1. With a handful of exceptions, Republican elected officials are refusing recognize Biden's victory and saying Trump has the right to pursue his legal challenges.
5. This year, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp used the machines to steal the election for Biden. Why would Kemp, a Republican and outspoken Trump supporter, steal the election for Biden?
6. Powell also said that Republican candidates used the system to get elected. She said that, had the real vote been counted DOUG COLLINS would have advanced to the January 5 runoff, not KELLY LOEFFLER.
In other words, she is accusing Loeffler of being part of the conspiracy
7. Shortly after this, the Trump campaign tried to disavow Powell, falsely claiming she was not part of the Trump legal team and was "practicing law on her own."
It's a lie, and it also doesn't solve their problem.
8. It's not just Powell who has been advancing this crackpot voting machine theory. It's also Trump, Giuliani, and other members of the Trump legal team.
They've thrown Powell overboard, but they are clinging to her claims about voting machines
9. Why? Because all their other claims, even if successful, would not reverse nearly enough votes to reverse the outcome. They are losing those claims, but even if they weren't it would wouldn't be enough.
10. THIS is what nearly every elected official is waiting for the courts to resolve. It's a fever dream backed with absolutely no evidence. But it's enough for Mitch McConnell, Kevin McCarthy, and most of the rest of the Republicans
1. Four hours after I tweeted this, the Trump campaign issued a statement saying that Sydney Powell, who made these comments about Loeffler, is "practicing law on her own" and "not a member of Trump's legal team."
Trump's legal team is now asserting that DOUG COLLINS, not KELLY LOEFFLER would be participating in the January 5 runoff if Brian Kemp hadn't rigged the voting machines.
Does LOEFFLER agree? Or will she admit that the Trump campaign's claims of voter fraud are BS.
"We don't know who bought their election.. I'm sure it crosses party lines.. I'm reasonably certain John James was ripped out of his seat, and he was entitled to have won that election by the real vote, and the same thing is true for Doug Collins in Georgia." — @SidneyPowell1
Trump's legal strategy has never made any sense but, over the last few days, it has managed to become even more unhinged.
1. This thread is going to be the entirety of the intro to Judge Brann's dismissal of the Trump campaign's federal lawsuit in Pennsylvania.
It lays everything out beautifully.
2. "In this action, the Trump Campaign and the Individual Plaintiffs
(collectively, the “Plaintiffs”) seek to discard millions of votes legally cast by
Pennsylvanians from all corners – from Greene County to Pike County, and everywhere in between."
3. "Plaintiffs ask this Court to disenfranchise almost seven million voters. This Court has been unable to find any case in which a plaintiff has sought such a drastic remedy in the contest of an election, in terms of the sheer volume of votes asked to be invalidated.
1. There is a lot going on but everyone should really know about the brief filed in federal court by Team Giuliani for the Trump campaign in federal court last night.
Among many brazen attacks on the democratic process, it manages to stand out.
Let's dive in.
2. The fundamental problem Giuliani faces is that there is absolutely no evidence of fraud.
Their solution is that they've filed a motion to review 3 MILLION ENVELOPES used to return absentee ballots so that they can try to find some evidence.
This is not a joke.
3. But wait, how is Giuliani and his crew going to personally review 3 million envelopes? They can't. But they have a solution.
They are asking for a RANDOM SELECTION of ballots. They will then use that selection to invalidate Biden ballots BY INFERENCE
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