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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,956 posts)
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 03:34 AM Nov 2020

Trump lost at the ballot box. His legal challenges aren't going any better.

Trump lost his reelection bid at the ballot box. But he said he could win it back in court.

In five key states, Trump and his allies filed lawsuits that — according to Trump — would reveal widespread electoral fraud, undo President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, and give Trump another four years. “Biden did not win, he lost by a lot!” Trump tweeted.

It’s not going well.

Rather than revealing widespread — or even isolated — fraud, the effort by Trump’s legal team has so far done the opposite: It’s affirmed the integrity of the election that Trump lost. Nearly every GOP challenge has been tossed out. Not a single vote has been overturned.

“The Trump legal team does not seem to have identified any kind of global litigation strategy that has any prospect of changing the outcome of the election, and all of the court filings to date underscore that — as do all of the court rulings that have been issued to date,” said Robert Kelner, a Republican lawyer who chairs the election and political law practice group at Covington & Burling, an international law firm based in Washington.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-election-legal-challenges/2020/11/14/904fbd04-25e2-11eb-a688-5298ad5d580a_story.html

Trump's been successful before not because the law was on his side but rather most people didn't have the deep pockets to fight a protracted legal battle with him. He's not dealing with the small time contractors he's used to ripping off.

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Trump lost at the ballot box. His legal challenges aren't going any better. (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2020 OP
Going forward, when lawsuits and moonscape Nov 2020 #1
He's got Rudy. Demobrat Nov 2020 #2
BWAHAHA!!!!!! AZ8theist Nov 2020 #4
"legal challenges" to ZILCH! Cha Nov 2020 #3
It's like they say... AZ8theist Nov 2020 #5
They are the gang that couldn't coup straight! ananda Nov 2020 #6
The Mayberry Machiavelli's.. AZ8theist Nov 2020 #7
Exactly.. trump's lawyers are Flailing & Cha Nov 2020 #9
It isn't 2016 anymore ucrdem Nov 2020 #8

moonscape

(4,673 posts)
1. Going forward, when lawsuits and
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 03:39 AM
Nov 2020

hopefully indictments start rolling in, he won’t be dealing with a lack of opposing deep pockets.

I guess he’ll be able to find adequate counsel, but hard to imagine any top-flight firms going anywhere near him.

Cha

(297,196 posts)
3. "legal challenges" to ZILCH!
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 05:28 AM
Nov 2020
Rather than revealing widespread — or even isolated — fraud, the effort by Trump’s legal team has so far done the opposite: It’s affirmed the integrity of the election that Trump lost. Nearly every GOP challenge has been tossed out. Not a single vote has been overturned.

TY!

AZ8theist

(5,459 posts)
5. It's like they say...
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 06:21 AM
Nov 2020

EVERYTHING Doturd touches turns to shit...

He can't even lawsuit correctly anymore.....OH! The HUMANITY!!!

Cha

(297,196 posts)
9. Exactly.. trump's lawyers are Flailing &
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 06:41 AM
Nov 2020

Failing in Court. The Judges are having to take them back to Law School.. teaching them about "unsubstantiated evidence"!

Not Credible!

ucrdem

(15,512 posts)
8. It isn't 2016 anymore
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 06:41 AM
Nov 2020

and he's not getting away with the bullshit he used to bully his way past Hillary. That was a very hard lesson learned.

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