Bombshell report claims at least 50 Trump electors are illegitimate and should not have voted

[Miles Archer]

Source: Raw Story

A bi-partisan legal team has issued a bombshell report challenging the Electoral College vote awarding Donald Trump the presidency, saying over 50 electors were seated illegally.

As reported by Steven Rosenfeld at Alternet, the group issued an executive summary of their “Electoral Vote Objection Packet” to Congressional members who are being asked to halt the certification the 2016 Electoral College results on Friday, January 6.

According to the report, “We have reason to believe that there are at least 50 electoral votes that were not regularly given or not lawfully certified (16 Congressional District violations and 34 Dual Office-Holder violations. The number could be over a hundred. We urge you to prepare written objections for January 6.”

At issue are charges that many of those who voted for Donald Trump were ineligible to serve as presidential electors because they either didn’t live in the congressional district they represented or because they held elective office in states legally barring dual officeholders.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/bombshell-report-claims-at-least-50-trump-electors-are-illegitimate-and-should-not-have-voted/

[vkkv]

1. Please let this be accurate! nt

[SCantiGOP]

15. It's called fake news

They don't even cite and defend the source, they merely mention it at the end of the story.
Does anyone really think this would not have been the lead story on the evening news if there was anything to it? Seriously?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

18. I'm not sure why tRump's lies aren't called lies on the lead story every night on evening news.

"the lead story on the evening news if there was anything to it"

Seriously? There are NEWS programs in the evening?

[DK504]

39. They won't be called out because the bosses are all buddies

there are only what, 5 media companies and they own all the stations. Discovery, ID, Animal Planet, etc.

Look what happened to Phil Donahue, Ed Schultz and KO.

[arithia]

19. It's not fake news just because you didn't follow the hyperlinks

clicking two links lead me to the source document(s). The briefing, including supporting evidence for their findings, can be found online.

[Maraya1969]

21. Here is a link to the 1,000 page investigation of the election

https://my.pcloud.com/publink/show?code=788otalK

Perhaps you might want to read it before you make such statements

[Miles Archer]

25. NO, IT IS NOT "FAKE" NEWS.

Read what the others have posted in reply to you.

Seriously.

Also seriously, if your major contribution to what I post here is going to be an attempt to discredit what I post, please do us both a favor and put me on your "ignore" list. Thank you.

[SCantiGOP]

36. Sure, wake me up when this happens

When DU is the ONLY place I see a story I think I am correct in saying this is a bunch of crap.

[Generator]

54. it's on Salon which trends left but is not DU

http://www.salon.com/2017/01/05/at-least-50-donald-trump-electors-were-illegally-seated-as-electoral-college-members-report_partner/

Of course it's from the same source-Alternet which then was picked up by RawStory and Salon. But it's not like DU made it up which is how you made it sound?!

[LanternWaste]

40. You'll support your allegation with evidence and rule out the original premise, yes?

You'll support your allegation with evidence and rule out the original premise, yes? Or are you simply voicing your own personal brand of fake news, and holding yourself to a lower standard you hold other to?

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Legality doesn't matter when you're

stealing Supreme Court seats or electing a Republican

[El Mimbreno]

38. just like ethics don't matter

if you're a billionaire.

[progressoid]

3. Wouldn't it be great if this actually made a difference.

But it's just a minor thing. Like jaywalking.

I don't expect anything will be done about it.

[groundloop]

6. Unfortunately true. Barring election fraud, tRump won the required number of electors.....

(with a little help from Putin, Assange, Comey, and possibly a few county clerks).

[pnwmom]

7. If the electors actually weren't qualified then their votes wouldn't count

regardless of how the voters voted in their states.

[Beartracks]

9. They wouldn't count... Unless they get counted.

"Whatevs," say Republicans.

"Cool story, bro," says the media.

"I do solemnly swear," says Trump.

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[pnwmom]

12. Exactly. What we need is a case that could go to SCOTUS. n/t

[Fast Walker 52]

47. "we're in new territory with Trump", the old rules don't apply

[Tactical Peek]

4. May it annoy him bigly.

[C Moon]

24. If nothing else, yes!

[DeminPennswoods]

41. This

It's a technicality, but dropping this info in casual conversation just helps solidy the idea that Trump is an illegitimate president. He reportedly is addicted to polls, so this helps lower is approval rating which will drive him nuts.

[Crash2Parties]

5. Pretty sure it could be all of them & it would still take Congress to change anything.

The GOP Congress, mind...

[democratisphere]

8. Looks like this election was rigged

Drumpf was right.

[Hekate]

10. It's too late, baby. But it sure will get under his skin.

[okasha]

11. Next stop SCOTUS.

[BainsBane]

13. At most it's a technicality.

It won't stop him from becoming president.

[flyingfysh]

17. The Constitution consists of technicalities

You can't just decide that some parts should be ignored.

[BainsBane]

22. Even without those 50 individual electors

he still has more than required to win the presidency. That 14 electors live outside a district and others hold two positions doesn't change how their states voted in the election and therefore how those state's electors are apportioned.

Trump will be president. Pretending otherwise helps no one.

[RandiFan1290]

45. Some here will defend the republicons

No matter what they do or say.

[zentrum]

14. Then the Dems better

...damn well make a huge stink. And quit bringing butter knives to gun fights.

Gore should never have rolled over in 2000 and Dems must not roll over now. Whether it's the Electors or the cabinet or the ACA or torture or SS or Medicare.

[FailureToCommunicate]

16. The straws we grasp are getting thinner and thinner...

[Initech]

23. The republicans want absolute power and I fear they'll get it under Trump.

[Sunlei]

31. next step is Republicans teamup with Russia to carpetbomb innocents & draw terrorist attacks to Amer

America. Much like Russia destabilized Ukraine, invaded Crimea.

Russia destabilized Turkey with the same hacked/leaked government information and started with terrorist attack on the largest Airport in the world in Turkey. Two out of the three attackers had Russian passports. That started Russias invasion of Turkey only a short year ago.

[Fast Walker 52]

48. facts are facts... straws are straws... do rules matter anymore?

[AtheistCrusader]

52. We'd be laughing about it if the roles were reversed.

I certainly would anyway.

Absent the fear of a Trump presidency, we'd consider this a laughable technicality and not even in anyway undermining a legit win by our candidate.

[Fast Walker 52]

53. Yes, probably

[dlk]

20. The Party That Repeatedly Sounds the Alarm Over Voter Fraud--Commits Fraud in the Electoral College!

The sad truth is that Republicans have been cheating to win and getting away with it for a very long time. It's beyond ironic that considering all of their overt and covert action to suppress the vote under the guise of "protecting us from voter fraud," they have committed voting fraud in the Electoral College. It's highly unlikely this is their first time.

[Sunlei]

33. what Rs did was use low pop states to make 1 R vote equal38 D votes. like MLK said, never forget...

Never Forget, everything hitler did was legal.

[McCamy Taylor]

26. Hope offered and then snatched away can have an unexpected effect.

Kind of like gambling. It can become addicting. Healthier for the country than some other types of addictions.

[hadEnuf]

27. Repigs would be going absolutely fucking apeshit over something like this.

Many Dems? Nahhhh....

Unbelievable defeatist attitude sometimes....

[world wide wally]

28. Was absolutely NOTHING honest about this election?

But yet, we need a "smooth transition"

[Hugin]

29. Is that damn Advent Calendar still going?

All I got out of it in 2016 was turds.

No doubt, what this report says is true... However, there is clear evidence of Kremlin meddling in the election and as a far worse charge has received ZERO action on the part of those who could actually do something about it. So, this far more nuanced issue will go nowhere.

I'm sorry to say, no Alice, there is no Karma. :|

[Sunlei]

30. to late for this. right after theRprimary was the time! but Ds didn't even use the word Republican

they let the word "trump" shield the entire Republican party.

And look where America is today.

[YOHABLO]

32. Why now? Written objections?

[Doug.Goodall]

34. Shows once again: Republicans only win when they cheat

[Fast Walker 52]

49. Once again: It's OK if you're a Republican IOKIYAR

[Achilleaze]

35. The illegitimate Republican Draft-&-Tax-Dodger in Chief must go

to Siberia...where he belongs.

[ehrnst]

37. If they replace the electors with legitimate ones that vote the same way

then nothing changes in the election outcome.

However, this still casts a huge shadow on the legitimacy of the election.

Which doesn't matter at all - the foxes have the hen house.

[jimlup]

42. Remember - Laws like this only help

Republicans... as they now control the Judiciary.

[Fast Walker 52]

50. laws like what?

[jimlup]

55. My point is

that the claim is that the Trump electors are not eligible because of residency laws. If the situation were reversed and Hillary's electors were being challenged by Republicans for this reason it would be a serious problem and she might struggle to retain the Presidency. But the situation is not reversed. They system is rigged and not in our favor. Just say'n

[Fast Walker 52]

58. ok, yes i see

[onenote]

43. A couple of minutes of review reveals how laughably silly this "bombshell" report is.

For example, the dual office holder law in Georgia states that "no person holding any civil appointment or office having any emolument annexed thereto under the United States, this state, or any other state shall have a seat in either house." The elector that the report claims should be disqualified wasn't a member of the state senate or house, he/she was a member of the school board. There are other similar examples of over-reach/misinterpretation of state/local law. (For example, in Kansas, the law provides that a member of the state assembly that holds a second position is disqualified from being a member of the state assembly; thus, they wouldn't be disqualified from being an elector).

On top of that, the report indicates that there are similar issues with Democratic electors, but doesn't quantify the extent of those issues. Nor does it indicate how many Democratic electors in states that Trump won would have had the same allegedly disqualifying issues had Clinton won.

No one is going to take this seriously.

[yuiyoshida]

44. Unfortunately nothing is going to stop the Trump swearing in

Unless this guy shows up and that's highly unlikely.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

46. NO FUCKING SHIT!!!!

So who's receiving this report at high levels, and are they going to DO anything?

[doc03]

51. WTF is bombshell about it? Now if it changed something yes but it won't

change a damn thing.

[Mr.Bill]

56. If it is true,

it just throws the vote to congress. I'm sure they would elect Hillary Clinton.

[red dog 1]

57. The New York Times is reporting on this now

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/01/05/us/politics/donald-trump-transition.html
(Click on "Show Full Article" after Dan Coats article, then scroll down past Coats article + tweets, past 2nd article, "This time Trump threatens Toyota - and Republicans are divided" .to 3rd article, "One last effort to derail Trump's presidency"

There is a pdf link to the actual 1000 page report in the 3rd paragraph, after the words,
"Their conclusion"