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Andrew Weissmann: Identifies a small problem in Trump's 'Stop The Count' scheme -- "It's ILLEGAL" [1]

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Date: 2024-11-02  

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If enough social pressure can be brought to bear — then if this Steve Bannon plot unfolds on Election Night — we might be able to blunt its effectiveness, before the Disinformation can catch fire.

The legal remedy fire-extinguisher: “You have to count all votes.”

That’s the Law.

[4:27] Alicia Menendez:

[...] Instead, they [Trump/Bannon] are trying to act as though there is a plot on the Democratic side to de-legitimize this Election.

Andrew Weissmann:

Let's understand in certain states, let’s just take Pennsylvania, they can't actually start counting a whole series of votes until Election Day. So, that is one of the reasons for a delay.

Second, we can look at exactly what Donald Trump has previously done, which is sort of ‘Stop the Count,’ — because he thinks that he may be ahead.

Because of the so-called ‘Red Mirage.’ There may be less of a ‘Red Mirage’ this time, if there is, what he previously did, was to say ‘Stop the Count.’

Just to be clear, that is illegal to say that .

That is a violation of the Obstruction statute, and Civil Rights statute, federally.

You will hear exactly that thinking: if you can stop the incoming vote, it won’t cause the Democrats to win.

That is illegal. You have to count all votes.

I fully expect that if Donald Trump thinks he is ahead at the start, and there are more mail-in ballots, absentee ballots coming in that are gonna favor the Democrats, he will be doing exactly what he has already done , which is to say, ‘Stop the Count, and it’s actually voter fraud.’

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