At least 100 Texas Republican lawmakers and party leaders are urging the state’s highest criminal court to revisit a decision that dealt a major blow to the state’s ability to prosecute election fraud and jeopardized election integrity laws. A friend-of-the-court brief filed Wednesday by 14 Republican Texas senators called on the state’s all-GOP Court of Criminal Appeals to reconsider a decision that stripped the attorney general of the ability to unilaterally prosecute election fraud. “There is no question it’s a huge case,” state Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R) told the Epoch Times. “I hope this gets their attention.” Other friend-of-the-court briefs filed this month include one by the Texas Republican Party and another signed by 85 US and Texas House GOP lawmakers and prominent party leaders such as Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller and Texas gubernatorial candidate Don Huffines. Matt Rinaldi, Republican Party of Texas chairman, called the court’s decision “incomprehensible.” …
Texas Republicans Urge Court to Reconsider Decision That Stripped AG of Power to Prosecute Election Fraud
January 23, 2022
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