Trump news – live: Ted Cruz faces lawsuit for undermining the 2020 election
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Texas Senator Ted Cruz is facing a lawsuit from a campaign group seeking to get him disbarred in Texas for his participation in a failed attempt to get the 2020 election overturned at the US Supreme Court.
Mr Cruz, who formally objected to Joe Biden’s victory in the Senate even after the Capitol was attacked by Trump supporters during the proceedings, is accused of violating legal ethics by participating in the doomed Texas v Pennsylvania case that his state sue several others that Mr Biden had legitimately won.
Meanwhile, as the 6 January committee prepares for a summer of what promise to be shocking and disturbing hearings about the Capitol riot, Donald Trump has laid into committee member Liz Cheney, claiming that she has taken her opposition to him to extremes. In an interview with The Washington Post, he called her a “crazed lunatic.”
The committee’s first public hearing since last year is set for 9 June.
Campaign launched to get Ted Cruz disbarred over 2020 election behaviour
Ted Cruz, who was one of only two senators to formally object to the 2020 election results after the 6 January attack on the US Capitol, is facing an effort to get him disbarred in Texas because of his actions after Donald Trump’s loss.
The 65 Project, a bipartisan campaign group, is specifically homing in on Mr Cruz’s participation in the notorious Texas v Pennsylvania lawsuit filed at the US Supreme Court, which asked the justices to summarily throw out the votes from four states Mr Trump lost citing non-existent fraud.
Andrew Naughtie19 May 2022 15:49
Lone Republican votes against bill condemning antisemitism
Thomas Massie, a notoriously contrarian GOP congressman who has long trafficked in Covid-19 denialism, yesterday became the only House member to vote against a bill condeming antisemitism.
He has yet to fully explain his vote. Shweta Sharma has more.
Andrew Naughtie19 May 2022 15:10
Infamous “election fraud” witness called by Giuliani in 2020 barred from Michigan ballot
Melissa Carone, a Trump supporter whom Rudy Giuliani brought before the Michigan state legislature for a disastrous committee hearing on false claims of election fraud, has been blocked by the Michigan state department from appearing on the ballot in a state senate race.
As reported by the New York Times, this is the second time this year Ms Carone has been blocked from a state-level ballot. According to the paper, she was barred because she failed to declare she had any unpaid fines for election law violations when in fact she owed late fees for missing campaign filing dates.
During her committee appearance in December 2020, Ms Carone appeared to be incoherent and possibly intoxicated, with Mr Giuliani trying and failing to shush her as she accused a state legislator of “doing something crazy” with the state’s list of registered voters.
Giuliani attempts to shush alleged voter fraud witness
Andrew Naughtie19 May 2022 14:42
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