106 House Republicans Support Trump-Backed Lawsuit To Overturn Election

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A group of 106 Republican House members, more than half of the GOP caucus in the chamber, signed an amicus brief filed Thursday in support of a lawsuit backed by President Trump that seeks to overturn the election.

Key Facts

The brief is led by Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.), who, in an email obtained by Forbes, told his colleagues Trump personally asked him to recruit supporters for the lawsuit, which aims to invalidate electors in four states Joe Biden won: Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Georgia.

The lawsuit was brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and is supported by Republican attorney generals in 17 other states – 6 of whom are trying to directly intervene and 10 of whom met with Trump for a private lunch at the White House on Thursday.

The suit claims the states’ electors should be invalidated because expanded mail-in voting due to the Covid-19 outbreak resulted in widespread fraud and irregularities – an allegation that has already dismissed by courts numerous times.

Just two Republican House members, both of whom are outgoing, have gone on the record opposing the lawsuit, with Rep. Paul Mitchell (R-Mich.) calling it a “loyalty test” and Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-Va.) telling Forbes, “I really respect some of these people but this stuff is preposterous … that list is being built on disinformation.”

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54%. That’s the share of the House GOP caucus – which consists of 196 members – that signed the amicus brief.


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