All posts tagged "Kurt Olsen"

A legal expert sounded the alarm on a pair of lawyers who he fears have a plot in mind for upcoming elections.

During an episode of Legal AF, Michael Popok warned that the Trump administration is maneuvering to "spring on the American people" in upcoming elections. While Popok said he doesn't know what the administration has in mind, he warned about the "crazies that are inside the White House," including Kurt Olsen.

"Kurt Olsen, a failed lawyer sanctioned twice by the Arizona courts for bringing up false information to the courts related to Kari Lake's attempted bid for governorship," Popok said. "He was so nuts that even team crazy, which was the name for [Rudy] Giuliani's group during the first Trump administration, wouldn't have Kurt Olsen around."...

A frightening analysis revealed how "MAGA has already won its war" as the Trump administration hires hardcore election deniers to key roles.

"They need to sow doubt; they need to undermine public trust," Joanna Lydgate, who heads the nonpartisan States United Democracy Center, told The Atlantic for a recent report. "Whether it's an executive order or death by 5,000 cuts, it's chipping away at our election system."

The Trump administration is embedded with election deniers like Clay Parikh, The Atlantic reported. Parikh "gained a following by circulating conspiracy theories about President Trump's 2020 defeat, including that poll workers gave Trump supporters — but not other voters — felt-tip markers to fill out their ballots, rendering them invalid." ...

Some eyebrow-raising revelations surfaced Tuesday in a newly unsealed FBI affidavit on the Fulton County elections hub raid this month.

Kurt Olsen, an attorney appointed by President Donald Trump who worked with the president to undermine the 2020 presidential election results, was the person who made the referral for the FBI to investigate the Fulton County, Georgia, election offices, according to reports.

Several sources told Politico on Monday that Trump had instructed top American spy agencies to divulge sensitive information to Olsen, his former campaign lawyer, about the 2020 election. Olsen has continued to be a temporary government employee working with the White House. ...

A grand jury handed up a 41-count indictment against Donald Trump and 18 alleged co-conspirators late Monday night inside a courthouse in Atlanta. Outside, law enforcement prepared for a Jan. 6-esque riot.

But as Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis announced her case against Trump, no right-wing MAGA supporters, equipped with tactical gear and assault rifles, descended on the courthouse.

No one stormed any government buildings. ...