The RNC is rebuilding its legal operation after Trump allies' failed effort to undo the 2020 race

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Source: AP

Updated 3:09 PM EDT, October 24, 2024


WASHINGTON (AP) — The last time Donald Trump ran for president, the lawyers most directly involved in his efforts to overturn the election wound up sanctioned, criminally prosecuted or even sued for millions of dollars.

This time around, Republican party leaders are working to present a more organized, skilled legal operation even as Trump continues to deny he lost the 2020 election and sows doubt about the integrity of the upcoming one. “It has been very important to make sure that in every aspect, we are going to have a fully professional operation,” RNC Chairman Michael Whatley told The Associated Press.

As Republicans and Democrats fight in court over election rules, the Trump team finds itself under a particularly intense microscope given the aftermath of the 2020 race when meritless legal efforts challenging the results were repeatedly rejected by judges appointed by presidents of both political parties. Scrambling to undo the results, Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in a violent clash with law enforcement.

The chaotic court challenges were pushed by a loosely organized group of lawyers who ascended in Trump’s orbit after experienced, establishment attorneys who had advised the then-president during the campaign backed away from his false claims of widespread fraud. This year, the Republican National Committee has launched a coordinated “election integrity” initiative that involves the recruitment of thousands of lawyers, polling-place monitors and poll workers and that officials insist will operate within the law.

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[Ocelot II]

1. They still need to be reminded that filing bogus lawsuits can get a lawyer sanctioned,

even if all the deadlines are met, the words are spelled right and the proper procedures are complied with. Maybe the new bunch is more organized and less slapdash than the 2020 crowd (many of whom no longer have their law licenses so are of no use anyhow), but they will still be required to present credible facts and legal arguments that aren't complete bullshit.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. "Maybe the new bunch is more organized and less slapdash than the 2020 crowd"

or the checks are bigger (thanks to the RNC fundraising machine that was hijacked for a legal defense fund)!

(and sanctions/disbarment wouldn't make a difference if they have lots of ill-begotten $$$ socked away)

[slightlv]

4. I'm surprised there are any checks... larger or not.

I thought Lara was making sure most of the money was funneled to t, himself, for his own use. And we all know how T hates to pay lawyers.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. Ghouliani was supposedly shorted $2 million

so I can imagine...

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/i-never-got-a-salary-rudy-giuliani-claims-trump-campaign-rnc-owe-him-2m-while-he-refuses-to-pay-defamation-judgment/

[verargert]

2. Boy the Bottom of the Barrel is empty, they now need to look under the bottom of the barrel

.. sanctioned, criminally prosecuted or even sued for millions of dollars...

[alwaysinasnit]

6. Seems to me that they are already expecting to lose on Nov 5th.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

7. Each of these new lawyers should read the tale of The Rude Ghoul.