Despite the federal Supreme Court’s dismissal of a Texas lawsuit against four swing states, President Trump’s lawyers said Friday night (Dec. 11) that they will continue to fight.
“We’re not done yet, believe me,” former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who leads Trump’s legal team, told Newsmax, adding that “the president’s response is to consider other options.”
Giuliani said the Supreme Court dismissed the Texas lawsuit based on legal standing, not the actual merits of the case. Challenges about the election, he said, can be brought in lower courts.
“That’s an option we’re definitely going to try,” he said, “and there’s nothing stopping us from immediately going to the district court, bringing these cases, where of course the president would have standing. Some voters have standing, too, because their Constitutional rights have been violated.”
“We still have time,” said Jenna Ellis, a lawyer for the Trump team.
According to the Washington Times, the White House had originally hosted a holiday party on Friday night, and after the court’s decision was released, guests were told that the president would cancel his scheduled speaking schedule. On Saturday, the president was scheduled to attend the annual Army-Navy football game at West Point in New York.
Giuliani said the president and his team believe that “people need to know these facts (about election fraud).”
“If we don’t curb election fraud when it first sprouts, fraud like this will continue to happen,” Giuliani said, “and if we don’t step up, if we allow big media and big tech and Democratic politicians and the elites in Washington to spin this issue, election fraud is only going to get worse and worse and worse.”
“This has to be stopped, and the only person I think who has the courage to stand up to it is Donald Trump.” He said.
Before the court order was issued, Trump tweeted, “If the Supreme Court shows great wisdom and courage, the American people may win the most important case in history and our election process will once again be respected!”
The lawsuit has 19 Republican state attorneys general supporting Texas. The states they represent are Missouri, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia, Arizona and Alaska.
In a statement following the Supreme Court’s order, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who filed the lawsuit, called the decision “unfortunate.
“It is unfortunate that the Supreme Court decided not to hear this case and not to affirm the constitutionality of these four states’ noncompliance with federal and state election laws. I will continue to work tirelessly to defend the integrity and security of elections and hold accountable those who would overturn established election laws for their own benefit.” He wrote.
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