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Lindsey Graham Pressured Georgia Secretary of State to Toss Legal Ballots
Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham and other Republicans have reportedly pressured Georgia secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a fellow Republican, to toss out legal ballots as part of their increasingly desperate efforts to contest Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump in the presidential election. Part of those efforts include baseless allegations of widespread voter fraud in Georgia, aimed at challenging the outcome in the sudden battleground state where Biden narrowly defeated Trump. (A hand recount is currently underway, but other than uncovering a few thousand unreported votes, the recount has gone smoothly and is not expected to change the outcome.)
The president and his allies, including Doug Collins, the Georgia representative leading Trump’s challenge on the integrity of the results in the state, have publicly attacked Raffensperger over his handling of the election. Collins has accused Raffensperger of caving to Democrats, while Trump has called Georgia’s recount “a scam” that “means nothing.” In an interview with the Washington Post, Raffensperger said that he and his family have received death threats as a result of the rhetoric, and detailed the Trump team’s attempts to pressure him into supporting their claims of voter fraud. Those allegations include a bizarre and baseless conspiracy theory involving Dominion Voting Systems, the manufacturer of the voting machines Georgia uses, as well as the validity of mail-in absentee ballots. But Raffensperger made it clear to the Post that no credible evidence of widespread voter fraud has been uncovered, and he has defended the state’s handling of the election.
Trump Election Cases Dropped: Are Supporters Already Accepting His Defeat?
Plaintiffs aligned with President Donald Trump on Monday abruptly dropped election-related lawsuits in four states, making it the latest setback in Trump’s bid to overturn the election’s outcome.
The cases filed by a group of Trump backers represented by lawyer James Bopp were part of an effort to reverse Biden’s projected win in the 2020 election. The dismissal of the recently filed lawsuits occured in swing states Biden won in the election, including Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, CNBC reported.
Bopp refused to reveal the reason behind the abrupt move due to attorney-client privilege. He also did not comment on whether he and the plaintiffs would file the same claims again.
Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee of Civil Rights Under Law, said the dismissal only confirmed that the suit was “littered with baseless allegations” seen in other post-election claims.
“There is no clear or coordinated strategy as these suits continue to crumble,” Clarke said.
“The litigants in these cases have been desperately court-shopping in search of a judge who might be sympathetic to their claims. These suits are part of a last-ditch attempt intended to promote chaos and discord while eroding public confidence in the outcome of our elections,” she added.
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Lindsey Graham Pressured Georgia Secretary of State to Toss Legal Ballots
Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham and other Republicans have reportedly pressured Georgia secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a fellow Republican, to toss out legal ballots as part of their increasingly desperate efforts to contest Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump in the presidential election. Part of those efforts include baseless allegations of widespread voter fraud in Georgia, aimed at challenging the outcome in the sudden battleground state where Biden narrowly defeated Trump. (A hand recount is currently underway, but other than uncovering a few thousand unreported votes, the recount has gone smoothly and is not expected to change the outcome.)
The president and his allies, including Doug Collins, the Georgia representative leading Trump’s challenge on the integrity of the results in the state, have publicly attacked Raffensperger over his handling of the election. Collins has accused Raffensperger of caving to Democrats, while Trump has called Georgia’s recount “a scam” that “means nothing.” In an interview with the Washington Post, Raffensperger said that he and his family have received death threats as a result of the rhetoric, and detailed the Trump team’s attempts to pressure him into supporting their claims of voter fraud. Those allegations include a bizarre and baseless conspiracy theory involving Dominion Voting Systems, the manufacturer of the voting machines Georgia uses, as well as the validity of mail-in absentee ballots. But Raffensperger made it clear to the Post that no credible evidence of widespread voter fraud has been uncovered, and he has defended the state’s handling of the election.
Trump Election Cases Dropped: Are Supporters Already Accepting His Defeat?
Plaintiffs aligned with President Donald Trump on Monday abruptly dropped election-related lawsuits in four states, making it the latest setback in Trump’s bid to overturn the election’s outcome.
The cases filed by a group of Trump backers represented by lawyer James Bopp were part of an effort to reverse Biden’s projected win in the 2020 election. The dismissal of the recently filed lawsuits occured in swing states Biden won in the election, including Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, CNBC reported.
Bopp refused to reveal the reason behind the abrupt move due to attorney-client privilege. He also did not comment on whether he and the plaintiffs would file the same claims again.
Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee of Civil Rights Under Law, said the dismissal only confirmed that the suit was “littered with baseless allegations” seen in other post-election claims.
“There is no clear or coordinated strategy as these suits continue to crumble,” Clarke said.
“The litigants in these cases have been desperately court-shopping in search of a judge who might be sympathetic to their claims. These suits are part of a last-ditch attempt intended to promote chaos and discord while eroding public confidence in the outcome of our elections,” she added.
Are Trump Supporters Already Accepting His Defeat?
Trump backers had filed lawsuits in four states that aimed to reverse Biden's projected win in the presidential race.
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