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Trumps Attorneys (Including His White House Counsel) Even Said in Court There is No Evidence of Voter FraudOn Wednesday, President Donald Trump doubled down on his claims of voter fraud, tweeting out that he will be calling for a major investigation into voter fraud in this country. He told lawmakers over the weekend that he believes that 3 to 5 million undocumented immigrants may have voted for Hillary Clinton, and that is why he lost the popular vote. But, we wanted to remind you that it wasnt too long ago (just last month!) that Trumps own election law attorneys wrote in two separate court filings that there was no evidence to suggest that the 2016 general election was tainted with fraud. The admissions came in the Trump campaigns effort to battle recount lawsuits that were filed by Jill Steins campaign in several swing states including Michigan and Pennsylvania.
In the Michigan filing, Trumps lawyers said, All available evidence suggests that the 2016 general election was not tainted by fraud or mistake. They even turn to the White House and the Clinton camp to back them up! Even the chief counsel to second-place finisher Hillary Clinton concedes there is no evidence of any tampering that would warrant a recount or lawsuit, the filing says, citing a post on Medium by Clinton election counsel Marc Elias.
The Pennsylvania filing is even more interesting. It was written by a handful of Trump attorneys including Donald McGahn who now serves as Trumps White House counsel. Trumps lawyers argue Steins petition for a recount, has not identified a single Pennsylvania machine in any county, district, precinct, or ward that they actually believe was hacked, but merely states a possibility of tampering.
The filing even reads:
On what basis does Stein risk disenfranchising the voters of the Keystone state? None really. There is no evidence or even allegation that any tampering with Pennsylvanias voting systems actually occurred..
Stein cannot possibly find three million votes wrongful lying denied to here to catapult her to victor in Pennsylvania.
Stein cannot possibly find three million votes wrongful lying denied to here to catapult her to victor in Pennsylvania.
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Trump's Attorneys (Including His White House Counsel) Even Said in Court There is No Evidence of... (Original Post)
DonViejo
Jan 2017
OP
When NC told a federal judge last summer that their unconstitutional election laws...
Princess Turandot
Jan 2017
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ginnyinWI
(17,276 posts)1. "...and then there was the matter of the strawberries..."
dalton99a
(81,565 posts)2. Powerful stuff.
Princess Turandot
(4,787 posts)3. When NC told a federal judge last summer that their unconstitutional election laws...
...were needed to combat voter fraud, she told them they were suggesting solutions to problems that did not exist.
ginnyinWI
(17,276 posts)4. Waiting for someone to ask him for evidence. n/t