Sen. Ted Cruz told Hugh Hewitt this morning that he’s “had multiple conversations over the past week with the President, with the WH, Jared. And one of the things that I have urged them is that they need to bring in significant additional legal firepower, that a battle like this takes some serious legal horses.”
Sen. Cruz: "I’ve had multiple conversations over the past week with the President, with the WH, Jared. And one of the things that I have urged them is that they need to bring in significant additional legal firepower, that a battle like this takes some serious legal horses." https://t.co/APsTwl9w3r
— Rick Klein (@rickklein) November 11, 2020
In short, President Trump is attempting what Hewitt calls the “judicial equivalent of jury nullification in a criminal case” and that’s going to be a tough lift, for any legal team:
From what @AndrewCMcCarthy describes about the lawsuit, @realDonaldTrump campaign is seeking the judicial equivalent of jury nullification in a criminal case. I think the issue will be IF majority of Supreme Court waded into PA’s election, how would it ever stay out of any? https://t.co/AlzBr1Od0g
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) November 11, 2020
In Pennsylvania, President Trump’s current legal team isn’t even alleging any fraud “at present”:
A Pennsylvania judge asked a Republican lawyer whether he was alleging any fraud.
His answer, in direct contradiction of @realDonaldTrump: “at present, no.” pic.twitter.com/nUxMt6W0bB
— Jessica Silver-Greenberg ??♀️ (@jbsgreenberg) November 11, 2020
And in Georgia, President Trump’s lawyers are also “defending the integrity of the state’s voting system in an ongoing lawsuit”:
The Georgia lawyers representing the Trump campaign in its efforts to challenge the election results here are also defending the integrity of the state’s voting system in an ongoing lawsuit, @markniesse reports. #gapol
https://t.co/f3eVVsttKT— Greg Bluestein (@bluestein) November 11, 2020
You can read and listen to Sen. Cruz’s full comments here:
My interview Tuesday w/ Senator @TedCruz discussed in details the challenge of the recount and lawsuit strategy of @realDonaldTrump. The audio and transcript is here: https://t.co/vycmXvEr11
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) November 11, 2020
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