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3,999 participants on line for Trump for President v. Boockvar, featuring Giuliani. So maybe one more slot open?
Giuliani: "The best description of what we’re alleging … is that it's a widespread nationwide voter fraud of which this is a part...That’s why I’m here. It’s not an isolated case, it’s a case that is repeated in other jurisdictions." He says mail in balloting allows voter fraud.
Giuliani has now called Rahm Emanuel and Jimmy Carter "prophets."
Rudy says that mail in voting creates "a wonderful opportunity to hold back votes, even to produce votes, after an election, to make up a deficit." We'll find out if he has evidence this occurred. Seems unlikely. Instead he's argue Dem officials didn't do enough to prevent fraud.
Couple unneeded biographical asides from Rudy already in these opening statement the judge said he didn't need. Rudy reminded everyone he has run for various offices. "I've been in these contests myself. They are kind of like wrestling matches."
Rudy, while making an equal protection argument regarding ability of voters to have issues with ballots cured. "I don’t understand what the standing argument is."
Giuliani: "We have already begun four lawsuits. We've got three others asserting almost the same thing."
Rudy said that the election was stolen from Trump in Pennsylvania and other states, but the crux of his argument is more modest: That Republican observers weren't close enough in Philadelphia to inspect ballots. "This doesn't happen in an honest place."
Rudy: "Twelve days in Philadelphia, we didn't see a single ballot. Claims observers, including women, were "assaulted" in Philly for trying to get close enough to see ballots.
"In many cases, even Democrats weren't allowed to see it."
"If this is allowed without serious sanctions, meaning the canceling of these ballots, this is gonna become an epidemic," Rudy says. "You give them an inch, they're gonna take a mile...They stole an election, at least in this Commonwealth."
Giuliani says the Trump campaign has "300 affidavits, declarations that have been written down, and or own statements" that will go through affidavit process.
Is Rudy earning his daily $20K so far? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/us/politics/giuliani-trump-election-pay.html
Giuliani introduces a photograph of what he says is an observer using binoculars to try to see ballots.
Daniel Donovan, of Kirkland and Ellis for Pa., is making an actual legal argument, He starts by noting most of what Giuliani talked about "is not in the complaint" plaintiffs filed.
Donovan notes most of what plaintiffs are complaining about are ballots that were counted and which they say "should not have been counted."
Donovan starts by arguing the plaintiffs lack standing to assert an equal protection claim.
