Aaron van Langevelde, key GOP vote on the Michigan board of canvassers, speaks at meeting: "We have a duty to certify this election based on the returns. This is very clear. I'm not going to argue that we're not." But, wants to wait to hear public comments before making the vote
Van Langevelde is stressing that the board of canvassers has a limited role, and a legal "duty" to certify.
"We don't have the authority to conduct a trial here on whether election fraud occurred."
Van Langevelde confirms he'll vote to certify MI results.
"The law is absolutely clear. We have a clear legal duty to certify the results of the election as shown by the returns that were given to us... As John Adams once said, we are a government of laws, not men"
The board has voted to certify Michigan's results, making it all-but-certain that Trump's effort to interfere with certifications has flopped.
(At this point he'd somehow need to block certifications in AZ, WI, *and* PA which... isn't happening.)
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A spokesperson from Gov. Kemp's office told the AP yesterday that Kemp would "make a determination in his own mind if he’s seen" evidence of widespread voter fraud apnews.com/article/joe-bi…
.@BrendanKeefe reports that certification in Georgia will happen as expected. Presser at 5 PM.
Last week, two longtime Michigan Republicans sounded the alarm about "the very real prospect the Republicans who control the Senate and House in Lansing might nullify the clear and decisive victory achieved by Joe Biden in Michigan"
This appears to be the Twitter account for one of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers Republican members who voted not to certify. A Gateway Pundit fan who has RTed a Trump tweet claiming mail ballot fraud twitter.com/HartmannDude/w…
The hearing for the Trump campaign's federal lawsuit against the state of Pennsylvania has begun.
Rudy Giuliani is present and introduces himself.
Judge Matthew Brann presiding. Daniel Donovan of Kirkland & Ellis will be making the main argument for the defense.
Starts with discussion on the changing versions of the Trump campaign's complaint. The remaining claim that will be discussed today will be about equal protection
Rudy begins by saying there is "widespread, nationwide voter fraud of which this is a part."
He quotes Rahm Emanuel's years-old quote about never letting a crisis go to waste. Says the pandemic was used as cover to expand mail-in voting.
There are two things that are set to happen with the election results in the coming weeks that ordinarily would be formalities, but in a disputed election are crucial.
First is the states' certifications of their results. Second is the selection of electors.
Right now, both processes are clearly on track to make Biden the next president.
Trump's only hope is to upset the apple cart on one or both. Blocking or delaying certifications somehow, or getting partisan GOP state legislators in states Biden won to appoint Trump electors.
An interesting passage explaining why Mueller didn't charge Roger Stone or WikiLeaks with conspiracy regarding the hacked emails. Let's go through it...
First, the report confirms Mueller considered charging WikiLeaks, Assange, or Stone as "conspirators in the computer-intrusion conspiracy," under the theory that they were "late joiners" to the Russian intelligence officers' hacking plot.
But not sufficient "admissible evidence" that WikiLeaks knew of hackings before they happened, or made an agreement about it.
"A “fence” who had no advance knowledge of the plan to steal the goods he disposes of... is generally not liable for conspiring to steal those goods"
Just spoke to Diana Solorio from the Maricopa County, AZ recorder’s office.
She says over 1.3 million early ballots have been returned and processed. That’s about half the number of total registered voters in Maricopa County (about 2.6M).
Each returned ballot must be signature verified by two separate people. That's already happened for these 1.3 million ballots.
(This is the time-consuming mail ballot processing that WI, PA, and MI haven't started yet, bc Republican legislators wouldn't allow an early start)
Due to a 2019 law change, Arizona's ballot processing now begins 14 days before the election — previously, it could only begin 7 days before.
This extra time will be a big help in dealing with a record number of mail ballots