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Friday 11 december 2020

Two days after Paxton kota's Wayne Stenehjem, the country, and the Su-
sued, 17 states filed a mo- among the 17 attorneys preme Court this week re-
tion supporting the law- general supporting the jected a Republican bid to
suit, and on Thursday six case, said North Dakota is reverse Pennsylvania's cer-
of those states asked to not alleging voter fraud in tification of Biden's victory.
join the case themselves. the four states at issue. Trump looked straight past

Trump has acted to join the "We're careful on that," the high court loss, claiming
case, tweeting Thursday said Stenehjem, who noted it didn't matter because his
that "the Supreme Court that his office has received campaign wasn't involved
has a chance to save our thousands of calls and in the case, though it would
Country from the greatest emails from constituents have benefited if the case
Election abuse in the history asking the state to sup- had continued. He has
of the United States." Hours port the suit. "But it's worth spent the week relentlessly
later, Trump held a meeting it for the Supreme Court to tweeting about the Tex-
at the White House, sched- weigh in and settle it once as case with the hashtag
In this June 28, 2020 file photo, Texas' Attorney General Ken
Paxton waits on the flight line for the arrival of Vice President uled before the suit was and for all," he said. "overturn" and claiming,
Mike Pence at Love Field in Dallas. filed, with a dozen Repub- Montana Attorney Gen- falsely, that he had won the
Associated Press lican attorneys general, in- eral Tim Fox called the law- election but was robbed.
cluding Paxton and several suit "belated" and said its Many of the attorneys gen-
Continued from Front date the states' 62 total others who are backing the chances "are slim at best." eral supporting the case
The lawsuit filed against Electoral College votes. effort. But Fox supported Texas have shown greater politi-
Michigan, Georgia, Penn- That's an unprecedented Still, some of the top state because he said the case cal ambitions.
sylvania, and Wisconsin remedy in American his- Republican prosecutors raised "important consti- In Kansas, Republican At-
repeats false, disproven, tory: setting aside the votes urging the Supreme Court tutional questions about torney General Derek
and unsubstantiated ac- of tens of millions of people, to hear the case have ac- the separation of powers Schmidt, who is consider-
cusations about the voting under the baseless claim knowledged that the effort and the integrity of mail-in ing a bid for governor in
in four states that went for the Republican incumbent is a long shot and are seek- ballots in those defendant 2022, said the Texas case
Trump's Democratic chal- lost a chance at a second ing to distance themselves states." Suits brought by presented "important and
lenger. The case demands term due to widespread from Trump's baseless alle- Trump and his allies have potentially recurring consti-
that the high court invali- fraud. gations of fraud. North Da- failed repeatedly across tutional questions." q