Trump Questions Validity Of Supreme Court, American Court System

Trump wants to file 'one nice big beautiful lawsuit' with 'tremendous proof,' but there's one thing stopping him: he can't get standing.

onNovember 30, 2020 at 3:41 PMNovember 30, 2020 at 3:07 PM

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I’ve got the best Supreme Court advocates, lawyers, that want to argue the case, if it gets there. They said, ‘It’s very hard to get a case up there.’ Can you imagine, Donald Trump, president of the United States, files a case, and I probably can’t get a case.

We should be heard by the Supreme Court. Something has to be able to get up there, otherwise, what is the Supreme Court?

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— President Donald Trump, during an interview with host Maria Bartiromo on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures,” after he was asked whether he expects his election-related litigation to make it to the Supreme Court. “We’re not allowed to put in our proof. They say you don’t have standing,” said Trump, who does not seem to be coming to grips with the fact that he lost the election. “You mean as president of the United States, I don’t have standing? What kind of a court system is this?”

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