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Nevilledog

(55,132 posts)
Tue Dec 29, 2020, 05:45 PM Dec 2020

⚖️BREAKING: Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tex.) has asked for an aggressive timetable in his far-fetched suit



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John Kruzel
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Dec 29, 2020
⚖️BREAKING: Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tex.) has asked for an aggressive timetable in his far-fetched lawsuit against VP Pence to overturn Biden's win

The request comes after Pence's DOJ attorney Christopher Healy said Pence/his legal team have not yet decided on VP's legal position
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John Kruzel
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⚖️Gohmert is asking Judge Jeremy Kernodle, a Trump-appt'd judge in Texas, to order:

• VP's response due by 6pm EST Wed
• Plaintiff reply by 10am Thurs
• Hearing on Thurs
• Ruling by Mon, 1/4

Suit asks ct to find that Pence is authorized to pick pro-Trump electors on Jan. 6
2:39 PM · Dec 29, 2020
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NoRoadUntravelled

(2,626 posts)
2. Gohmert and other plaintiffs in the case... Don't they realize how they're
Tue Dec 29, 2020, 06:11 PM
Dec 2020

humiliating themselves for the sake of the soon to be former occupant? They're feeding candy to the playground bully as they wait for him to kick them. It's all so very pathetic.

UTUSN

(77,795 posts)
4. He wants *fast*? - how'bout, suit DISMISSED?!1
Tue Dec 29, 2020, 06:39 PM
Dec 2020

But as DRUMPF's Mob mentor Roy COHN said (paraphrase), Fergit the evidence tell me who the JUDGE is.

So this one is DRUMPF-appointed, but others of those have been ruling against the kracken suits, too.






Takket

(23,799 posts)
6. he's asking a federal judge to declare that the sitting VP is the only person in the country with
Tue Dec 29, 2020, 07:55 PM
Dec 2020

a say in electing the president. it is one of the most absurd lawsuits perhaps in the history of this country

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