Trump Legal Team Insists Their Deadline Is Jan. 6

Amid warnings that Tuesday marked the first “safe harbor deadline” for resolving legal challenges to the election, the Trump campaign legal team issued a statement arguing election contests historically have lasted well beyond the Dec. 8 and Dec. 14 statutory dates.

Dec. 8 is the deadline for states to certify election results before the Dec. 14 Electoral College vote.

But attorneys Rudy Giuliani and Jenna Ellis cited the late Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s recognition in Bush v. Gore that the date of “ultimate significance” is Jan. 6.

That’s when Congress counts and certifies the votes of the Electoral College. The only fixed day in the U.S. Constitution, the legal team points out, is the inauguration of the president on Jan. 20 at noon.

“Despite the media trying desperately to proclaim that the fight is over, we will continue to champion election integrity until every legal vote is counted fairly and accurately,” they said. (Read more from “Trump Legal Team Insists Their Deadline Is Jan. 6” HERE)

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