Trump asked Ted Cruz to argue a case seeking to overturn the election if the Supreme Court agreed to hear it.
By: Maggie Haberman & Jeremy W. Peters
The long-shot suit from Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas is seeking to challenge the Electoral College outcomes in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan and Georgia, and describes the votes as "tainted."
Will the Justices appreciate being dragged into this circus?
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President Trump asked Senator Ted Cru z on Tuesday night if he would be willing to argue a case filed by the Texas attorney general seeking to invalidate the election results in states like Pennsylvania in the event that it reaches the U.S. Supreme Court, according to a person familiar with the discussion.
The long-shot suit from Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas is seeking to challenge the Electoral College outcomes in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan and Georgia, and describes the votes as "tainted."
Mr. Trump asked Mr. Cruz, Republican of Texas, if he would be willing to make oral arguments in the case should it reach the Supreme Court. Mr. Cruz agreed.
The call was the latest example of Mr. Trump's continuing efforts to try to upend the results of the election with claims of widespread fraud that his lawyers have yet to demonstrate in court. Dozens of legal challenges by the Trump campaign and Republican proxies related to the election have been tossed out by judges, including judges appointed by Mr. Trump.
Before he joined the Senate in 2013, Mr. Cruz argued before the Supreme Court nine times, representing Texas in most of those cases in his role as the state's solicitor general.
— Maggie Haberman
17 states support Texas' lawsuit to the Supreme Court challenging the election results.
Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas filed a suit to dispute the results in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.Credit...Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
Republican attorneys general from 17 states declared their support on Wednesday for a brazen effort by the state of Texas to delay the certification of the presidential election in four states that President Trump lost.
The Texas suit, filed on Tuesday by the pro-Trump state attorney general, Ken Paxton, claims that voting irregularities in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin should be investigated by the state legislatures before those states formally certify President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. the winner.
The lawsuit was ridiculed by legal experts as a publicity stunt with little chance of success. But that did not deter 17 of the country's 25 Republican attorneys general from publicly signaling their allegiance to the president by signing on to an amicus brief in support of Texas filed on Wednesday.
The attorneys general all represent states that Mr. Trump won, including Alabama, Florida, Kansas, Missouri, Louisiana and South Dakota. In their brief, they argued that "serious concerns relating to election integrity and public confidence in elections" had surfaced.
— Jeremy W. Peters
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Literally no one takes this seriously... except the poor fools who still fly their "TRUMP 2020" flags...
Why only investigate Pennsylvania, Georgia, Wisconsin etc. Let's investigate the states that Trump won because we know that Republicans have tried to steal votes in the past. This concept that the Democrats were all cheats and the Republicans were all goody two shoes is a non starter.
I do wonder though, what Trumpsters think will actually happen. Do they seriously believe the Supreme Court, or any court will just say they are giving the election to Trump.
You think you've seen riots before ?
Let me get this straight. Lyin' Ted Cruz, that Ted Cruz the one with the ugly wife and whose father helped with the assassination of JFK, that Ted Cruz? And Ted said he would, now that is a ''ho'' of the highest order.
Our wonderful GOP, at it's finest!
Makes me wonder if donald has some dirt on some of these people.
To quote Mitt Romney when he learned of this scheme
"This is madness"
If he were to argue this in front of the SCOTUS, he will legally face plant as he is an idiot. After now kissing Trump's ass after he totally disrespected his wife, I hope she kicks him to the curb. If she is a Trumper liker her useless husband, then she deserves any disrespect she gets.