OFFICIALLY OFFICIAL
There could be more wild legal maneuvers but the state’s move neuters Trump’s attempted courtroom coup.
Will Bredderman is a researcher at The Daily Beast. He previously covered politics for Crain's New York Business and the New York Observer, where he utilized public records and social media to score scoops on everybody from Michael Bloomberg to Jeffrey Epstein to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Send him tips: william.bredderman@thedailybeast.com or tips@thedailybeast.com.
‘LAST DITCH’
Experts agree: Trump’s legal effort is dead, and rigor mortis is setting in.
I’M RUBBER, YOU’RE GLUE
No, he says, he doesn’t have to provide any evidence of fraud in the state. Instead, it’s Pennsylvania that must prove its mail-in ballots were legal.
MY COUSIN RUDY
The former federal prosecutor took over a campaign lawsuit and indulged in Trump-flavored conspiracy mongering.
DELAYING THE INEVITABLE
A new suit that appears to be a pointless delaying tactic was filed in Arizona, as the campaign dropped its infamous “Sharpie” challenge.
NO JUICE
Giuliani claimed allegations of vote fraud in Detroit would sink Biden—but experts say the latest legal action is a non-starter.
NOPE
“This will give the president [and others] something to play with for a while, but until Bill Barr actually puts up or shuts up, we’re still where we [have been].”
STATUS QUO
Justice Samuel Alito did not call for vote-counting to stop, as the GOP wanted.
Let Them Tell You
"This is garbage,” one said. "None of that is going to change the outcome if they prevail.”
ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH
Seeing his chances of reelection slipping away, the president wants his armada of lawyers to give Democrats a court fight that ‘they’ll never forget’
