See, now this is how you do hair and makeup, Donald Trump has a new set of scapegoats for what is turning into the colossal embarrassment that is his effort to overturn the will of the people and make a coup: his lawyers. When he needs to blame someone for his loss, that’s who it […] More
To that end, Team Trump filed an appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit so full of legal gobbledegook that the lead Democratic attorney just said “I’m not going to even try to describe it.” Curiously, the thrust of this appeal seems to procedural—Trump’s lawyers are appealing a decision from district Judge […] More
President Donald Trump is still pressing onward with his effort to try to overturn the election results in states Joe Biden clearly won — but he’s had little success so far, deadlines are looming, and patience among some Republicans is wearing thin. The most significant deadline Monday is that the Michigan Board of State Canvassers […] More
Dilatory tactics like delaying certification or recounts will be rejected by courts or governors, and not even a single state legislature (much less three) seems eager to incur the wrath of the American people through a power grab that would violate the rule of law, trigger massive street protests and call the legislators’ own elections […] More
Brian Stauffer Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters. One chilly afternoon in November 2019, a process server stepped through the gold-rimmed doors of Trump Tower on New York’s Fifth Avenue to deliver a copy of an […] More
Trump’s election lawyers are attacking each other now and fighting over who is really on the election legal team. After Sidney Powell accused Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp of crimes, Rudy Giuliani and Jenna Ellis said that Powell doesn’t work on the election challenge. Kaitlin Collins of CNN tweeted: “Sidney Powell is practicing law on her […] More
President Donald Trump battled members of his own party this weekend, as his critics — and even some allies — called upon him to accept the results of the presidential election. Following his loss of a major lawsuit seeking to overturn Pennsylvania’s results on Saturday, several prominent Republican leaders gave interviews on Sunday suggesting that […] More
Eric Trump‘s wife has some thoughts, er, feelings about how this past presidential election went down! But it doesn’t really matter, because facts don’t care about her feelings! Lara Trump, who in addition to being married to Eric was a senior 2020 campaign adviser for Donald Trump, went on Fox News Sunday on Sunday morning to discuss Joe […] More
Toomey continued in the statement: “This ruling follows a series of procedural losses for President Trump’s campaign. On Friday, the state of Georgia certified the victory of Joe Biden after a hand recount of paper ballots confirmed the conclusion of the initial electronic count. Michigan lawmakers rejected the apparent attempt by President Trump to thwart […] More
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) blasted President Trump’s legal team on Sunday for being “a national embarrassment” as it boosts the sitting president’s refusal to concede by waging bogus claims of widespread election fraud. Trump’s legal battles in his efforts to delegitimize the election process have continued falling flat. During an appearance on ABC […] More
Last Tuesday, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani appeared in federal court for the first time in 30 years, representing the Trump campaign in its efforts to prevent Pennsylvania from certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in that state. It was a disaster for Giuliani. The one-time mayor and senior federal prosecutor struggled to articulate […] More
Chris Christie said that it was time for Trump to stop challenging the election and called Giuliani and Trump’s lawyers a national embarrassment. Christie said when asked on ABC’s This Week if it was time for Trump to stop challenging the election, “Yes, and here’s the reason why. The President has had an opportunity to […] More
