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GOP Suddenly Drops Election Lawsuits In Four Battleground States Amid Recent Court Failures
https://www.forbes.com ^ | 11/16/2020 | Alison Durkee

Posted on 11/16/2020 12:20:53 PM PST by Red Badger

GOP plaintiffs moved to dismiss pending lawsuits in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan and Georgia Monday morning that targeted ballots in Democratic counties and attempted to block the states from certifying their election results, marking a noticeable shift in Republicans’ post-election legal strategy days after the Trump campaign and GOP suffered a series of failures in court Friday.

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Key Facts

Three Wisconsin voters, backed by conservative group True the Vote, voluntarily dismissed a lawsuit that sought to block the state from certifying votes in several Democratic-leaning counties, claiming their votes had been diluted because of alleged voter fraud and “illegal” votes in those counties.

The lawsuit—in which the plaintiffs admitted they did not yet have any concrete evidence of illegal votes and the evidence would be “shortly forthcoming”—was dropped immediately before the case was supposed to be heard in court.

Similar lawsuits in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, in which voters in each state also tried to exclude votes that were cast in certain Democratic-leaning counties, were also dismissed by the plaintiffs Monday morning.

The notices of dismissal did not give a reason behind the plaintiffs’ decision, and conservative attorney James Bopp, who is associated with True the Vote and represented the plaintiffs in all four states, told the Associated Press Monday he could not comment on the Wisconsin lawsuit due to attorney-client privilege.

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Key Background

The GOP lawsuits were part of a broader effort by the Trump campaign and Republicans to challenge the election results in battleground states in the wake of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: alisondurke; fakenews; steveforbes
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1 posted on 11/16/2020 12:20:53 PM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Is this clearing the way for something else?

I don’t know what information out there is true or false but we should know in less than a month.


2 posted on 11/16/2020 12:22:45 PM PST by Dutch Boy
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To: Red Badger

This IS FAKE NEWS!!!


3 posted on 11/16/2020 12:22:46 PM PST by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: Red Badger

What idiots.


4 posted on 11/16/2020 12:23:00 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: Red Badger

Trump team is going forward in all these states I believe-


5 posted on 11/16/2020 12:23:08 PM PST by Bob434
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To: Red Badger

Apparently Trump called the legal team in for a confab today.

Something’s up.


6 posted on 11/16/2020 12:23:15 PM PST by mad_as_he$$
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To: Red Badger

Before the Eeyore people get on here, my impression is that they are standing back to make way for a more concentrated effort in these states.


7 posted on 11/16/2020 12:23:44 PM PST by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: Red Badger

I call bulls**** !


8 posted on 11/16/2020 12:24:27 PM PST by wardamneagle
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To: mad_as_he$$

Apparently Trump called the legal team in for a confab today.

Interesting. Can you supply a link or direct me to an article?


9 posted on 11/16/2020 12:24:28 PM PST by rintintin (If you watch Tucker, you help fund Chris Wallace. No more Fox - period.)
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To: Red Badger

My thoughts are this is either REALY good...or the opposite.

If Trumps team has the goods at a national level on the digital fraud, then they may be consolidating resources for it for that angle.

Or...

They don’t...and this is the end of the line.


10 posted on 11/16/2020 12:24:29 PM PST by suasponte137
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To: Red Badger

If these were brought by individual voters, they were not “part of the broader effort by the Trump campaign.” They were unrelated.


11 posted on 11/16/2020 12:25:32 PM PST by A_perfect_lady (The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
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To: Red Badger; Hiskid; SisterK; Norski; Albion Wilde

Prayer ping!


12 posted on 11/16/2020 12:25:58 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: Red Badger

Overlapping claims from groups of voters. These suits will be amicus to the bigger EVIDENTIARY massive fraud suits and way upstairs in the Courts. Catastrophic outcome for ole Joey Bags...criminal outcome.

Also why obamaumao is WHINING about “transition” he is learning what they have on him... and the 2012 election he STOLE. Romney should STFU— but of course there is exposure of his Burisma/Ukraine payoff money and a whole lot else!


13 posted on 11/16/2020 12:26:08 PM PST by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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President Trump has Summoned his Legal Team to the White House for an Emergency Meeting [Hmmmmmm..]
November 16, 2020 | CivilWarBrewing
Posted on 11/16/2020, 11:10:39 AM by CivilWarBrewing

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3906556/posts


14 posted on 11/16/2020 12:26:23 PM PST by SteveH
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To: suasponte137

The most logical reason would be so that the President’s legal team is leading the way and want to speak with a single voice. Of course the MSM will paint this as a surrender, but it’s really clearing the way for the A-Team.


15 posted on 11/16/2020 12:26:36 PM PST by littleharbour ("You take on the intel community they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you" C. Schumer)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

Forbes is nothing but LEFTIST propaganda, any more.


16 posted on 11/16/2020 12:26:47 PM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: littleharbour

Good point.

too much side litigation does confuse the effort.


17 posted on 11/16/2020 12:28:03 PM PST by suasponte137
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To: Red Badger

12 Amendment action coming up.


18 posted on 11/16/2020 12:28:14 PM PST by jmaroneps37
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To: Red Badger

Fake news.
Three Wisconsin voters that nobody has heard of, who had nothing to do with the Trump campaign or the GOP, dropped their lawsuits so what?
Totally irrelevant to anything.


19 posted on 11/16/2020 12:28:29 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: mad_as_he$$

Whatever’s “up”, it had damn well better be new lawsuits being filed about the “anomalies” in the vote count produced by Dominion.

The evidence that’s been put out there of votes being taken from Trump and given to Biden, or big dumps of 100,000+ votes magically showing up for Biden (and zero or close to it that same batch for Trump) is overwhelming.

I’m frustrated as the day is long that we have filed ZERO lawsuits as of yet on the Dominion data, yet continue to putz around and waste time on afidavits and allegations that Dems were “mean” to our poll watchers or allegedly blocked them from seeing ballots. The Dominion data, which is irrefutable, seems to be the most compelling angle to go after the fraud on..and we’ve heard absolutely nothing about any actual lawsuits on that front.


20 posted on 11/16/2020 12:28:39 PM PST by jstolzen
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