President Trump campaign’s legal strategy coordinator Rudy Giuliani alleged certain cities “cheated” in the general election.
Citing “a couple hundred thousand” ballots in Pennsylvania “so bad” they were “hidden” from election inspectors, Giuliani joked that “those must have been the ones they bought from the mob or something.”
“I’m kidding. I’m kidding,” he said during a Tuesday appearance on Fox Business. “Although there is an allegation about a mobster, but I think it’s a far-fetched one,” he added.
Senior Trump campaign and Republican officials are pursuing a patchwork legal strategy in various states contesting the results of the election.
The campaign has faced setbacks in a number of lawsuits as states move closer to certifying the results of the election, including in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, and other states where voting irregularities are alleged to have occurred.
Giuliani on Tuesday petitioned a federal court in Pennsylvania to appear on behalf of the Trump campaign after several attorneys withdrew from the case.
The former New York City Mayor reiterated on Fox that the goal is to reach the Supreme Court, where a 6-3 conservative bench could be called upon to determine the state election outcome, akin to Florida in the Bush v. Gore case in 2000.
“In some cases you win, some cases you lose. Most important thing is, this will be our first established vehicle on our way to the Supreme Court, or I should say exactly, second,” Giuliani said on Tuesday, discussing a Pennsylvania lawsuit now focused on halting the certification of election results. Giuliani cited Michigan as the first case where an appeal could reach the Supreme Court.
He added, “So now we have two. Shortly we’ll have Wisconsin. And soon, Georgia. And then we’ll have three more right after that. The ones I just mentioned to you are already drafted and ready to go.”
In Georgia, a full hand recount of the presidential vote in underway, and Trump officials have said they plan to call for a recount in Wisconsin.
