Biden Transition Threatens Legal Action

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Biden Transition Threatens Legal Action

November 9, 2020 at 8:55 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 14 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2020/11/09/biden-transition-threatens-legal-action/

"SNIP.....

Joe Biden’s transition team is warning that it may take “legal action” if the General Services Administration fails to make an official determination that Joe Biden has won the election, Axios reports.

.....SNIP"

[spanone]

1. ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️K&R ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

[AirmensMom]

2. Good.

Fuck those sore losers. They are only proving why the majority chose Biden. Character matters.

[msongs]

3. biden needs to keep everything away from the supreme court nt

[soothsayer]

9. Yeah I don't like legal action. It's a trap

I mean, I worry this...

[russiamommy]

4. Do it!

Delaying this process is dangerous.

[Iliyah]

5. And they have the facts . .. jack. . .

[dalton99a]

6. Use every means available.

[Ohiogal]

7. Good!

[NoMoreRepugs]

8. Do everything by the book and out in the open.

Expose these c-suckers for who they are.

[NCjack]

10. Does the law require EC to send a certification of the winner to GSA?

[scarletwoman]

17. No. The GSA is empowered to sign the transition letter as soon as the outcome of the election

is obvious. This normally happens within days after the votes have been tabulated.

[PoliticAverse]

50. "empowered to" and "required to" are different things. n/t

[not_the_one]

29. I take offense at your ignorant insult.

Please note where you are at.

[SMC22307]

11. Good. I was just thinking of this a few hours ago.

I'm losing f*cking patience.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

12. Why threaten?

Just do it.

[Roland99]

13. Don't warn. Do. "There is no try. Only do"

[magicarpet]

14. Broadcast this far and wide,... no transition per Fatsolini,..

What would it take to make trDumpie happy,... a military junta, maybe a military coup d'état ?

[JoeOtterbein]

15. Why the word "may"?...

...Do it!

[yaesu]

16. They need to start this ASAP now that Barr is involved. The House should also start an investigation

into GOP subversion.

[orleans]

18. ... in case anyone wants to communicate to her on twitter...

Link to tweet

Do your job, Emily! We are watching your seditious behavior and will hold you to account!

and this:

Link to tweet

hey
@GSAEmily
you trump suck up. we the people pay you to DO YOUR FUCKING JOB! if trump was paying you then you still wouldn't have gotten a paycheck! get off your ass & release that transition money!

[Crunchy Frog]

19. I hope this is one of the scenarios they gamed out.

I hope they have plans to bypass this particular mechanism if they have to.

Floundering around with strongly worded letters wouldn't be a good look.

[AllaN01Bear]

20. so, why does gsa need to say joe won?

[lindysalsagal]

23. Her autograph allows money and information to flow.

[AllaN01Bear]

42. thanks for your information.

[KPN]

21. They should! For the record alone. Do it Joe!

We got your back.

[wnylib]

53. But SCOTUS has Trump's back

if a lawsuit goes that far.

[lindysalsagal]

22. Congress needs to use oversight authority and insist everyone do their jobs.

[questionseverything]

36. The house needs to force her to explain

[Illumination]

24. Good! Stand up to this bully! So glad Biden has 600 lawyers working on his team! They'll

get the job done & give this squatter the boot!...

[David__77]

25. Tie all of them up as much as possible.

...

[BobTheSubgenius]

26. I'm concerned that this doesn't have the best optics.

You can't call the WH "litigation addicts", or whatever you're calling them in this regard, in one breath, then announce a major lawsuit with the next.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

27. Well, one lawsuit as compared to several hundred.

Somehow I can see a difference here.

[NYC Liberal]

31. Because one side is filing dozens of frivolous lawsuits based on insane conspiracy theories with no

evidence. The other simply wants the GSA to do what it has done regularly after every election when the outcome is clear, and hasn't even filed a lawsuit yet.

Not all lawsuits are equally merited.

[MyOwnPeace]

49. Brilliant statement!

"Not all lawsuits are equally merited."

Yep - the "nut" of it all right there:

RePugs are reaching for straws, "nutso" theories, and strawberry ponies with their piling on at the doors of the courts.

Dems are asking that the "accepted practices" be continued, if not enforced.

BIG DIFFERENCE!!!!

[Pepsidog]

28. Use campaign money it will be reimbursed. If allowed of course.

[NJCher]

30. If it's this, it's not a big deal

Writ of mandemas

snip
A writ of mandamus is a court order compelling someone to execute a duty that they are legally obligated to complete. A writ is also used to order a lower court or government agency to complete a duty to uphold the law or to correct an abuse of discretion.

snip

I've done it myself a time or two.

[Snackshack]

32. Don't threaten.

Do. I am not a lawyer so I do not know the ramifications of legal actions but just from a simple arithmetic POV. Everywhere that DT admin is blocking transition take whatever legal action can be taken. Make DT eat up $ & resources defending the obstruction instead of putting that $ & resource to getting legal ballots tossed. The Dems need to fight fire with fire.

[iluvtennis]

33. Good. The orange POS is always pushing lawsuits. Let's fight fire with fire. nt

[Kablooie]

34. They really need to play offense hard and quick or they will be swamped in Trump chaos.

[Roy Rolling]

35. Refusing the President of the United States?

I hope they are all printing their resumés. This is what Trumpism has done, it turns people insolent, disrespectful, and rude.

And this is the guy they try to convince us was sent by God to fulfill Jesus’s mission of peace and love thy neighbor? Just me, but that’s not the way I’d do it.

[Mc Mike]

38. Well, Emily is out of office on 1/20. Prez Pelosi can have her GSA certify the results, and Emily

can go to prison for felony foreswearing her oath of office.

[Eid Ma Clack Shaw]

39. It would be a truly beautiful thing

for Emily Murphy to end up serving a loooooooong stretch for this. She doesn’t look to me like the sort of person who’d take to it all that well.

She’s no hostage, she can quit if she disagrees with Trump’s actions.

[Mc Mike]

40. Don't do the crime if you can't do the time, Emily.

[Paladin]

41. GOOD. Circumstances call for a robust Democratic response.

No more wimpy dealing with trump and his scumbag staff and supporters. Throw him out of the Oval Office and take over, Joe!

[Progressive dog]

43. The lawless Trump regime

will try anything to stay in power. Sue the criminals, supposedly the courts should uphold the laws.

[Texin]

47. "Should" and could are two different things.

[LiberalLovinLug]

44. The litigation nation

Not saying Biden should not, but jeez there must be a lot of lawyers getting fat in Washington, on both sides.

So many suits, then appeals, then new suits, appeals.......on every move. That's all Trump does.
Do legislators, who are made up of a lot of lawyers themselves, add to the mix new laws that give lawyers even more avenues to appeal or counter sue? Seems like its possible.

[LiberalFighter]

45. Biden needs to make it difficult for Murphy to hold any job in Congress.

Like maybe denying any security clearances needed when working for a member of Congress.

[Texin]

46. I say so for it, but tRump has never complied with a judge's order before.

Why would his minions do it either?

[ffr]

48. You have their answer: stuff it!

The GOP knows there's no way out now. This will either be the last election in the United States or they go down now. They're all guilty of sedition in their coup. They're done with democracy. PERIOD.

Now what?

[marble falls]

51. I e-mailed her yesterday and I think she signed me up for an extreme right wing news group ...

I'm getting the newsletters, like six or seven today already.

[warmfeet]

52. The tRumpers are such sore losers. Cry babies on steroids.

I expect, and frequently see, better behavior from two year old's.

They will, ultimately, lose.