Tag Archives: The Big Lie

“Don’t blame democracy’s woes on the GOP or ‘tyranny of the minority’”

December 28, 2023, 6:58 amUncategorizedJanuary 6, The Big LieSpencer Overton

Jennifer Rubin in the WaPo: Two of the year’s best books on politics present contrasting diagnoses for what ails American democracy. Liz Cheney’s “Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning” lowers the boom on the mendacious… Continue reading

“From Bush v. Gore to ‘Stop the Steal’: Kenneth Chesebro’s Long, Strange Trip”

October 21, 2023, 1:18 pmchicaneryJanuary 6, The Big LieTabatha Abu El-Haj

N.Y. Times has an in-depth profile of Kenneth Chesebro. “Some former colleagues say Mr. Chesebro’s 180-degree turn came after a lucrative 2014 investment in Bitcoin and a subsequent posh, itinerant lifestyle. Others, like Mr. Tribe, see Mr. Chesebro as a… Continue reading

“Special counsel Jack Smith pulls subpoena over pro-Trump fundraising”

October 18, 2023, 12:25 pmUncategorizedThe Big Lie, Trump indictmentTabatha Abu El-Haj

Washington Post raises questions about what can be inferred from the decision of Special counsel Jack Smith to withdraw “a subpoena seeking records about fundraising by the political action committee Save America.” The group, controlled by former president Donald Trump,… Continue reading

“The federal cases against Trump are legitimate: Bill Barr”

August 18, 2023, 5:34 amUncategorizedJanuary 6, The Big LieNed Foley

Video of Fox News interview yesterday. N.Y. Post has a story describing the interview. With respect to the federal indictment for conspiracy to subvert the 2020, Barr made clear that he believes that Trump “crossed the line” into criminal culpability:… Continue reading

“Trump cancels press conference on election fraud claims, citing attorneys’ advice”

August 18, 2023, 5:20 amUncategorizedThe Big LieNed Foley

AP via NPR. “‘Rather than releasing the Report on the Rigged & Stolen Georgia 2020 Presidential Election on Monday, my lawyers would prefer putting this, I believe, Irrefutable & Overwhelming evidence of Election Fraud & Irregularities in formal Legal… Continue reading

“Mark Meadows Is Everywhere and Nowhere”

August 18, 2023, 4:35 amUncategorizedJanuary 6, The Big LieNed Foley

N.Y. Times opinion essay by Katherine Miller. This is an interesting summary of Meadow’s relevance to some key issues. From my perspective, I would add that Meadow’s testimony would be especially relevant to any adjudication that might occur of Trump’s… Continue reading

“Trump supporters post names and addresses of Georgia grand jurors online”

August 17, 2023, 12:49 pmUncategorizedJanuary 6, The Big LieNed Foley

NBC News. “The purported names and addresses of members of the grand jury that indicted Donald Trump and 18 of his co-defendants on state racketeering charges this week have been posted on a fringe website that often features violent rhetoric,… Continue reading

“Texas Woman Charged With Threatening to Kill Judge in Trump Election Case”

August 17, 2023, 9:27 amUncategorizedJanuary 6, The Big LieNed Foley

N.Y. Times. I think this extremely disturbing story qualifies as election law news given that the case concerns election law. Also, it relates to the concerns about the possibility of violence, or threats of violence, surrounding the 2024 election–and the… Continue reading

“Burt Jones braces for legal fight in Fulton County election probe”

August 17, 2023, 7:21 amUncategorizedJanuary 6, The Big LieNed Foley

The Jolt in the Atlanta-Journal Constitution. “Lt. Gov. Burt Jones avoided charges in the far-ranging Fulton County indictment filed Monday that accused former President Donald Trump and key allies of a criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results.… Continue reading

“With the Latest Trump Indictment, Mind These Lessons From the South”

August 16, 2023, 6:07 pmUncategorizedThe Big LieNed Foley

Andrew Michael Kreis in a N.Y. Times opinion essay discusses the Georgia indictment in relationship to the collapse of Reconstruction” “The democratic failures of that era shared three common attributes. The political process was neither free nor fair, as citizens… Continue reading

“The ‘brains’ behind fake Trump electors was once a liberal Democrat”

August 16, 2023, 5:45 pmUncategorizedJanuary 6, The Big LieNed Foley

Fascinating Washington Post profile of Kenneth Chesebro, a protégé of Larry Tribe’s. One interesting tidbit: “In 2000, when Tribe joined Vice President Al Gore’s legal team dealing with the recount of the presidential vote in Florida, Chesebro offered to… Continue reading

“In Georgia and federal indictments, two vastly different approaches”

August 16, 2023, 5:00 amUncategorizedJanuary 6, The Big LieNed Foley

Washington Post team compares the two indictments, discussing the pros and cons of each approach (one narrower and the other much broader).

“After Years of Spreading Lies, Election Deniers Face Consequences”

August 16, 2023, 4:45 amUncategorizedElection Deniers, January 6, The Big LieNed Foley

Nick Corasaniti in N.Y. Times: “It is still far from clear whether Mr. Trump and his allies who face charges will ultimately be convicted. But the legal threat may force Trump allies to think twice in the future about… Continue reading

“Trump Plans to Release 100-Page Report on Georgia Election Fraud Claims”

August 15, 2023, 6:40 pmUncategorizedJanuary 6, The Big LieNed Foley

Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan in the N.Y. Times. “The report in question, according to people familiar with the matter, is a document of more than 100 pages that was compiled at least in part by Liz Harrington, a Trump… Continue reading