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Judges Say Republicans Have ZERO Evidence To Back Up Voter Fraud Claims
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5:04Now PlayingVia America’s Lawyer: RT Correspondent Brigida Santos joins Mike Papantonio to describe the litany of lawsuits Trump is filing, alleging election fraud against various battleground states. Are these last-ditch efforts of a sore loser, or does the President have ground to stand on?
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Joe Biden's win last week, president Trump and the RNC have waged a legal battle in five battleground States over allegations of election irregularities and right out voter fraud. Brigida Santos is here with me to talk about it. Brigida, no surprise here, but so far, have any of the, have any of these complaints really held up in court? I mean, is there any optics that tell us, yeah, we, we had this vast conspiracy to defraud president Trump?
Well, so far, no, they have not. President Trump, as you know, has publicly questioned the integrity of the election in a series of federal and state lawsuits. But so far his allegations of widespread voter fraud and election irregularities are unfounded. Now judges have said that Republicans have not provided real evidence to back up their claims beyond hearsay and rumors, but for now, judges are doing their jobs. They're allowing proceedings to move forward. The president and GOP have a right to sue, but it does not mean they're going to win. And the courts are a vital part of democracy and tool of checks and balances. So it's better to see Trump's claims fought legally in the courts than illegally on the streets with militias, for example.
Yeah, I agree. This is something that shows democracy is working. He has the right to do it, whether it gets anywhere, I, I have huge doubts. Quickly walk me through some of these lawsuits, if you would.
Yeah, there are many. So I'm just going to cover a couple. Now in Pennsylvania, a judge has denied a request by the GOP to stop Philadelphia officials from counting absentee ballots. The party had claimed that Republican observers were not allowed in the rooms where votes were being counted. But after one of Trump's own lawyers admitted that Republican observers were present in those rooms, that case fell apart. Now, Supreme Court justice, Samuel Alito, has ordered election officials to separate ballots that arrived after the election, but still by the deadline. However, he did not stop officials from counting the ballots as many Republicans had hoped. In Michigan, another series of unfounded claims by the Republican national committee have also unraveled. Among those claims were allegations that 2000 Republican ballots were given to Democrats in Rochester Hills due to a clerical error. Now in response, the Republican city clerk of Rochester Hills, who has served in that position for over seven years, had this to say, take a listen.
The accusation that 2000 ballots were found is categorically false. As a Republican, I am disturbed that this is intentionally being mis-characterized to undermine the election process. This was an isolated mistake that was quickly rectified once realized. Every voter should have complete confidence in our voting system. Every vote that was cast was counted accurately, and there is a paper ballot backup. I stand by our reported results.
And in Georgia, Trump's lawsuits accusing poll workers of mixing late ballots with those that were submitted on time has also been dismissed due to a lack of evidence. And this list goes on, Mike.
What can you tell me about the firms who are filing lawsuits on behalf of the president? I mean, he had them all lined up. They're, you know, they're the same folks that were kind of in the Bush, when Bush challenged. This is different from the, this is very different from the Bush Kerry election. What, what is your take?
It's very different, but the law firms that have filed election related lawsuits on behalf of president Trump and the Republican party are Jones Day and Porter Wright.
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