Trump asks Cruz to argue Texas case
By John Bowden - 12/09/20 06:40 PM EST
President Trump has asked Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) to present a case from his state's attorney general seeking to invalidate the election results of several key battleground states before the Supreme Court should the court decide to hear the suit, The New York Times reported Wednesday.
The lawsuit, from Texas's Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), seeks to void the election result certifications of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Georgia and Michigan, arguing that election results are "tainted" by new election processes in those states.
The court has not yet agreed to hear the case on its merits, and on Tuesday rejected efforts by pro-Trump attorneys to overturn the results in Pennsylvania in a separate case.
White House officials did not immediately return a request for comment from The Hill. The president has for weeks refused to concede his election loss to President-elect Joe Biden, and has launched legal efforts in multiple states, with no success thus far, to overturn Biden's victory in key battlegrounds.
Legal experts have largely panned the president's efforts as unserious thus far, and have spared no criticism for the latest effort by Trump's allies in Texas.
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