Trump Requests To Join Texas Lawsuit Against Four States

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“These things just don’t normally happen, and a large percentage of the American people know that something is deeply amiss,” the filing said.

The president has asked Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who has argued numerous cases before the Supreme Court, the head this case.

The remedy sought by the case is to have the results of the election be thrown out and “direct” the state legislatures, all with Republican majorities, “to appoint a new set of Electors in a manner that does not violate the Electors Clause, or to appoint no Electors at all.”

The case also seeks to award costs to the plaintiffs for the intervention and “such other relief as the court deems just and proper.”

It requests that the Supreme Court “direct the defendant States to review their election results in compliance with pre-existing state law and count only lawfully cast ballots and thereby determine who truly won the contest for President of the United States.”

Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney has come out against the idea state legislatures selecting the electors and nullifying the vote.