Cleta Mitchell
Washington, D.C.
Senior Legal Fellow Conservative Partnership Institute Founder, Election Integrity Network
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California Shows Exactly Why Having The Right Election Laws Is So Important Original
California’s elections are quite the spectacle. Over the past decade, California has adopted a litany of changes to its state election code justified by the big lie of voter access. It has eliminated guardrails that were established over the 20th century to protect voters (particularly the most vulnerable) from political operatives and well-funded campaigns to steal and manipulate ballots, voters, and votes. This had led to election results that are not trustworthy or reliably accurate.
Pete Sessions, Cleta Mitchell, Mike Waller, Dr. David Closson
On today’s program: Casey Harper, Managing Editor for Broadcast at The Washington Stand and Host of the “Outstanding” podcast, Managing Editor for Broadcast at The Washington Stand and Host of the “Outstanding” podcast, reports on Capitol Hill negotiations to avoid a government shutdown, President Trump’s Federal Reserve Chair nominee announcement, and the arrest of former CNN anchor Don Lemon following his involvement in the protest disrupting a St. Paul, MN church service.
Kevin Hern, Gordon Chang, Cleta Mitchell, David Bahnsen, Mark Tapscott
On today’s program: Casey Harper, Managing Editor for Broadcast at The Washington Stand and Host of the “Outstanding” podcast, previews a potential end to the government shutdown and reports on a Utah judge’s ruling on redistricting. He also discusses the Chinese Communist Party’s renewed crackdown on Christians and South Korea’s concerning backslide into potential authoritarianism.
Presidential Pardons Are Needed For Trump Electors Persecuted By Biden DOJ
Original Article Posted By: Moritz55, 11/4/2025 12:36:35 PM The release last week by the U.S. House and U.S. Senate Judiciary Committees of more than 2,000 pages of FBI documents reveals the enormity of the Biden administration's determination to persecute and prosecute President Donald Trump, his political allies and supporters, the Republican Party, and literally hundreds of conservative political operatives, leaders, organizations, and even media entities.
Presidential Pardons Needed For Electors Persecuted By FBI
The release last week by the U.S. House and U.S. Senate Judiciary Committees of more than 2,000 pages of FBI documents reveals the enormity of the Biden administration’s determination to persecute and prosecute President Donald Trump, his political allies and supporters, the Republican Party, and literally hundreds of conservative political operatives, leaders, organizations, and even media entities.
MARTIN & MITCHELL: Congress must act decisively to pass the SAVE Act
With the 2026 congressional midterms approaching, the question of election integrity still resonates. For years, concerns have simmered about noncitizens registering to vote — from millions crossing the border illegally to the distribution of voter registration forms without rigorous citizenship checks. Americans overwhelmingly agree that only U.S. citizens should determine the nation’s direction.
Buddy Carter, Mo Brooks, Cleta Mitchell, Jason Sorens
On today’s program: Buddy Carter, U.S. Representative for the 1st District of Georgia, weighs in on the possibility of President Trump deploying the National Guard to other major metro areas following success in D.C. Mo Brooks, Former U.S. Representative from Alabama, discusses President Trump’s announcement to move the Space Command to his home state. Cleta Mitchell, Senior Legal Fellow at Conservative Partnership Group, considers the constitutionality of requiring Voter ID in every state.
Burgess Owens, Will Estrada, Cleta Mitchell, Gordon Chang
On today’s program: Burgess Owens, U.S. Representative for Utah’s 4th District, responds to the tentative agreements made in the Trump-Zelensky meeting, including U.S. security guarantees for Ukraine, and the State Department’s rationale for pulling thousands of questionable student visas. Will Estrada, Senior Counsel for Home School Legal Defense Association, reports from the grounds of the California State Capitol after a rally to oppose the dangerous anti-parent bill, AB 495.
Congress Must Do More To Prevent Noncitizens From Voting
As the Nov. 5 Election Day approaches, the threat of illegal voting by noncitizens looms large. Democrats say that’s impossible, because it’s “already illegal for noncitizens to vote.” Yes. It is. And bank robbery, exceeding the speed limit, murder, and crossing the U.S. border without proper documentation — all of those things are “already illegal,” and yet people do those things anyway.
Georgia's proposed election integrity rule is kindergarten math
Election math should be simple: 1 Voter = 1 Ballot = 1 Valid Vote. Those 3 numbers should always match. That’s the basic goal of a commonsense election rule up for final approval by the State Board of Elections in Georgia on Aug. 19. The rule aligns exactly with Georgia’s election statutes on tabulating election results and ensures that election officials reconcile the number of ballots cast to the number of voters who are shown as having cast a ballot.
Grassroots Patriot Helped Election Officials Keep Voter Rolls Clean
After an accident left pharmaceutical executive Dave Carver a quadriplegic in 2013, he dedicated the rest of his life to cleaning up New Jersey’s voter rolls. It’s thankless work, in an environment where corporate media smear grassroots volunteers for their efforts — but Dave’s legacy shows the important work that ordinary citizens can do for election integrity.
SAVE Act Aims To Prevent Foreign Nationals From Stealing Votes
Bearing Arms - July 17, 2024 0 views 6 min California's gun control laws have blocked hundreds of thousands of lawful residents from being able to access their Second Amendment rights in a timely manner (and in some cases, preventing them from exercising those rights at all). But according to police in Oakland, California, those laws posed no problem for a 13-year-old boy who's accused of illegally acquiring a firearm and using it to murder a liquor store clerk in cold blood.
SAVE Act Can Stop Foreign Nationals From Stealing Votes - Inside Sources
While much of the political world watches the Biden-Trump fisticuffs, the House of Representatives voted “yea” on the most critical legislation of 2024: the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility, which takes vital steps to ensure that only Americans vote in American elections.
MITCHELL: SAVE Act Can Stop Foreign Nationals From Stealing Votes
While much of the political world watches the Biden-Trump fisticuffs, the House of Representatives voted “yea” on the most critical legislation of 2024: the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility, which takes vital steps to ensure that only Americans vote in American elections.
SAVE Act Can Stop Foreign Nationals From Stealing Votes
While much of the political world watches the Biden-Trump fisticuffs, the House of Representatives voted “yea” on the most critical legislation of 2024: the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility, which takes vital steps to ensure that only Americans vote in American elections.
‘Lowering Temperature’ Starts With Ending Political Prosecutions
Following the failed assassination of former (and future) President Donald Trump, the state media is now calling on everyone else to “lower the temperature” of political rhetoric. That’s rich. This comes after years of Democrats and leftists baselessly comparing President Trump to history’s greatest monsters and allowing partisans to declare Trump and his supporters an “existential threat to democracy,” all with no pushback or challenge by the state media.
SAVE Act Can Stop Foreign Nationals From Stealing Votes – DC Journal - InsideSources
While much of the political world watches the Biden-Trump fisticuffs, the House of Representatives voted “yea” on the most critical legislation of 2024: the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility, which takes vital steps to ensure that only Americans vote in American elections.
‘Lowering The Temperature’ Starts With Ending The Political
We support our Publishers and Content Creators. You can view this story on their website by CLICKING HERE. Following the failed assassination of former (and future) President Donald Trump, the state media is now calling on everyone else to “lower the temperature” of political rhetoric. That’s rich.
Dr. Andy Harris, Cleta Mitchell, Scott Perry, David Closson
On today’s program: Dr. Andy Harris, U.S. Representative for the 1st District of Maryland, discusses the reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) passing in the House of Representatives and outlines how Republicans must message on protecting life in opposition to the extreme position of the Democrats.
Election Integrity: A Conversation With Cleta Mitchell And Victor Davis Hanson
Podcasts Election Integrity: A Conversation With Cleta Mitchell And Victor Davis Hanson Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson talks with Cleta Mitchell about her profession and career devoted to election integrity and ballot transparency especially in the context of the 2020 election and looking forward to 2024. Saturday, March 11, 2023 0 min read interview with Cleta Mitchell,
We Need To Talk About What Didn’t Happen On Election Day, by Cleta Mitchell
A number of noteworthy things did not happen on Election Day 2022. Everyone knows the red wave didn’t happen. But that isn’t all that didn’t happen. The chaos at the polls that was going to be caused by the presence of citizen poll watchers did not happen.
We Need To Talk About What Didn’t Happen On Election Day
There are many crucial steps in our election process for the electorate to have confidence in the outcome. They didn't happen last Tuesday.
We Need To Talk About What Didn't Happen On Election Day
A number of noteworthy things did not happen on Election Day 2022. Everyone knows the red wave didn’t happen. But that isn’t all that didn’t happen. The chaos at the polls that was going to be caused by the presence of citizen poll watchers did not happen.
Real Progress Is Not What Progressives Have in Mind
(Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald via AP) The facts speak for themselves and the numbers do not add up to black voter suppression in America today. Read Full Article » Show comments Hide Comments
Real Progress Is Not What Progressives Have in Mind
For people who call themselves “progressive,” leftists are astonishingly hostile to progress. Seemingly mired in 1965, congressional Democrats bulldozed through the U.S. House of Representatives in a special session last month a so-called voting rights bill, H.R. 4, with no Republican support.
House Democrats Pass Bill To Steal Elections
(Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP) The bill is a radical leftwing assault on the integrity of America's elections and would reshape and dictate election outcomes for the rest of our lives. Read Full Article » Show comments Hide Comments
House Democrats Pass Bill To Steal Elections The Old-Fashioned Way
It is appropriate that House Democrats wore masks at their press conference following passage along party lines of their bill allowing Democrats to permanently steal every election in America. Gushing with platitudes about “voting rights” and “access to the ballot,” they gleefully celebrated the final House vote of 219-215, with no Republicans voting for the federal takeover and bludgeoning of the American voting process.
Stop Attempts To Sabotage 'Consent of the Governed'
Stop Attempts To Sabotage 'Consent of the Governed' As we celebrate our founding, remember 'consent of the governed' is fundamental. And it is that principle Democrats are seeking to eradicate. Read Full Article »
Celebrate ‘Consent Of The Governed’ This Weekend, Then Reject Democrats’ Attempt To Sabotage It
As we celebrate our founding, remember 'consent of the governed' is fundamental. And it is that principle Democrats are seeking to eradicate.
Celebrate 'Consent Of The Governed,' Then Stop Attempts To Sabotage It
In recent weeks, the media has been chock full of stories about Democrats’ angst over their inability to push their signature election and campaign finance legislation over the finish line in the U.S. Senate. Democrats say failure to enact the legislation is “catastrophic” and “,” insisting the need to pass the bill (H.R. 1/ S.1) is “urgent.” Why all the anxiety? Democrats are desperate to codify their mischief from 2020.
Democrats Are Cheaters
The reason Democrats and their left-wing allies hate the Georgia election reform bill and are so adamant about passing their H.R. 1 / S 1 Corrupt Politicians Act is simple: They cheat and they want to keep cheating.
If We're Going To Have Voting By Mail, Here's How To Prevent A Disaster
In the latest contribution to the Democratic Party and corporate media hysteria accusing President Trump of attempting to destroy the U.S. Postal Service, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has summoned the Democratic-led House back to Washington to pass emergency legislation prohibiting changes in the postal service’s operations until after the election. This is yet another in a string of bad ideas from Pelosi.
Trump Was On Top Of Coronavirus While Biden Mocked
The leftist national media incessantly reports that the spread of the coronavirus is, well, President Trump’s fault.
Impeachment Proves It’s Time To End Deference To Biased Fed Agencies
The public hearings in the House impeachment inquiry have demonstrated one conclusive fact: career federal employees who have testified, as well as the secret federal employee who started all this, are not whistleblowers. When President Trump upset their established order, they became tattletales.
Senate due diligence should trump identity politics
After the Wall Street Journal editorial board took to task Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., earlier this year for asking substantive due process questions of a Republican judicial nominee, George Mason law professor David Bernstein decided to take his turn this week, setting his sights on Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah.
NRA exemption shows campaign disclosure bill's cynical, fatal flaws
The NRA "carve-out" reaffirms the wisdom of the First Amendment's precise language: "Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech." Congress can't help itself. Since 1798, with the Alien and Sedition Acts, incumbent politicians have yearned for legal duct tape for their opponents' mouths. The Disclose Act is a doozy of a muzzle.
The Double Standards of Mueller's Partisan Investigation
The Double Standards of Mueller's Partisan Investigation | RealClearPolitics
Fair-Minded Investigation or Partisan Witch Hunt? | National Review
Hillary Clinton speaks during a campaign rally in Omaha, Neb., August 1, 2016. (Dave Kaup/Reuters) Mueller should investigate more than just the 2016 Trump campaign Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s proxy prosecutor in New York City has obtained a plea agreement with Michael Cohen on some pretty slimy personal-business issues, and in the process, obtained pleas to two federal campaign-finance-law violations . . .
Scott Pruitt Defense, His Left-wing Critics Practice Character Assassination
EPA administrator Scott Pruitt at CPAC 2017 (Gage Skidmore) And a plea that Republicans reconsider before echoing the nonstop left-wing assaults on him The past few weeks’ media frenzy about EPA administrator Scott Pruitt is a manufactured crisis, punctuated by false or exaggerated accusations, then followed by necessary corrections from ostensibly responsible media outlets, who let their determination to “get” Pruitt override their journalistic ethics, a seeming oxymoron when it comes to...
Justice Neil Gorsuch's first year was exactly what conservatives hoped
Conservatives have long worried that judges, once sworn in as a justice on the Supreme Court, will move to the left over time. Thomas Sowell called this the “Greenhouse effect”, after former New York Times Supreme Court reporter Linda Greenhouse, because conservative justices submit to the pressure of unfavorable coverage from major media outlets.
Why aren't Mueller, the FBI and DOJ interested in illegal actions that might alter our elections?
In announcing the recent indictments against Russians brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein told the American people that “there is no allegation in this indictment that any American was a knowing participant in this illegal activity. There is no allegation in the indictment that the charged conduct altered the outcome of the 2016 election.” That was good news.
Anita Hill a Poor Choice to Lead Commission on Sexual Harassment
The many recent allegations of sexual harassment and assault in Hollywood have brought down powerful men—most notably Harvey Weinstein—and prompted industry executives to seek ways to combat the rampant problem. One such effort to was to form the Commission on Sexual Harassment and Advancing Equality in the Workplace, a panel spearheaded by Hollywood executives to devise a strategy to confront “the broad culture of abuse and power disparity” in the industry.
Hillary Clinton, the DNC and the Law
Did their arrangement violate legal limits on coordination between a candidate and a party? By Cleta Mitchell and Hans von Spakovsky, The Wall Street Journal Donna Brazile has confirmed Bernie Sanders’s worst suspicions. Ms. Brazile, who served as interim chairman of the Democratic National Committee during the fall 2016 campaign, says in a new book that during the primaries, the DNC was controlled by Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
Hillary Clinton, the DNC and the Law
Donna Brazile has confirmed Bernie Sanders’s worst suspicions. Ms. Brazile, who served as interim chairman of the Democratic National Committee during the fall 2016 campaign, says in a new book that during the primaries, the DNC was controlled by Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Ms. Brazile claims the arrangement was “not illegal,” but that is far from clear.
The Strange Hypocrisy of the Notre Dame Protests | RealClearPolitics
The Strange Hypocrisy of the Notre Dame Protests One would think that a graduation ceremony, where family and friends assemble to celebrate the grand passage from the youthful dependency of college to the presumed self-sufficiency of adulthood,...Read Full Article »
No Room for Dissent in Women's Movement Today | RealClearPolitics
No Room for Dissent in Women's Movement Today I became involved with the women’s movement in the early 1970s, when, as a junior at the University of Oklahoma, I was one of five founders of the Oklahoma Women’s Political Caucus. For over a decade, I traveled the state working for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. Later, as an Oklahoma state legislator, I was a champion of women’s rights, including supporting abortion rights within the Roe v. Wade framework.Read Full Article »
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