Breaking: Donald Trump Indicted for 2020 Election-Related Activities (Link to Indictment and Analysis to Come)
Here is the indictment.
(This post will be updated)
“Michigan prosecutors charge Trump allies in felonies involving voting machines, illegal ‘testing'”
Politico:
A former Republican attorney general candidate and another supporter of former President Donald Trump have been criminally charged in Michigan in connection with accessing and tampering with voting machines after the 2020 election, according to court records.
Matthew DePerno,… Continue reading
“No Labels to GOP donors: We are your anti-Trump alternative”
Politico:
The centrist group No Labels has targeted Republican donors disaffected with Donald Trump, pitching its unity ticket as a way to beat the former president without funding an entity assisting President Joe Biden.
Such a strategy was confirmed by… Continue reading
“Trump Team Creates Legal-Defense Fund to Cover His Allies’ Bills”
NYT:
Former President Donald J. Trump’s team is creating a legal-defense fund to handle some of the crush of legal bills stemming from the investigations and criminal indictments involving him and a number of employees and associates, according to two… Continue reading
“After Paying Lawyers, Trump’s PAC Is Nearly Broke”
NYT:
Former President Donald J. Trump’s political action committee, which began last year with $105 million, now has less than $4 million left in its account after paying tens of millions of dollars in legal fees for Mr. Trump and… Continue reading
“Kim Wyman Joins BPC Elections Project”
Great news for BPC. Kim is former Washington state secretary of state and was most recent working with DHS on election security. She spoke at our recent conference about fair and safe 2024 elections.
Congrats all around!
ELB Book Corner: Sam Issacharoff: “The Critical Role of Political Parties”
I am pleased to welcome Sam Issacharoff to ELB Book Corner, author of the new book, Democracy Unmoored. Here’s the second of four posts:
Previously I addressed the unique vulnerability of election systems in the face of populism. Let… Continue reading
“The FirstEnergy scandal shows everything that could go wrong with companies’ political spending in 2024”
Allison Herren Lee and Bruce Freed oped in Forbes:
When the Cleveland Browns removed the scandal-tarnished name of FirstEnergy from their football stadium, it symbolized how far the Ohio utility’s good reputation had fallen. The name change followed guilty… Continue reading
“Status of Partisan Gerrymandering Litigation in State Courts”
New from the Brennan Center.
“REPORT: Corporate Interests Gave Election Objectors $4.6M Last Quarter, Now Totaling $45M Since Insurrection”
Accountable.us:
A new analysis from government watchdog Accountable.US found Fortune 500 companies and industry trade associations donated over $4.6 million in the second quarter of 2023 to members of Congress that voted against certifying the 2020 election results. Since the… Continue reading
“The Michigan false electors, facing felony charges, are participating in a fundraising pool party in Oakland County this week.”
“Fulton County DA says work is done in Trump probe and ‘we’re ready to go'”
CNN:
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis reaffirmed in a local news interview that she will announce charging decisions by September 1 in her investigation into efforts by Donald Trump and his allies to overturn Georgia’s 2020 presidential election result… Continue reading
“The ‘Johnny Appleseed of election fraud’ wants to upend voting in America. Why he’s focused on California”
LA Times:
Frank is convinced that American elections need saving and believes that to do so, people must take back the ballot box one county at a time. And though his allegations have been disproved and dismissed by election experts… Continue reading
“Democrats worry their most loyal voters won’t turn out for Biden in 2024”
WaPo:
Democrats are worried about a potential drop next year in turnout among Black voters, the party’s most loyal constituency, who played a consequential role in delivering the White House to President Biden in 2020 and will be crucial in… Continue reading