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struggle4progress

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Tue Nov 24, 2020, 01:17 PM Nov 2020

Beyond an embarrassment

Nov. 24, 2020, 6:28 AM EST / Updated Nov. 24, 2020, 7:26 AM EST
By Dareh Gregorian

... "It's beyond an embarrassment," said lawyer Glenn Kirschner. "It's both really poor lawyering and it has the worst possible motive behind it. It's all in the name of overturning the will of American voter."

Election lawyer Matthew Sanderson compared Giuliani unfavorably to James Baker, who led George W. Bush's legal effort in the 2000 presidential election.

"This is like Bush v. Gore, but replace James Baker with the editor of a QAnon subreddit," he said. "It's not competent lawyering. There are strategic errors, typographical errors — every kind of error you can make in a case" ...

Myrna Pérez, director of the Brennan Center's Voting Rights and Elections Program, said Giuliani's efforts aren't aimed at winning court challenges — they're designed to bolster Trump's attacks on the democratic process ...

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/beyond-embarrassment-legal-experts-say-trump-giuliani-s-floundering-efforts-n1248667

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Beyond an embarrassment (Original Post) struggle4progress Nov 2020 OP
Well, whaddaya expect for $20,000 a day? keithbvadu2 Nov 2020 #1
K&R Blue Owl Nov 2020 #2
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