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The \u201cmassive amounts of affidavits that we see in these cases show that there was in fact fraud that took place,\u201d said FEC Chairman Trey Trainor. \u201cAnd the other side really needs to answer these questions.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\nThe Trump campaign is bringing \u201clegitimate accusations\u201d to court through affidavits of credible witnesses and other evidence used in its challenges to electoral outcomes in various states, Federal Election Commission Chairman Trey Trainor said.<\/p>\n
Trainor said his review of evidence, including numerous affidavits claiming voter fraud and\u00a0a sworn\u00a0statement by a prominent mathematician flagging up to 100,000 Pennsylvania ballots<\/a>, met the first level of legal scrutiny under what\u2019s known as motion to dismiss or \u201cRule 12(b)(6)\u201d of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which would dismiss less credible claims.<\/p>\n
Noting the subsequent legal threshold beyond a \u201cmotion to dismiss\u201d is the \u201csummary judgment phase,\u201d Trainor said that\u00a0under this phase, the credibility of witnesses is presumed to be accurate, especially given the caliber of the testimonies Trainor has observed to date.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen considering a motion for\u00a0summary judgment<\/a>, a judge will view all evidence in the light most favorable to the movant\u2019s opponent,\u201d explains\u00a0Cornell University Law School\u2019s\u00a0<\/a>Legal Information Institute website.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat I would be concerned with, if I were on the other side of these election contests that are going on around the country, is that if you look at the level of evidence that has been provided by these affidavits \u2014 hundreds of affidavits that corroborate events that have happened on the ground \u2014 in a summary judgment phase of these cases, you have to take the evidence of the plaintiff as being true,\u201d\u00a0Trainor told\u00a0\u201cJust the News AM\u201d<\/a>\u00a0television show Friday morning.<\/p>\n
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\n(14 November 2020)<\/a><\/h3>\n\u201cThe court has to take the evidence of the plaintiff as being true and see whether or not the other side can make a case against it,\u201d added Trainor. \u201cSo, the massive amounts of affidavits that we see in these cases show that there was in fact fraud that took place. And the other side really needs to answer these questions.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Thursday the Trump campaign, led by former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, presented what it called its \u201copening statement\u201d in a press conference. Members of the campaign\u2019s legal team reiterated that it would seek to protect the privacy of many of its sworn witnesses, waiting to sharing their identities with the court, to shield them from potential harassment.<\/p>\n
With the Trump campaign\u2019s\u00a0lawsuits in targeted battleground states across the country in various phases of progress through the courts, Trainor said,\u00a0\u201cAt the end of the day, what I would say is that these are legitimate accusations that are going to be tried in court.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd we need to let this legal process play out,\u201d Trainor added, \u201cso that we come to a valid conclusion to this election that everybody believes to be legitimate.\u201d<\/p>\n
In an interview with John Solomon on a Just the News election special, renowned legal scholar\u00a0Alan Dershowitz said that Trump campaign legal challenges to 2020 presidential election results could rise to the Supreme Court<\/a>, provided that plaintiffs demonstrate that sufficient numbers of votes were affected to influence outcomes in particular states.<\/p>\n
Dershowitz also said it was an uphill battle for Trump to win the election<\/a>, saying the constitutional questions raised by the possible lack of certifying election results in certain states have never been asked before in American history.<\/p>\n
The national conservative legal group Amistad Project of the Thomas More Society on Friday\u00a0announced that it will file federal and state lawsuits\u00a0<\/a>challenging the presidential election results in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Nevada, Georgia and Arizona. The Trump campaign is joining with the Amistad Project on the lawsuits on a case-by-case basis, Giuliani said.<\/p>\n