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As expected, Trump is dusting off his well-worn litigation playbook. He's:
Pushed to stop ballot tallies in MI & PA
Claimed negligence of a poll worker in GA
Threatened to demand a recount in WI
Threatened to sue NV for “illegal votes” https://trib.al/AK8NdVZ
Pushed to stop ballot tallies in MI & PAClaimed negligence of a poll worker in GAThreatened to demand a recount in WIThreatened to sue NV for “illegal votes” https://trib.al/AK8NdVZ
Not only are these lawsuits plainly frivolous, they are old hat for Trump:
“He’s been involved in at least 3,500 lawsuits over the last three decades or so,” writes columnist @TimOBrien, who was unsuccessfully sued by Trump for libel in 2006 http://trib.al/AK8NdVZ
“He’s been involved in at least 3,500 lawsuits over the last three decades or so,” writes columnist @TimOBrien, who was unsuccessfully sued by Trump for libel in 2006 http://trib.al/AK8NdVZ
The point of his lawsuits isn’t to cure an actual problem.
Trump has spent months claiming that elections and mail-in voting in the U.S. are riddled with malfeasance. They’re not, of course. His lawsuits are an extension of that push http://trib.al/AK8NdVZ
Trump has spent months claiming that elections and mail-in voting in the U.S. are riddled with malfeasance. They’re not, of course. His lawsuits are an extension of that push http://trib.al/AK8NdVZ
Trump’s true goal is to find something that he can blame for his own failures — in this current case, possibly losing the presidency.
Years down the road, Trump will point at these lawsuits as tangible proof that something was rotten in the 2020 election http://trib.al/AK8NdVZ
Years down the road, Trump will point at these lawsuits as tangible proof that something was rotten in the 2020 election http://trib.al/AK8NdVZ
In fact, he will say, had the election not been rigged, he would have won.
That’s a two-fer for Trump: It allows him to avoid taking responsibility and helps him dodge the “loser” label he enjoys slapping on everyone else http://trib.al/AK8NdVZ
That’s a two-fer for Trump: It allows him to avoid taking responsibility and helps him dodge the “loser” label he enjoys slapping on everyone else http://trib.al/AK8NdVZ
Trump learned long ago from the late Roy Cohn how to weaponize the legal system against:
Business competitors
The government
Various critics http://trib.al/AK8NdVZ
Business competitorsThe governmentVarious critics http://trib.al/AK8NdVZ
For Trump, sometimes merely filing a suit got him just as far as actually going to court.
If it made a financial or legal problem go away, cowed an opponent or provided him with a fall guy, that was enough http://trib.al/AK8NdVZ
If it made a financial or legal problem go away, cowed an opponent or provided him with a fall guy, that was enough http://trib.al/AK8NdVZ
Here’s just a sampling:
1973: Trump countersues against the DOJ
1984: Trump sued the Chicago Tribune for libel
1990: Trump threatened to sue an analyst’s employer
2008: Trump sued Deutsche Bank for $3 billion
The playbook has always been the same http://trib.al/AK8NdVZ
1973: Trump countersues against the DOJ
1984: Trump sued the Chicago Tribune for libel
1990: Trump threatened to sue an analyst’s employer
2008: Trump sued Deutsche Bank for $3 billion
The playbook has always been the same http://trib.al/AK8NdVZ
With public faith in our core institutions once again under assault from Trump — and perhaps one of the last times while he’s president — it would be valuable for everyone involved to remember that POTUS is often a paper tiger, especially in court http://trib.al/AK8NdVZ
