Monthly Archives: January 2021

“Dominion Voting Systems threatens to sue Mike Lindell, MyPillow C.E.O., over false claims”

January 18, 2021, 12:28 pmfraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: Officials with Dominion Voting Systems has sent Mike Lindell, the C.E.O. of MyPillow, a legal letter warning of pending litigation over his baseless claims of widespread fraud involving their machines.“You have positioned yourself as a prominent leader of the… Continue reading

“Trump’s Census Director To Quit After Trying To Rush Out ‘Indefensible’ Report”

January 18, 2021, 12:25 pmcensus litigationRick Hasen

Hansi Lo Wang for NPR: The Trump-appointed director of the U.S. Census Bureau is stepping down close to a week after whistleblower complaints about his role in attempting to rush out an incomplete data report about noncitizens became public.In an… Continue reading

“FBI screens U.S. troops for possible insider threats ahead of inauguration”

January 18, 2021, 10:06 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo: U.S. defense officials say the federal government is conducting insider-threat screening on the 25,000 National Guard troops who have begun flowing into the nation’s capital to secure the inauguration, as concerns intensify about extremism in the ranks.The extra precaution… Continue reading

“‘A place to fund hope’: How Proud Boys and other fringe groups found refuge on a Christian fundraising website”

January 18, 2021, 10:04 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo: Henry “Enrique” Tarrio had already publicized his plans to participate in the Jan. 6 “Stop the Steal” rally. The 36-year-old Miami resident and national chairman of the Proud Boys posted on social media that he would direct small teams… Continue reading

“The Trump presidency was marked by battles over truth itself. Those aren’t over.”

January 18, 2021, 9:57 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo: President Trump stands as a singular figure in American history for his willingness to entertain conspiracy theories from the Oval Office, and none has been more damaging or far reaching than his unsubstantiated claim that the 2020 election was… Continue reading

“Why Rage Over the 2020 Election Could Last Well Past Trump: The vast majority of Americans do not approve of the riot at the Capitol; But experts warn that the widespread belief there was election fraud, while false, could have dangerous, lasting effects.”

January 18, 2021, 9:54 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

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“Region’s GOP elected officials persist in questioning legitimacy of Biden’s win”

January 18, 2021, 9:49 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo: Despite those second thoughts, LaRock remains firmly defiant about the election and its aftermath. He refuses to accept that President-elect Joe Biden’s win was legitimate, even though Trump’s claims of massive fraud lack evidence and have been rejected by… Continue reading

Jonathan Swan’s “Off the Rails” Series Describes How Dangerous and Bonkers Election Fraud Theories Swirled Around the President

January 18, 2021, 9:37 amchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

From Episode 3 of Axios’s must-read “Off the Rails” series: President Trump was sitting in the Oval Office one day in late November when a call came in from lawyer Sidney Powell. “Ugh, Sidney,” he told the staff in the… Continue reading

$40 Million Effort from LDF for Next Generation of Civil Rights Attorneys in the South

January 18, 2021, 9:29 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Wow announcement via email: Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) launched the groundbreaking Marshall-Motley Scholars Program (MMSP), an innovative educational and training opportunity that will produce the next generation of civil rights attorneys to serve Black… Continue reading

“NY-22 may come down to DMV voter registrations”

January 18, 2021, 9:25 amrecountsRick Hasen

Rome Sentinel: Who will represent the 22nd Congressional District in Washington may come down to whether nearly 70 people who filled out a voter registration form through the Department of Motor Vehicles were really registered to vote.The legal teams representing… Continue reading

“Michigan Republicans seek to replace GOP canvasser who certified election”

January 18, 2021, 9:21 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Detroit News: The Michigan Republican Party wants to replace the GOP member of the Board of State Canvassers who cast the pivotal vote to certify election results in favor of Democratic President-elect Joe Biden. With party activists calling for certification… Continue reading

“Records: Trump allies behind rally that ignited Capitol riot”

January 17, 2021, 3:15 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

AP: Members of President Donald Trump’s failed presidential campaign played key roles in orchestrating the Washington rally that spawned a deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol, according to an Associated Press review of records, undercutting claims the event was the… Continue reading

“How Republicans Are Warping Reality Around the Capitol Attack”

January 17, 2021, 3:08 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

NYT: Immediately after the attack on the U.S. Capitol, all corners of the political spectrum repudiated the mob of President Trump’s supporters. Yet within days, prominent Republicans, party officials, conservative media voices and rank-and-file voters began making a rhetorical shift… Continue reading

“Republicans call for unity but won’t acknowledge Biden won fairly”

January 17, 2021, 3:04 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

WaPo: As Biden prepares to be sworn into office surrounded by more than 20,000 National Guard troops protecting the inauguration from one of the gravest domestic terrorism threats in U.S. history, Democrats and other Trump critics are pushing Republicans to… Continue reading

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