ATLANTA — President Trump’s legal team on Thursday voluntarily pulled four Georgia lawsuits aimed at reversing his loss against Joe Biden in the Peach State.
Among other things, the lawsuits made unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud, software sabotage, and claimed scores of ineligible voters cast their ballots illegally in the presidential race.
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who was named as a defendant in the lawsuits, believed the decision to drop the lawsuits was made so that Trump’s team wouldn’t have to submit evidence before the court that could be easily challenged during cross-examination.
“Rather than presenting their evidence and witnesses to a court and to cross-examination under oath, the Trump campaign wisely decided the smartest course was to dismiss their frivolous cases,” Raffensperger said.
The dismissals came one day after pro-Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, convinced that the election was rigged and that Trump had been cheated out of a win.
Trump has frequently claimed that he would have won Georgia had it not been for unidentified nefarious actors hellbent on getting him out of office. Neither he nor his legal team has been able to provide any credible evidence of the claim.
Trump attorney Kurt Hilbert said Thursday he wants to continue to investigate claims of alleged fraud in the state, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution first reported. Hilbert also claimed that there is “a settlement offer” in place for the state to hand over more election information. However, Raffensperger’s office said no such offer is on the table, and there are no court records to support Hilbert’s claim.
“I am pleased we were able to resolve all litigation disputes in this manner for the good of the part and the nation,” Hilbert wrote in a letter attached to his notice to dismiss the cases. “GOD BLESS AMERICA.”
Two of the four lawsuits, which listed Trump as the plaintiff, sought to decertify the state’s election results, despite three separate tallies that showed Biden beat Trump by more than 11,000 votes.
The third suit, filed by Paul Bowland, sought audits of voter registration rolls as well as a new election.
The fourth case was brought by Fulton County resident Shawn Still, who claimed there were problems with the recount on Coffee County voting machines.
