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In new lawsuit, Texas contests election results in Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania

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  1. Andre0087

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    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing four battleground states - Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin - whose election results handed the White House to President-elect Joe Biden.

    In the suit, he claims that pandemic-era changes to election procedures in those states violated federal law, and asks the U.S. Supreme Court to block the states from voting in the Electoral College.

    The last-minute bid, which legal experts have already characterized as a longshot, comes alongside dozens of similar attempts by President Donald Trump and his political allies. The majority of those lawsuits have already failed.

    There is no evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 election, officials in most states and U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr have said. Biden won in all four states where Paxton is challenging the results.

    In a filing to the high court Tuesday, The Texas Tribune reports Paxton claims the four battleground states broke the law by instituting pandemic-related changes to election policies, whether "through executive fiat or friendly lawsuits, thereby weakening ballot integrity."

    Paxton claimed that these changes allowed for voter fraud to occur - a conclusion experts and election officials have rejected - and said the court should push back a Dec. 14 deadline by which states must appoint their presidential electors.

    "That deadline, however, should not cement a potentially illegitimate election result in the middle of this storm," attorneys for Texas wrote.

    Paxton and Trump are political allies whose interests often line up in court, as with Texas' challenge to the Affordable Care Act. Paxton, in public appearances, often characterizes their relationship as a friendly one, sharing the story of the time the president called while Paxton was in the shower.

    Paxton, who has been under indictment since 2015 for felony securities fraud charges, is facing fresh criminal allegations from eight of his top deputies, who said they believe he broke the law by using the agency to do favors for a political donor. The FBI is investigating Paxton over those claims, according to the Associated Press. Paxton has denied wrongdoing.

    The Texas Tribune is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans - and engages with them - about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.

    https://abc13.com/ken-paxton-texas-...lts-lawsuit-sues-battleground-states/8609339/
     
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    superfob Mommy WOW! I'm a Big Kid now.

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    This is a nothingburger. Ken is just fishing for a pardon.
     
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    And trump likes it!

     
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    if I’m the judge I countersue for wasting my time
     
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    Stop embarrassing me. Paxton wasn't even born in this state was he? Send him back to where he came from.
     
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    rockbox Around before clutchcity.com

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    Paxton is corrupt AF. The fact that all the lawyers from the AG's office that quit and filed a complaint about him are die-hard conservatives that probably voted for Trump is all you need to know about Paxton.
     
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    Considering he's under investigation by the FBI, he's obviously looking to get on trumpybear's good side.
     
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    Trump should have focused on the election instead of campaigning. Now we get to get back in bed with China.
     
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    Pardon in return.
     
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    I don't see how Texas has any standing, but then I am not a lawyer.
     
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    China grants 18 trademarks in 2 months to Trump, daughter
    SHANGHAI (AP) — The Chinese government granted 18 trademarks to companies linked to President Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka Trump over the last two months, Chinese public records show, raising concerns about conflicts of interest in the White House.
    https://apnews.com/0a3283036d2f4e699da4aa3c6dd01727
     
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    A weaken and isolated US is a stronger China. China loves Trump.
     
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    If John Roberts wasn't a coward, he would sanction Ken Paxton or whoever signed this. But, he's a coward.
     
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    Under the argument Paxton is making couldn’t other states also sue Texas sinc Abbot changed rules such as the number of drop off locations during the election?
     
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    Great point, and I think it would be smart for states like California to sue Texas right back at the Supreme Court because there is actual evidence to show that had their rule changes not be implemented, it could have impacted the elections not just at the presidential level but with the control of the Senate with the John Cornyn seat. There is far more evidence to be made that this is actually something that other states have standing on than Texas has with states like PA, MI, and WI.
     
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    ...the Donald's gotten into bed with alot of folks.

    ...oh...

    ...and he's also been known to (wet the) bed (of) a prostitute or two...;)
     
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    Sad part is Texans re-elected this Paxton dude in 2018. I want to be proud of my state but there's too many imbeciles and morons here. The only good part about Texas is the cities, other places are s***.
     
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