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17 Nov, 5 tweets, 3 min read
New: A few developments of note in the Trump campaign's federal court case trying to stop PA from certifying the election results:
- Another legal team changeup, with his prev. lawyers suddenly withdrawing and a new set entering appearances (no explanation provided in filings) ImageImage
- The Trump campaign's new lawyers asked the judge to delay a hearing set for tomorrow, saying they needed more time to get up to speed
- Judge Matthew Brann has denied that request ImageImageImageImage
- More in the Trump case in PA: The judge let two of the campaign's lawyers withdraw, but is silent on the third who asked to go, Linda Kerns. Once a lawyer is on record in a case, that carries certain obligations and the judge has discretion to decide if/when they can leave Image
This order means that, at least for now, Kerns remains part of the case as the judge prepares to hear arguments tomorrow (after denying a request by the campaign's new lawyers to delay the hearing so they could have more time to get caught up)
This evening's ~ activity ~ in the Trump campaign case in Pennsylvania caps off several days of court losses and setbacks for Trump and his supporters in court in PA buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…

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17 Nov
Hello from my dining table, where I'll be covering the 1:30pm hearing in the Trump campaign's case in federal court in PA seeking to block certification of the election results.

Background on where things stand for Trump in this case and in PA generally: buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
The court has made remote audio access available to the public, the dial-in information is here: pamd.uscourts.gov/sites/pamd/fil…

Current status: jamming to the hold music
The newest member of Trump's legal team to enter an appearance in court, Rudy Giuliani, is there, per @joshgerstein
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7 Nov
The Trump campaign announced a new lawsuit in Maricopa Cty, AZ, and it's a variation on the prev. debunked "Sharpiegate" — it's alleging Trump voters may have had their ballots rejected because poll workers manually overrode error messages cdn.donaldjtrump.com/public-files/p… ImageImage
Here's more on "Sharpiegate" from our expert debunkers @JaneLytv and @CraigSilverman: buzzfeednews.com/article/janely… Arizona officials have confirmed that ballots filled out with a Sharpie will be counted
@JaneLytv @CraigSilverman Another Sharpie-related lawsuit was filed in Maricopa County a few days ago, but the plaintiffs already voluntarily withdrew it: democracydocket.com/wp-content/upl… Image
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7 Nov
Trump released a statement earlier saying, "Beginning Monday, our campaign will start prosecuting our case in court."

Legal efforts by Trump's campaign and state GOPers so far have failed to meaningfully change results, or been tossed outright. Here's where things stand:
- Judges have been unimpressed so far with the evidence that Trump/state Republicans have presented as proof that things were amiss at polls or counting sites: 
buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
- There is a case pending before SCOTUS about PA. But that only affects mail-in ballots that arrived after Nov. 3 through Nov. 6, and the PA Sec. of State has said they do not expect the number of ballots at issue to be enough to change the results: 
usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
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6 Nov
New: PA Republicans filed an emergency application asking SCOTUS to order PA to segregate post-Election Day absentee ballots. The SoS already directed counties to do this, but Rs say they still want SCOTUS to order it (HT @joshgerstein for the doc) beta.documentcloud.org/documents/2040… ImageImage
PA Rs don't present evidence that any county is failing to segregate the post-Nov. 3 absentee ballots at issue, but they argue "in the fast-paced and chaotic pace of postelection events in Pennsylvania" they haven't gotten affirmative confirmation that all counties are doing it Image
New: Justice Alito has entered an order that PA counties must comply with PA SoS's directive to segregate absentee ballots that arrived post-Election Day. This is pending SCOTUS considering PA GOP's emergency request earlier today for a specific court order re: ballot segregation ImageImage
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6 Nov
In the latest case filed by Republicans in Nevada (challenging use of computer software to check signatures and alleging lack of public access to observe counting), the judge has set a hearing for today at 2pm PST/5pm EST

Prev: Image
Here's the NV SoS oppo to Rs' motion to block the use of computer software to verify signatures and ensure observer access: assets.documentcloud.org/documents/7326…
They say:
1) The voter plaintiff who claimed someone else cast her mail-in ballot was given a chance to fix it and declined Image
2) The purported Trump campaign observer also claimed to be a member of the media (the filing notes he's a polit. strategist and Fox News contrib), and those come with different rights re: access to counting. But regardless, they say no evid. counting happened without observation Image
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6 Nov
Here is where things stand today on the pending Trump/GOP legal challenges:
- Nevada Rs (Trump campaign not a party) filed in federal court last night challenging computer software to verify signatures and claiming media wasn't allowed to observe counting assets.documentcloud.org/documents/7325… Image
- The new NV case repeats a Trump campaign allegation from yest. of people casting ballots who weren't eligible to vote in the state, but note the case isn't asking to invalidate ballots — at most, they're asking for absentee ballots to be verified by people and not a computer Image
- The Commonwealth Court of PA is holding arguments right now (no remote access, unfortunately) in PA Republicans' case seeking to block counties from allowing absentee voters with deficient ballots to cast provisional ballots to "cure" votes  Image
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