US President Donald Trump continues the wave of lawsuits against the result of the US election: Now his lawyers are suffering a bitter defeat - but Rudy Giuliani continues to fight.
US President Donald Trump *
fails with most of the lawsuits against the result of the US election in 2020 *.
Although a defeat in
Pennsylvania is
particularly heavy, his personal
lawyer Rudy Giuliani
wants to
keep fighting for Trump.
Meanwhile, with each
defeat in court,
the number of his Republican supporters diminishes.
Pennsylvania - The fact that the incumbent
President Donald Trump *
continues to refuse to
admit
his
election defeat is
keeping the
United States
in suspense.
With an immensely expensive
wave of lawsuits
and the demand for
recounts
, Trump still wants to
avert
the victory of his
democratic challenger
- and meanwhile "President-Elect" -
Joe Biden *
in some states, although experts attest him only negligibly small chances of success.
Last week, a court had
Trump
to a small
success
helped and some absentee votes in
Pennsylvania
declared invalid.
Otherwise the
Republicans
and their lawyers have so far been largely unsuccessful.
US President Trump: Will a wave of lawsuits lead him to re-election?
in eight out of 16 cases there were defeats
The
New York Times
writes of
a total of
16 lawsuits
:
Half of them have already been rejected, for example the
Conservatives
in
Michigan
flashed
a lawsuit and an appeal in
Pennsylvania
.
The air for the
Republicans
in court is now apparently getting thinner, so that
Trump's
lawyers have
already
withdrawn their lawsuits
in two cases
due to a lack of prospects of success.
This was
the case
in
Arizona
, for example
.
Five cases are still under negotiation, one in
Michigan
, two in
Pennsylvania
, one in
Nevada
and one in
Wisconsin
.
If you believe the
New York Times
,
Trump
doesn't have good cards here either.
Among other things, the well-known
law firm
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur
announced that they would no longer work with
Trump
on election fraud campaigns - but no official reason was given.
Shortly afterwards, the largest law firm in the
United States
,
Jones Day
, also declared its collaboration with
Trump
over.
While
Trump could
potentially
lose support
within the
Republican Party
with every defeat in court
,
Rudy Giuliani remains
a prominent ally at his side.
US election on video: Trump holds on to allegations of election fraud
But
Giuliani
, the closest advisor and personal lawyer to the incumbent but voted out president, reportedly suffered severe defeat: In Pennsylvania, a legal team withdrew
one of the
main counts
,
according to the
Washington Post
.
It is about the claim that
no Republican election observers were allowed
on
election day November 3rd
.
This allegation turned out to be unfounded, so that Trump's lawyers backed down in court.
Trump
himself had repeatedly relied on this accusation and
propagated
it especially on
- so the news should have hit him quite a bit.
But anyone who now thinks that
Trump
will
no longer go to court
in
Pennsylvania
is clearly wrong.
Trump's campaign spokesman
Tim Murtaugh
announced at least on Monday on
that
682,479 absentee ballots
would be sued, which
allegedly - according to the allegation of the
Republicans
- had been counted "in secret"
in "Swing State"
Pennsylvania
.
On Friday,
Murtaugh made a
polemical
claim
that the “left mob” cracked down on the lawyers who withdrew the lawsuits until they collapsed under the pressure.
Who will be US President?
Trump's team is making new allegations in Pennsylvania
According to a report by the
AP
agency
, the
“restructured” lawsuit by Trump's team is
not based on this allegation, but on the thesis in some - predominantly democratic - counties, voters were given the opportunity
to improve
ballot papers
because of a formal error
.
That did not happen in counties that were dominated by the Republic.
Here one sees unequal treatment.
This story is completely erroneous.
Our lawsuit in Pennsylvania absolutely still makes an issue of the 682,479 mail-in and absentee ballots that were counted in secret.
To write that we had scrapped that argument requires not reading the amended complaint.
https://t.co/39CvzAoIyl
- Tim Murtaugh (@TimMurtaugh) November 16, 2020
Despite Trump's efforts,
Joe Biden's team
is surprisingly calm and publicly classifies the lawsuits as pure
"theater"
.
Trump,
on the other hand, still speaks of the fact that the election could ultimately be
decided
by the
Supreme Court in Washington
.
Six of the nine judges there are now considered to be conservative *, as
Trump appointed
three of them himself.
Legal experts believe it is
impossible
- mainly because of
Biden's
comparatively large lead in many states - that
the US Supreme Court
could overturn
the
election result
due to the individual lawsuits.
Excuse me, Mr. President @realDonaldTrump
Sir, You've LOST your Re-Election
Sir, It's Time for you to CONCEDE
Sir, It's Time for you to have some DIGNITY
Sir, It's Time for you to GO
- The Resistor Sister ♥ ️🇺🇸🦅🙏🏻 (@the_resistor) November 15, 2020
The fact that
Trump
still refuses to acknowledge his defeat makes
the handover extremely difficult
for
Biden
- support for the incumbent is actually provided for by law for the transition.
With Republicans
continuing to publicly
portray
Biden's election victory
as uncertain,
Trump
gains
time to plan any next legal steps.
By December
8,
the states certify their
election results
and report them to Washington.
On
December 14th,
the
538 electors
vote and elect the new president and his deputy.
On
January 6
, the result will be announced in Congress and on
January 20
the new president is solemnly sworn in.
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