prominent activists — including a former statewide candidate — was hit this month with felony charges connected to a bizarre plot to hijack election machines. And in the… Continue reading

“RNC launches ‘Bank your Vote’ ad blitz ahead of debate to push Republicans to vote early in 2024 elections”

August 23, 2023, 10:22 amabsentee ballots, election administration, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Quite notable from Fox News: The Republican National Committee says it’s going “all in” ahead of Wednesday’s first GOP presidential nomination debate to encourage voters to turn in ballots early. The recently-launched “Bank Your Vote” campaign seeks to motivate pre-Election… Continue reading

“Trump and his allies double down on election lies after indictments for trying to undo 2020 results”

August 21, 2023, 10:05 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

AP: A federal indictment and one in Georgia charging Donald Trump with lying about the 2020 election to overturn President Joe Biden’s win have done nothing to slow the geyser of election falsehoods flowing from the former president and his… Continue reading