“Social Media Influencer Douglass Mackey Convicted of Election Interference in 2016 Presidential Race”

March 31, 2023, 1:54 pmcheap speechRick Hasen

DOJ Release: Douglass Mackey, also known as “Ricky Vaughn,” was convicted today by a federal jury in Brooklyn of the charge of Conspiracy Against Rights stemming from his scheme to deprive individuals of their constitutional right to vote. The verdict… Continue reading

CNN: “Donald Trump indicted by Manhattan grand jury on more than 30 counts related to business fraud”

March 31, 2023, 7:33 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

CNN: Donald Trump faces more than 30 counts related to business fraud in an indictment from a Manhattan grand jury, according to two sources familiar with the case – the first time in American history that a current or former… Continue reading

Breaking: NYT Reports Grand Jury Votes to Indict Donald Trump for a Felony Related to “Hush Money” Payments; No Information Yet on Whether There is an Attempt to Bootstrap a Federal Campaign Finance Charge (Which May Not Work)

March 30, 2023, 2:36 pmcampaign finance, chicaneryRick Hasen

Breaking NYT: A Manhattan grand jury voted to indict Donald J. Trump on Thursday for his role in paying hush money to a porn star, according to four people with knowledge of the matter, a historic development that will… Continue reading

“Pence Must Testify to Jan. 6 Grand Jury, Judge Rules”

March 28, 2023, 7:56 pmelection subversion risk, legislation and legislaturesRick Hasen

NYT: A federal judge has ordered former Vice President Mike Pence to appear in front of a grand jury investigating former President Donald J. Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election, largely sweeping aside two separate legal efforts by Mr.… Continue reading

“Another political hush-money case offers clues to a possible Donald Trump defense”

March 27, 2023, 6:13 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Fredreka Schouten for CNN: Americans have heard the story before: A lurid tale of a presidential candidate accused of arranging hush-money payments to conceal an alleged affair. But if former President Donald Trump is indicted by a Manhattan grand jury… Continue reading

“Trump Puts His Legal Peril at Center of First Big Rally for 2024”

March 26, 2023, 10:14 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: Former President Donald J. Trump spent much of his first major political rally of the 2024 campaign portraying his expected indictment by a New York grand jury as a result of what he claimed was a Democratic conspiracy to… Continue reading

“Former Trump Officials Must Testify in 2020 Election Inquiry, Judge Says”

March 25, 2023, 11:23 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT: A federal judge has ruled that a number of former officials from President Donald J. Trump’s administration — including his former chief of staff, Mark Meadows — cannot invoke executive privilege to avoid testifying to a grand jury investigating… Continue reading

“Russian Emails Behind DA Bomb Hoax Amid Trump Probe”

March 24, 2023, 11:41 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

Law360: Russian email accounts sent a series of hoax bomb threats targeting the Manhattan district attorney and court buildings for three straight days this week amid a grand jury investigation of former president Donald Trump. Security has ramped up outside… Continue reading

“Fox Argues Top Executives Weren’t Involved in Voter Fraud Broadcasts”

March 22, 2023, 5:14 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT: Fox Corporation executives, including Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, had no direct involvement in what aired on the company’s cable news channels, and therefore their company should not be found liable in a $1.6 billion defamation case, lawyers for Fox… Continue reading

“Six people affiliated with the Oath Keepers convicted in Capitol riot”

March 21, 2023, 7:30 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

WaPo: Six people described by authorities as being affiliated with the right-wing extremist group the Oath Keepers were convicted Monday of numerous federal crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. After a trial in U.S.… Continue reading

“Trial of 2016 Twitter Troll to Test Limits of Online Speech”

March 20, 2023, 10:56 amcheap speechRick Hasen

NYT: The images appeared on Twitter in late 2016 just as the presidential campaign was entering its final stretch. Some featured the message “vote for Hillary” and the phrases “avoid the line” and “vote from home.” Aimed at Democratic voters, and sometimes… Continue reading

“Trump’s Georgia Lawyers Seek to Quash Special Grand Jury Report”

March 20, 2023, 7:40 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT: Lawyers for former President Donald J. Trump filed a motion in a Georgia court on Monday seeking to quash the final report of a special grand jury that investigated whether Mr. Trump and some of his allies interfered in… Continue reading

“Trump Says His Arrest Is Imminent and Calls for Protests, Echoing Jan. 6; His indictment by a Manhattan grand jury is expected, but its timing is unclear.”

March 18, 2023, 7:31 amelection subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: With his indictment by a Manhattan grand jury expected but its timing uncertain, former President Donald J. Trump declared on his social media site Saturday that he would be arrested on Tuesday, and demanded that his supporters protest on… Continue reading

“Stormy Daniels speaks to New York prosecutors as possible Trump indictment looms”

March 16, 2023, 7:34 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Politico: The porn actor at the center of the Manhattan district attorney’s criminal investigation of former President Donald Trump spoke Wednesday to prosecutors as the probe enters its final stages, according to her attorney. Stormy Daniels, who received $130,000 in… Continue reading