Ted Cruz: President Trump needs ‘to bring in significant additional legal firepower’

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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