US President Donald Trump unwaveringly continues the wave of lawsuits against the result of the US election.
Now a bitter mishap in Georgia has been exposed.
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.
Update from November 17, 5:15 p.m.:
More and more Republicans are turning away from the outgoing US President
Donald Trump
.
The
Washington Post
said that leading Republicans had recently described Trump in a conference call as a "political burden" and
previously viewed
Joe Biden's
victory
as likely.
The President's refusal to admit defeat to the 46th US President is causing an
uproar
in the
Republican Party
.
An anonymous source quoted
Senator David Perdue
, who is running for a
run-off election against Democrat
Jon Ossoff
for a Senate
seat
in
Georgia
, as follows: While
Perdue
believes
in Trump, “We assume we will stand here alone.
And that means that we have to vote no matter what the outcome of that decision in two states and some lawsuits and others emerges from the recount.
Kelly and I can't wait. ”Republican Senator
Kelly Loeffler
is also up for re-election to the
Georgia
Senate
.
Also, according to the
Washington Post,
David Perdue
said, "I'm talking about people who might have voted for Biden but might come back and vote for us because there was
an anti-Trump vote
in
Georgia
," Perdue said.
“And we believe that some of these people, especially in the suburbs, could come back to us.
And I hope so. ”Perdue acts like other formerly loyal
Trump supporters
in the
Republican Party
.
He stands behind Trump, but is also aware that
Donald Trump's
presidency is coming to an end.
If
David Perdue
and
Kelly Loeffler
on 5 January losing their seats, and the possibility of blockade would
Republicans
in
Congress
passé.
US election 2006: breakdown in Georgia - More than 2,600 votes are only now emerging
Update from November 17, 12:30 p.m.:
More than 2,600 votes were
overlooked
in the state of
Georgia
.
The Hill
newspaper
reports that these have now appeared in the vote recount - in Floyd County.
A mishap that, according to the head of the electoral system, was due to a human error.
The Hill
writes that
Donald Trump can
apparently expect 800 more votes.
This fact cannot change the election result itself, as Joe Biden leads Georgia with almost 13,000 votes.
Luke Martin, the
Republican
party leader
in the affected constituency, said it "doesn't seem like this is a widespread problem."
First report from November 16, 6 p.m .:
Pennsylvania - The fact that the incumbent
President Donald Trump *
continues to refuse to
admit
his
election defeat is
keeping the
US
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 gave
Trump
a small
success
and
invalidated
some postal votes in
Pennsylvania
.
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; the
Conservatives
in
Michigan,
for example
, were thrown from
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
, closest adviser and personal lawyer of the incumbent, but ousted president had reportedly posted bitter defeat: In Pennsylvania, a legal team, according to retired
Washington Post
one
main complaint
back.
It is about the claim that
no Republican observers were allowed
on
election day November 3rd
.
This allegation apparently turned out to be baseless, 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 on Monday at least on
that
682,479 absentee votes
would
still be
sued,
allegedly - according to the
Republicans'
allegation
- "secretly" counted
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 an 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, continues to say 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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