Prominent Election Lawyer Stunned By Trump's Legally Incoherent Plan To Win Election 2020

You can't even pretend this is legal.

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It is a distressing moment for me as a longtime Republican to see a call to disenfranchise so many people. … What the President said [last night] is not only unprecedented and it not only lacks any basis in the law, it really is a disservice to all the other men and women who are on the ballot as Republicans….

Ben Ginsberg, a veteran Republican election lawyer, commenting on President Donald Trump’s declaration of victory before securing 270 electoral votes, his attacks on legitimate vote-counting efforts that are still ongoing in several battleground states, and his plan to take the election to the Supreme Court.


Staci ZaretskyStaci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.

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