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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Republican Party's top lawyer called election fraud arguments by Trump's lawyers a 'joke'
Washington PostThe Republican Partys top lawyer warned in November against continuing to push false claims that the presidential election was stolen, calling efforts by some of the former presidents lawyers a joke that could mislead millions of people, according to an email obtained by The Washington Post.
Justin Riemer, the Republican National Committees chief counsel, sought to discourage a Republican Party staffer from posting claims about ballot fraud on RNC accounts, the email shows, as attempts by Donald Trump and his associates to challenge results in a number of states, such as Arizona and Pennsylvania, intensified.
What Rudy and Jenna are doing is a joke and they are getting laughed out of court, Riemer, a longtime Republican lawyer, wrote to Liz Harrington, a former party spokeswoman, on Nov. 28, referring to Trump attorneys Rudolph W. Giuliani and Jenna Ellis. They are misleading millions of people who have wishful thinking that the president is going to somehow win this thing.
The email from Riemer to Harrington, which came about six weeks before a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, shows key figures in the party were privately disturbed by the false claims being made about the election by Trump and his supporters even if they did not say so publicly.
Justin Riemer, the Republican National Committees chief counsel, sought to discourage a Republican Party staffer from posting claims about ballot fraud on RNC accounts, the email shows, as attempts by Donald Trump and his associates to challenge results in a number of states, such as Arizona and Pennsylvania, intensified.
What Rudy and Jenna are doing is a joke and they are getting laughed out of court, Riemer, a longtime Republican lawyer, wrote to Liz Harrington, a former party spokeswoman, on Nov. 28, referring to Trump attorneys Rudolph W. Giuliani and Jenna Ellis. They are misleading millions of people who have wishful thinking that the president is going to somehow win this thing.
The email from Riemer to Harrington, which came about six weeks before a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, shows key figures in the party were privately disturbed by the false claims being made about the election by Trump and his supporters even if they did not say so publicly.
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The Republican Party's top lawyer called election fraud arguments by Trump's lawyers a 'joke' (Original Post)
brooklynite
Jul 2021
OP
Misleading people has been the point. Rubes don't fleece themselves, you know.
Beartracks
Jul 2021
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Beartracks
(12,806 posts)1. Misleading people has been the point. Rubes don't fleece themselves, you know.
bearsfootball516
(6,376 posts)2. Yeah, that's the point.
Midnight Writer
(21,738 posts)3. By "misleading", I assume he means "conning".