Category: Legal Cases

Arizona Supreme Court Backs Dismissal of Election Challenge

Arizona’s Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the dismissal of an election challenge. The court agreed with a judge in Pinal County that former Gilbert Public Schools Board President Staci Burk lacked standing because she wasn’t a registered voter when she filed the suit, which alleged Arizona’s election systems have severe security flaws, saying that election workers…


Federal Judge Rejects Trump’s Request to De-certify Georgia Results Amid Leaked Call Scrutiny

A federal judge on Tuesday rejected President Donald Trump’s request to de-certify 2020 election results in Georgia over allegations that thousands of ballots were “illegally” cast and counted. Trump filed the lawsuit on New Year’s eve just before media outlets received a leaked audio recording of a call between the president and Georgia Secretary of State…


Federal Judge Suggests Sanctioning Lawyer Seeking to Block Counting of Electoral College Votes

A federal judge on Monday suggested sanctioning a lawyer who represented a group seeking to block Congress from counting electoral college votes on Jan. 6. U.S. District Court Judge James E. Boasberg issued the opinion in response to a lawsuit brought by the Amistad Project of the Thomas More Society, which argued that state legislatures of Pennsylvania, Michigan,…


Trump Campaign Responds to Audio Recording of Call Between President and Georgia Secretary of State

The Trump campaign has responded to the full audio recording, obtained and released by The Washington Post on Sunday, of a call between President Donald Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, which focused on issues of election integrity. The Washington Post initially released snippets of Saturday’s hour-long call, which also involved the participation…


Sidney Powell Says Pence Should Reject Electoral Votes from Disputed States

Attorney Sidney Powell told FlashPoint host Gene Bailey in a Dec. 29 interview that Vice President Mike Pence should reject Electoral College votes from states facing legal challenges on grounds of alleged election and voter fraud. “Vice President Pence should simply refuse to accept the illegal electors—the electors from the states in which there was…


Sidney Powell: ‘Definitely Possible’ Trump Retains Presidency

Attorney Sidney Powell told FlashPoint host Gene Bailey in a Dec. 29 interview that she believes it is “definitely possible” that President Donald Trump retains the presidency for a second term, even after the joint session of Congress on Jan. 6 or beyond. Powell was responding to a question by Bailey about the “viable paths”…


Gohmert Appeals Dismissal of Lawsuit Seeking Clarification on Pence’s Role

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and other plaintiffs seeking clarification on what power the vice president has during congressional sessions for counting electoral votes filed an appeal late Friday after a judge dismissed their case. District Judge Jeremy Kernodle, a Trump appointee, ruled earlier in the day that the plaintiffs in Gohmert v. Pence lack standing….


Gohmert on Lawsuit Dismissal: ‘If I Don’t Have Standing to Do That, Nobody Does’

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) said late Friday, after a federal judge dismissed the lawsuit he and others filed against Vice President Mike Pence, that the ruling was wrong, and that he plans to appeal. District Judge Jeremy Kernodle, a Trump nominee, alleged Gohmert didn’t have sufficient standing to bring the legal action. Gohmert “alleges at…


Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Pence Over Electoral College Vote Count

A U.S. judge on Friday rejected a lawsuit filed by Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and other Republicans against Vice President Mike Pence, who is due to preside over a joint session of Congress on Jan. 6 for the formal certification of states’ electoral votes for the president of the United States. Gohmert (R-Texas) and others filed a lawsuit last…


Pence May Choose 2020 Election Winner ‘As He Sees Fit,’ GOP Rep Says in New Court Filing

Vice President Mike Pence has the ability to overrule the Electoral College vote and can essentially decide the outcome of the presidential election, said Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas), coming after Department of Justice lawyers argued Pence is not the proper defendant in the suit. The DOJ’s lawyers, representing Pence, argued that Gohmert should be filing…