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He was one of the architects - and someone needs to get to Carnival Cruz too who helped to formulate the bogus arguments and "stood ready" to do oral arguments at the SCOTUS.
Trump asked Ted Cruz to argue Texas election lawsuit if it reaches Supreme Court
By Betsy Klein, Jim Acosta and Caroline Kelly, CNN
Updated 10:12 PM EST, Wed December 9, 2020
CNN — President Donald Trump personally asked Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas if he would argue a long-shot election lawsuit seeking to overturrn the election results in four battleground states, should the Supreme Court agree to take it up, two sources told CNN on Wednesday.
Trump inquired on Tuesday whether Cruz would argue the case, which was filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday night in an effort to block election results from Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, all of which were won by President-elect Joe Biden. Cruz agreed to do so, according to a spokesperson. A source familiar with the conversation said Trump has asked Cruz to argue a number of these election challenges.
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News of Cruz’s potential involvement comes after Trump got involved in Paxton’s case on Wednesday, asking the Supreme Court in a court filing to block millions of votes from the four states. The President is being represented by a new attorney, John Eastman, who is known for recently pushing a racist conspiracy theory that claimed Vice President-elect Kamala Harris was not eligible for the role because her parents were immigrants.
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Cruz, who has argued nine cases before the Supreme Court, tweeted Monday that he stood “ready to present the oral argument” in a case from Pennsylvania Republicans urging the court to block certification of the commonwealth’s election results. On Tuesday, the court denied the petitioners’ request to hear the Pennsylvania case, delivering a near fatal blow to the GOP’s long-shot bid to invalidate Biden’s victory.
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https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/09/politics/trump-ted-cruz-supreme-court/index.html
By Betsy Klein, Jim Acosta and Caroline Kelly, CNN
Updated 10:12 PM EST, Wed December 9, 2020
CNN — President Donald Trump personally asked Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas if he would argue a long-shot election lawsuit seeking to overturrn the election results in four battleground states, should the Supreme Court agree to take it up, two sources told CNN on Wednesday.
Trump inquired on Tuesday whether Cruz would argue the case, which was filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday night in an effort to block election results from Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, all of which were won by President-elect Joe Biden. Cruz agreed to do so, according to a spokesperson. A source familiar with the conversation said Trump has asked Cruz to argue a number of these election challenges.
(snip)
News of Cruz’s potential involvement comes after Trump got involved in Paxton’s case on Wednesday, asking the Supreme Court in a court filing to block millions of votes from the four states. The President is being represented by a new attorney, John Eastman, who is known for recently pushing a racist conspiracy theory that claimed Vice President-elect Kamala Harris was not eligible for the role because her parents were immigrants.
(snip)
Cruz, who has argued nine cases before the Supreme Court, tweeted Monday that he stood “ready to present the oral argument” in a case from Pennsylvania Republicans urging the court to block certification of the commonwealth’s election results. On Tuesday, the court denied the petitioners’ request to hear the Pennsylvania case, delivering a near fatal blow to the GOP’s long-shot bid to invalidate Biden’s victory.
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https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/09/politics/trump-ted-cruz-supreme-court/index.html
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