From Slate, Rudy Giuliani Isn't Even Trying to Make Coherent Legal Arguments Anymore, JEREMY STAHL, NOV 18, 2020:
The judge asked, "It would be correct to say that you're not alleging fraud in the amended complaint?" Giuliani responded that, actually, "it's not correct" to say that because the complaint includes a "long explanation of a fraudulent process, a planned fraudulent process." The judge followed up: "So you are alleging fraud?" Giuliani replied, "Yes, Your Honor." A few minutes later, when the judge pointed out that the complaint would then have to meet a higher legal threshold, Giuliani chose to immediately "correct myself."
"So does the amended complaint plead fraud in the particularity?" the judge asked. "No, Your Honor, it doesn't plead fraud," Giuliani finally acknowledged. "It pleads" a plan or scheme.
Is This the Real Scheme?
HuffPost, 12/01/2020, The
outgoing president's post-election fundraising committee could well be a legal
slush fund for his personal expenses, by S.V. Date:
And while an animated color graphic urges donors to "Join the Election Defense Team," the fine print beneath makes clear that the vast majority of donations will not send a single dime to any "election defense" effort.
According to that explanation, 75% of every donation goes to Trump's Save America committee and 25% goes to the RNC's general fund. Only after Save America has received $5,000 from any given donor does the Trump portion of the donation shift to a "recount" fund established within the Trump campaign. And only after the RNC portion of a donor's total reaches $35,500 does that fraction start passing to the dedicated "legal proceedings" or "headquarters" funds that the RNC maintains.
Meaning that a single person's donations must hit $6,666.67 before a single penny starts flowing to a dedicated recount fund. Because the emails and texts are sent to donors who typically give in the $20 or $50 range, the chance that any of the money winds up in either of the dedicated election funds is slim.
His Save America committee, in contrast, can pick up his personal expenses directly... everything from travel and entertainment costs to mortgage payments to legal fees. It could even pay him a salary of however much he chooses to take.
Is Trump's never-ending attempt to change the election in his favor a genuine rally to defend U.S. democracy or is it a scam to enrich his personal bank account?
"The Trump campaign is running a fraudulent scam with the full assistance of the Republican Party," added Stuart Stevens, a top consultant to Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign. "No different than quack doctors selling fake cancer cures to desperate people. It's shameful but true to form."
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