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21 Oct, 5 tweets, 2 min read
BREAKING: Gov. Greg Abbott appointed John Scott as Texas' new top election official.

Scott briefly represented former President Donald Trump in a lawsuit challenging the 2020 election results in Pennsylvania. bit.ly/3Ei1f5p
As secretary of state, Scott would oversee election administration in Texas — a task complicated in recent years by baseless claims of election fraud from the highest levels of government fueled by Trump.
The former president has filed a flurry of lawsuits nationwide and called for audits in Texas and elsewhere to review the results of the 2020 presidential elections. bit.ly/3jI45ZB
Trump’s own attorney general, Bill Barr, said there was no evidence of widespread voter fraud nationwide, and in Texas, an official with the secretary of state’s office said the 2020 election was “smooth and secure.”
Scott will eventually have to be confirmed by the Legislature which is not scheduled to meet until 2023.

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