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FEC Chairman: Trump campaign bringing 'legitimate accusations' of election fraud to court
Just The News ^ | Updated: November 21, 2020 - 1:27AM | Carrie Sheffield

Posted on 11/21/2020 11:48:55 AM PST by Texas Fossil

The Trump campaign is bringing "legitimate accusations" to court through affidavits of credible witnesses and other evidence used in its challenges to electoral outcomes in various states, Federal Election Commission Chairman Trey Trainor said.

Trainor said his review of evidence, including numerous affidavits claiming voter fraud and a sworn statement by a prominent mathematician flagging up to 100,000 Pennsylvania ballots, met first level of legal scrutiny under what's known as motion to dismiss or "Rule 12(b)(6)" of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which would dismiss less credible claims.

Noting subsequent legal threshold beyond a "motion to dismiss" is the "summary judgment phase," Trainor said that under this phase, the credibility of witnesses is presumed to be accurate, especially given the caliber of the testimonies Trainor has observed to date.

"When considering a motion for summary judgment, a judge will view all evidence in light most favorable to the movant's opponent," explains Cornell University Law School's Legal Information Institute website.

"What I would be concerned with, if I were on other side of these election contests that are going on around the country, is that if you look at level of evidence that has been provided by these affidavits — hundreds of affidavits that corroborate events that have happened on the ground — in a summary judgment phase of these cases, you have to take evidence of plaintiff as being true," Trainor told "Just the News AM" television show Friday morning.

"The court has to take the evidence of the plaintiff as being true and see whether or not the other side can make a case against it," added Trainor. "So, the massive amounts of affidavits that we see in these cases show that there was in-fact fraud that took place. And the other side really needs to answer these questions."

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The "massive amounts of affidavits that we see in these cases show that there was in fact fraud that took place," said FEC Chairman Trey Trainor. "And the other side really needs to answer these questions."

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There you have it, it is massive!

1 posted on 11/21/2020 11:48:55 AM PST by Texas Fossil
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To: Texas Fossil

I appreciate his voice on this, but can he DO anything? Is it just a ceremonial position?


2 posted on 11/21/2020 11:53:34 AM PST by proust (Justice delayed is injustice.)
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To: Texas Fossil

According to some schmuck on RedState, sworn affidavits do not count as evidence.....I guess nothing less than a bloody knife with fingerprints counts as evidence in our new post 11/3/20 world


3 posted on 11/21/2020 11:53:49 AM PST by The Fop (God Bless Donald Trump, Frank Sinatra, Joan Rivers, and the Fightin' Rat Pack Wing of the GOP)
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To: Texas Fossil

Right now google news headlines are that republican lawmakers are fed up with Trump and a zoom in of Rudy’s sweat...saying it’s not hair dye

i HATE these #$@#$@#$@#$@#$@#$ @#$@#$@#$@$@#$ @#$@#$@#$@# @#$@#$@#$$s

and YES, I said those out loud in Italian.

This way the neighbors can’t understand


4 posted on 11/21/2020 11:55:39 AM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: Texas Fossil

“you have to take evidence of plaintiff as being true,”

I expect a lot of lower courts to find ways to disregard the evidence.


5 posted on 11/21/2020 11:55:48 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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To: Texas Fossil

Trump has never brought an illegitimate claim.

Lord Fauci The Micro has.
The POS generals have.
Everyone on the left has, except for... wait, no, sorry.
John Kerry has, his pet Pierre Delecto has.

Trump has this in the bag oh ye of little faith.


6 posted on 11/21/2020 11:57:11 AM PST by Eddie01 (too exhausted to apply the sarc tag)
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To: The Fop

One single person saying something doesn’t mean much but once you have 2, 3, 4 people who don’t know each other all saying the same thing, it’s evidence.


7 posted on 11/21/2020 11:58:27 AM PST by Pollard (Bunch of curmudgeons)
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To: proust

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is an independent regulatory agency of the United States whose purpose is to enforce campaign finance law in United States federal elections. Created in 1974 through amendments to the Federal Election Campaign Act,[4] the commission describes its duties as “to disclose campaign finance information, to enforce the provisions of the law such as the limits and prohibitions on contributions, and to oversee the public funding of Presidential elections.”

The commission has not functioned since late August 2019, with an exception for the period of May 2020 to July 2020, due to lack of a quorum.[5][6] In the absence of a quorum, the commission cannot vote on complaints or give guidance through advisory opinions. As of May 19, 2020, there were 350 outstanding matters on the agency’s enforcement docket and 227 items waiting for action.


8 posted on 11/21/2020 12:00:08 PM PST by Pollard (Bunch of curmudgeons)
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To: Texas Fossil

Not sure of the outcome, bit I do know this:

NEVER BET AGAINST DONALD TRUMP!!!


9 posted on 11/21/2020 12:01:18 PM PST by eyeamok
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To: Texas Fossil

The very fact that there is legit evidence of fraud and if it is indeed massive...we may not be able to prove extent enough to overturn the election.

But if the saying is true about telling ‘big lies,’ then as a nation we know the Biden Regime is illegitimated.

In some manner I am OK with that for 2 years. Hold the Senate and reject all Executive Orders. We can do that. The next real question though is...can we secure the midterm election process? Trump knows there’s a major act of treason happening. He knows if things get overturned in his favor he will have a civil war on his hands. If he doesn’t win this battle I do not think he will be fading into the background anytime soon. I could see him picking up the mantle to insure valid and legal election process. This is where the battle truly rests. Yes, him in office and able to pursue this would be helpful, but I don’t think it necessary. We need him in office for other reasons as well. But with a civil war on his hands...how much of the agenda will get done?


10 posted on 11/21/2020 12:02:23 PM PST by EBH (God Save the Republic. God is in Control. God knows what He is doing. )
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To: The Fop

even a glove that fits is not enough for some...


11 posted on 11/21/2020 12:03:23 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: The Fop
According to some schmuck on RedState, sworn affidavits do not count as evidence.

As I understand it, a sworn affidavit is DIRECT EVIDENCE.

There is in the public domain also CIRCUMSTANCIAL EVIDENCE, such as the fact that several states stopped reporting results within a few minutes of each other, when Trump was leading by a large margin, then started reporting results which now had Biden leading.

They also have FORENSIC EVIDENCE, for example, deviations from Benford's Law. Examples of this can be found on the internet, i.e., in plain view.

12 posted on 11/21/2020 12:06:52 PM PST by sima_yi ( Reporting live from the far North)
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To: The Fop

Sydney Powell called these sworn statements, “confessions.”


13 posted on 11/21/2020 12:09:39 PM PST by zeebee ( )
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To: proust

Lin Wood’s next step is in Federal Court.


14 posted on 11/21/2020 12:10:45 PM PST by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: The Fop

Yes. Affidavits are certainly evidence.


15 posted on 11/21/2020 12:12:04 PM PST by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: dp0622

They don’t yet realize the trap they are in.

This will not play out like they think.


16 posted on 11/21/2020 12:13:56 PM PST by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Texas Fossil
"The court has to take the evidence of the plaintiff as being true and see whether or not the other side can make a case against it,"
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The Criswell strategy?


17 posted on 11/21/2020 12:14:23 PM PST by LouieFisk
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To: Eddie01

YES


18 posted on 11/21/2020 12:14:54 PM PST by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: eyeamok

Smile. Good advice.


19 posted on 11/21/2020 12:16:30 PM PST by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Pollard

Ask yourself...Why was there a lack of Quorum?


20 posted on 11/21/2020 12:18:58 PM PST by mazz44 (http://knowledgeofhealth.com/why-animals-age-they-produce-less-vitamin-c-same-for-humans/)
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