The Steady Drip: Democrat lawyer blamed for undermining both 2016 and 2020 election results (Connecting the Dots: Joe Biden's Money in Open Secrets & the Independence USA PAC)

Democrat lawyer blamed for undermining both 2016 and 2020 election results

'Seems to have a monopoly on the Democratic political machine'

By WND Staff

Published May 2, 2022 at 5:48pm

https://www.wnd.com/2022/05/dem-lawyer-blamed-undermining-2016-2020-election-results/

A prominent Democrat lawyer active in national politics is being blamed for undermining the 2016 presidential election, won by President Trump, as well as the 2020 result, won by Joe Biden.

The claim comes in a 2021 book from John Fund and Hans von Spakovsky, which was called "Our Broken Elections," according to a report from Just the News.

The authors identified the man who was able to create doubts about the nation's electoral system in both Democrat and Republican contingents as Marc E. Elias.

"The legal mastermind probably most responsible for the leftist push to subvert our democracy, overturn elections, and destroy election integrity is Marc E. Elias," they said.

He's "grown astoundingly wealthy representing Democratic candidates, political action committees, and party organizations" and "seems to have a monopoly on the Democratic political machine."

The report explains the Elias has been confirmed to have been a "central figure" in the 2016 "Russiagate" conspiracy theory advanced by Democrats against President Trump.

His next move was to play a role in "the effort to upend the nation's voting laws in unprecedented ways, which cast doubt on Biden's victory in 2020," the book said.

He's at Elias Law Group now but for a long time was at Perkins Coie, the law firm linked closely to Democrats and the Clinton political machine.

After both elections, members of the party whose candidate lost charged the result was rigged.

Just the News reported, "In each case, a significant segment of the electorate lost confidence in the integrity of U.S. elections."

The report said during 2016, Elias headed the Perkins Coie political group, and was Clinton's general counsel.

He admitted hiring Fusion GPS to dig up dirt on Trump, and that was the company that then hired Christopher Steele to create the now-discredited Steele dossier of false claims about President Trump.

Elias even met with Steele and briefed the Clinton campaign on his work, then worked to disseminate the claims.

The result of the false claims about Trump prompted Democrats to label him an "illegitimate president" when he won, claiming the Kremlin helped him defeat the twice-failed Hillary Clinton.

Von Spakosky told Just the News it was the work of Elias that convinced "many voters that the 2016 election had been rigged."

In 2020, a reprise, except the positions were reversed.

This time it was Republicans distrusting the results, with one key similarity: "Elias was once again central to the events that ultimately led to widespread doubts about the integrity of the election," the report said.

He filed multiple lawsuits in 2020 to change election rules across the nation to make them favorable to Biden.

Von Spakovsky told Just the News those included "basic security protocols" created by states.

The author explained Elias was taking advantage of COVID to get "changes" made in the law regarding election integrity.

State legislatures had adopted laws outline procedures for signature comparison and witness signatures so that authorities know the person who owns the ballot was, in fact, the voter.

Elias' work was to undermine and remove them, or even get them suspended for the duration of the campaign. His goal appeared to be mail-in ballots, which critics charge are susceptible to fraud.

His agenda included "postage for mailed ballots must be free for voters; ballots postmarked on or before Election Day must count, even if they arrive after everyone's done voting; signature matching laws should be softened 'to protect voters,' and ballot harvesting should be legalized," the report said.

Elias worked at the time under the agenda that election integrity laws "unnecessarily restrict voting rights."

There now are several criminal and elections investigations into those various election activities.

"Unfortunately, Marc Elias' actions as a lawyer and political strategist have severely undermined the confidence of the American public in the election process," von Spakovsky told Just the News. "His work has been nothing but detrimental to the integrity of our elections, and he has helped destroy public confidence."

Connecting the Dots:

Robert F. Bauer is a partner at Perkins Coie, married to Anita B. Dunn, was the White House counsel for the Barack Obama administration and Barack Obama’s personal counsel.

Anita B. Dunn is married to Robert F. Bauer, a managing director at SKDKnickerbocker, was the communications director for the Barack Obama administration, Tom Daschle’s senior political adviser and William W. Bradley’s chief of staff.

Jennifer Cunningham is a managing director at SKDKnickerbocker and a director at the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy, the Center for American Progress, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

George Soros is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and was a supporter for the Center for American Progress.

Tom Daschle is a director at the Center for American Progress and Anita B. Dunn was his senior political adviser.

William W. Bradley’s was his chief of staff was Anita B. Dunn and is a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

J. Stapleton Roy is a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and was a U.S. ambassador for China.

Jon M. Huntsman Jr. is a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a director at the National Committee on United States-China Relations, was the China U.S. ambassador for the Barack Obama administration and a distinguished fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Jessica Tuchman Mathews is the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

SKDKnickerbocker is a media consultant for the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.

Peter G. Peterson is the founder for the Peter G. Peterson Foundation and was the chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Peter G. Peterson Foundation was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

William W. Bradley is an advisory board member for the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and Anita B. Dunn was his chief of staff.

Anita B. Dunn was William W. Bradley’s chief of staff, a communications director for the Barack Obama administration, is a managing director for SKDKnickerbocker, married to Robert F. Bauer and produced an ad campaign for the Keystone XL pipeline.

Robert F. Bauer is married to Anita B. Dunn, a partner at Perkins Coie, was the White House counsel for the Barack Obama administration and Barack Obama’s personal counsel.

TransCanada Corporation is a SKDKnickerbocker client and the proposed builder for the Keystone XL pipeline.

Susan E. Rice is a stockholder in the TransCanada Corporation the White House national security adviser for the Barack Obama administration.

SKDKnickerbocker is the media consultant for Independence USA PAC.

NOTE: This committee is a single-candidate super PAC in support of Joe Biden (D).

Josh Isay is a managing director for SKDKnickerbocker and was Michael R. Bloomberg’s political consultant.

Michael R. Bloomberg’s political consultant was Josh Isay, is the founder of the Independence USA PAC and Howard Wolfson is his adviser.

Howard Wolfson is Michael R. Bloomberg’s adviser, married to Terri McCullough, and was a partner at the Glover Park Group.

Terri McCullough is married to Howard Wolfson and Nancy Pelosi’s chief of staff.

Alex Slater was a managing director for the Glover Park Group and a managing director for SKDKnickerbocker.

Glover Park Group is the lobby firm for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Elizabeth Engel is a managing director for the Glover Park Group, and a lobbyist for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations and Nancy Pelosi was invited to his 2013 wedding reception.

Nancy Pelosi’s chief of staff is Terri McCullough, was an invited to George Soros’s 2013 wedding reception and Cecile Richards was her deputy chief of staff.

Cecile Richards was Nancy Pelosi’s deputy chief of staff, the founder & president for America Votes, a grant overseer for the Turner Foundation, is the president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the president of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund and married to Kirk Adams.

Planned Parenthood Action Fund is a national partner with America Votes.

AFL-CIO is a national partner with America Votes.

Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is a national partner with America Votes.

Kirk Adams was an organizing director for the AFL-CIO, is the international EVP for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and married to Cecile Richards.

Jennifer Cunningham was a political director, Local 1199 for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and is a managing director for SKDKnickerbocker.

SKDKnickerbocker is the media consultant for Independence USA PAC.

Open Secrets – Following the Money in Politics (Independence USA PAC)

https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/C00532705/summary/2020

NOTE: This committee is a single-candidate super PAC in support of Joe Biden (D).

Cecile Richards is married to Kirk Adams, the president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the president of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund,

was Nancy Pelosi’s deputy chief of staff, the founder & president for America Votes and a grant overseer for the Turner Foundation.

Ted Turner is the chairman for the Turner Foundation, a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and the founder of CNN.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and Nancy Pelosi was invited to his 2013 wedding reception.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Peter G. Peterson Foundation was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

SKDKnickerbocker is a media consultant for the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.

Peter G. Peterson is the founder for the Peter G. Peterson Foundation and was the chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

William W. Bradley is a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and his chief of staff was Anita B. Dunn.

Robert F. Bauer is married to Anita B. Dunn, a partner at Perkins Coie, was the White House counsel for the Barack Obama administration and Barack Obama’s personal counsel.

Resources: Past Research

The Secret Hand of China (Past Research on Perkins Coie)

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2013

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-secret-hand-of-china.html

Planned Parenthood Hires Crisis Communication Firm Featuring Anita Dunn (Past Research on Anita Dunn & SKDKnickerbocker)

THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2015

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/07/planned-parenthood-hires-crisis.html

Open Secrets – Following the Money in Politics (Independence USA PAC)

https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/C00532705/summary/2020

NOTE: This committee is a single-candidate super PAC in support of Joe Biden (D) .
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