Category Archives: fraudulent fraud squad

“Inside the Movement Behind Trump’s Election Lies” (NYT Has 400 Hours of Cleta Mitchell Zoom Calls)

October 28, 2024, 7:07 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: In the aftermath of Donald J. Trump’s defeat in 2020, one of his election lawyers set out to keep the lies about his loss alive. The lawyer, a well-connected conservative named Cleta Mitchell, knit together grass-roots activists, Republican lawyers,… Continue reading

“Far-Right Figures Escalate Talk of Retribution and Election Subversion”

October 27, 2024, 2:59 pmchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: In the weeks after the 2020 election, retired Gen. Michael T. Flynn, Donald J. Trump’s former national security adviser, was a key figure in efforts to subvert the election outcome. In recent interviews and speeches, he and an associate… Continue reading

“GOP focus on rare noncitizen voting may continue long after Election Day”

October 27, 2024, 2:56 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Patrick Marley for WaPo: Noncitizen voting is exceedingly rare, research has shown, but Trump and his allies have found that focusing on the issue energizes their supporters by tying together topics that have long animated their base: illegal immigration… Continue reading

“Elon Musk’s X is boosting election conspiracy theories with AI-powered trending topics”

October 27, 2024, 8:39 amcheap speech, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

David Ingram for NBC News: Elon Musk’s social media app X is supercharging the spread of voter-fraud conspiracy theories with the help of artificial intelligence, boosting unfounded claims including two personal smears against Vice President Kamala Harris. The dubious content… Continue reading

“Meet the Pennsylvania nuns falsely accused of voter fraud”

October 25, 2024, 8:24 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

CNN: For a Republican canvasser going door-to-door to get out the vote in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, the address on East Lake Road in Erie must have seemed like Heaven-sent evidence of the sort of widespread voter fraud many… Continue reading

“In High-Stakes Pennsylvania, Local Officials Have a Big Hand in Voting Rules”

October 25, 2024, 7:45 amelection administration, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: Compared with most other states, Pennsylvania gives county commissioners more discretion when it comes to the details of the voting process — how to deal with different methods of writing the date on mail-in ballot envelopes, whether to let… Continue reading

“‘Big lie’ 2.0: How Trump’s false claims about noncitizens voting lay the groundwork to undermine the election”

October 25, 2024, 7:43 amfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Brandy Zadrozny for NBC News: The “big lie” of the 2024 election is being workshopped on Webex. In tiny boxes, hundreds of people, most of them white, meet weekly in online video conferences to share specious evidence of a problem… Continue reading

“The Army of Election Officials Ready to Reject the Vote”

October 25, 2024, 7:38 amelection administration, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Deep dive by Jim Rutenberg for NYT Magazine: Much of that work would be done by Cleta Mitchell, a Republican lawyer who assisted Trump’s efforts in Georgia after the 2020 election and was on the phone call on Jan.… Continue reading

Tom Cotton Wrongly Claims DOJ Selectively Going after Musk, Wrongly Claiming that RuPaul Contest and Michele Obama Sweepstakes Violate the Same Federal Law Against Vote Buying (They Don’t)

October 24, 2024, 2:23 pmfraudulent fraud squad, vote buyingRick Hasen

Senator Tom Cotton claims DOJ is engaged in targeting those on the right by going after Elon Musk’s PAC for vote buying with his contest that requires voter registation. He argues that RuPaul and Michele Obama both are running contests… Continue reading

“New Issue One investigation illuminates connections, secretive donors behind groups pushing false election-related narratives”

October 24, 2024, 7:52 amcampaign finance, chicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Release: In recent months, a network known as the “Only Citizens Vote Coalition” — which counts more than 80 organizations as members — has been amplifying the biggest myth circulating this election, that large numbers of noncitizens are going to… Continue reading

“Trump’s Allies Revive Debunked Voting Machine Theories”

October 23, 2024, 4:00 pmfraudulent fraud squad, voting technologyRick Hasen

NYT: It has been nearly four years since a parade of judges dismissed wild claims from Donald J. Trump and his associates about hacked election machines and a year and a half since a leading machine company obtained a $787.5… Continue reading

“The Secretive Billionaire Network Funding ‘Stop the Steal’ 2.0”

October 23, 2024, 10:19 amelection subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WSJ deep dive: When Donald Trump refused to concede the 2020 election, he and his allies led a chaotic effort to overturn the results, spreading conspiracy theories, filing dozens of unsuccessful lawsuits and encouraging “Stop the Steal” protests… Continue reading

“Wisconsin’s Blue Cities Brace for Another Onslaught of ‘Stolen Election’ Accusations; Wisconsin state lawmakers failed to pass key changes officials say could have helped dispel misinformation and lies about the election.”

October 23, 2024, 7:08 amelection administration, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Notus: Little has changed in Wisconsin to facilitate a faster vote count since 2020, and election leaders in the state’s biggest and bluest cities — where ballots take the longest to count — are bracing for another onslaught of attacks.… Continue reading

“Over 230 Republican candidates have cast doubt on the 2024 election”

October 23, 2024, 6:46 amchicanery, election subversion risk, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

WaPo: Nearly half of Republican candidates for Congress or top state offices have used social media to cast doubt on the integrity of the 2024 election, according to a Washington Post analysis, highlighting a pervasive effort within the GOP to… Continue reading