This is what happens when a gangster is president! Trump readies thousands of attorneys for election

[RKP5637]

So many want to bring the US down and install a dictator, apparently.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/27/trump-legal-network-election-day-fight-422035

Dozens of lawyers from three major law firms have been hired. Thousands of volunteer attorneys and poll watchers across the country have been recruited. Republicans are preparing pre-written legal pleadings that can be hurried to the courthouse the day after the election, as wrangling begins over close results and a crush of mail-in ballots. Attorneys from non-battleground states, including California, New York and Illinois, are being dispatched to more competitive areas and trained on local election laws.

A 20-person team of lawyers oversees the strategy, which is mainly focused on the election process in the 17 key states the Trump campaign is targeting, like Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan.

In total, it means the Republican Party will have thousands of people on hand to shape every element of voting — both on Election Day and in the days after.

It’s a massive undertaking — one the RNC calls its largest election-year legal effort ever. And it’s one that could determine the winner of the pandemic-beset 2020 election. Both political parties are bracing for the Nov. 3 election to spill over into the days and perhaps weeks after Election Day, given the drawn out process of counting what’s expected to be a historic number of mail-in votes. Since Republicans and Democrats vehemently disagree over how — and when — those ballots should be counted, the court system might be the ultimate arbiter.

[soothsayer]

1. Cannot wait to be rid of this clown

[RKP5637]

10. He is so damn gross!!! So damaging!!! n/t

[C_U_L8R]

2. They better demand payment in advance

'cause it sounds like Trump has blown though all his cash. Bankruptcy is his middle name and stiffing vendors is his game.

[treestar]

4. very true. Are there so many zealot attorneys

that are willing to spend time on this? I doubt that.

[RKP5637]

7. Oh, not to worry, he'll give them his personal credit card!

[TheBlackAdder]

29. If they're volunteeers, are these contributons in kind, campaign contributions, tax write-offs?

[pandr32]

31. As long as we don't wind up footing the bill

[Aristus]

3. We're readying thousands of lawyers too.

We're not going into the O.K. Corral without our six gun, or anything...

[RKP5637]

5. Yep, and at high noon! n/t

[Mme. Defarge]

15. I'm your huckleberry.

[Thekaspervote]

19. Yes, Biden has a team of 600 to deal with any shenanigans

[DonaldsRump]

6. Joe has a HUGE army of litigators

[RKP5637]

8. K&R!!! n/t

[DonaldsRump]

18. Here's a recent article on Joe's litigation team

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/14/us/politics/biden-legal-challenges-trump.html

I'm a lawyer myself and have signed up to be a poll watcher for Joe/Kamala in Nevada. Both Joe and Kamala are lawyers, so I have NO DOUBT that they are far more on top of this than Trump.

The one way to avoid all of this is to for us to win in a total landslide over all these monsters, from Trump all the way down ballot. Nothing will help Trump in that scenario.

[StarfishSaver]

23. And those are just the lawyers working for the camoaign

There are tens - if not hundreds - of thousands of lawyers working with outside groups all across the country.

[DonaldsRump]

24. Absolutely

For a few years now, I've done Election Protection, which is volunteer lawyers all over the US taking calls at call centers from voters who have issues voting. It's great, but it's non-partisan. That alone is 1000s of lawyers, who basically guide voters and speak to precinct workers where funny stuff might go on (and it most assuredly does go on, even now...especially now is probably more accurate.)

This year, however, I am TOTALLY partisan and am working directly for Biden/Harris and the Ds. Too much is at stake to be neutral now.

[kimbutgar]

9. I think Biden has this covered

Joe Biden’s presidential campaign says it is amassing an unprecedented army of attorneys for an expected legal brawl over whether ballots will count in the weeks after the election. The effort will involve several other top Democratic voting rights and election law attorneys as well as Eric Holder, the former attorney.

Americans are unlikely to know the winner of the presidential election on election night, in large part because of an expected surge in mail-in votes amid the coronavirus . Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin – key swing states – all prohibit election officials from beginning to process mail-in votes until election day, meaning there will be a wait until the final results are tallied.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/16/biden-attorney-legal-fight-election

The Biden campaign is ready to punch back!

[dalton99a]

11. +1

[smirkymonkey]

21. +1000

[RKP5637]

25. Yep!!! I'm quite sure they are very well prepared! n/t

[malaise]

12. Hope they aren't expecting to be paid

when he loses

[mucifer]

16. Ha!!!

[RKP5637]

26. He's giving them his personal credit card for all fees!!!

[malaise]

33. Oh My!

They're in trouble

[CanonRay]

13. Probably why his campaign is broke

Teams of lawyers don't come cheap. He knows he can't win, so instead of ads, hire lawyers to steal it.

[mucifer]

17. I bet many lawyers on both sides are donating time. Their side for greed. Ours for democracy.

Ya know the wealthy always need more tax breaks and social security isn't gonna destroy itself.

[not_the_one]

14. And THOUSANDS of attorneys can be disbarred.

Clean up THAT portion of the JD gene pool.

There is gonna be some SERIOUS reckoning coming... Put it out there and let them muse on THAT while they contemplate selling this country out.

Participating in treason is still, as far as I can tell, frowned on. EVEN by the ambulance chasers...

[RKP5637]

27. K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[moondust]

20. CT/projection lunacy.

Hey everybody, look over there while Putin's gang is screwing with your election system to help me!!!

By doing this garbage he's also shitting on all the honest poll workers who believe in democracy enough to spend their time carefully producing accurate results.

Flush the Turd November 3rd.

[RKP5637]

28. Better make sure the sewer system is in good shape! He's a big turd to flush! n/t

[StarfishSaver]

22. Maybe - but we've got more attorneys on our side

[RKP5637]

30. Yep, I bet this will be very well covered!!! n/t

[brooklynite]

32. ...and Biden will be doing the same.

[RKP5637]

36. It will be the Galactic Battle of the lawyers. n/t

[EndlessWire]

35. I love this thread

A flip off of attorneys.

tRumpy may just be preparing for his exit defense in New York. Already in place, and eager to defend his sorry ass!

If they ever get paid, it will be OUR tax dollars doing it! He'll just rake off the money from somewhere he allegedly sent it (like PR, promised $13B recently.)

This guy is just a grifter, and probably has billions stuck in some offshore account that we don't know about--yet. His unstated fee for destroying as much of our country as he could...

[RKP5637]

37. Yeah, Trump's probably lining them up for his defense when he's kicked out of the

White House and has to face New York state/city!