Trump’s former chief of staff rebukes Giuliani’s effort as Trump campaign lead counsel

“I’m still a little concerned about the use of Rudy Giuliani. It strikes me that this is the most important lawsuit in the history of the country, and they’re not using the most well-noted election lawyers,” he explained. “There are folks who do this all of the time. This is a specialty. This is not a television program. This is the real thing.”

Mulvaney, who served as the president’s top aid from January 2019-March 2020, criticized Giuliani’s performance in court a day earlier, where he filed a petition to represent the Trump campaign in their Pennsylvania federal lawsuit.

“And I was struck by a couple things that Rudy said in court yesterday,” he said. “So, on one hand, I think it needs to go forward. It absolutely does. I wish that it was being prosecuted a little more efficiently.”

The federal lawsuit in Pennsylvania has evolved over time. The current iteration claims certain counties in Pennsylvania, particularly Democratic-leaning counties, wrongfully intervened by reviewing mail-in ballots for deficiencies and then notifying the voters so that they could fix or “cure” those deficiencies by voting provisionally on Election Day or by getting a replacement mail-in ballot.

In a different case, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court rejected the Trump campaign’s contention that Republicans were not given enough access to vote tabulation in Philadelphia.

Joe Biden was declared president-elect over a week ago, but the president has refused to concede thus far. His campaign has mounted a significant legal effort in a handful of battleground states, which were projected to go in Biden’s favor. They have claimed there was widespread voter fraud and voting irregularities, although there has been no proof to support the claims.

In order for the president to win the election, he would need to flip at least two states that he appears to have lost.