The Trump election legal team made a significant error last week, according to Rush Limbaugh.
The conservative radio host and ally of President Trump said on Monday that the press conference held in Washington, D.C., led by Rudy Giuliani failed to offer proof to back up the “blockbuster” allegations of widespread fraud that flipped the election to President-elect Joe Biden.
He made the comments while riffing on the legal team on Sunday disavowing Sidney Powell, an attorney who has raised unfounded concerns about voting machines and at the news event claimed there was “massive influence of communist money through Venezuela, Cuba, and likely China, and interference with our elections.”
“You call a gigantic press conference like that, one that lasts an hour, and you announce massive bombshells, then you better have some bombshells,” Limbaugh said. “There better be something at that press conference other than what we got, such as a hacker who can tell us, yep, everything these guys have said is true. I’ve looked into it. I’ve run the software, I’ve hacked this, I’ve hacked that. Even put him behind a screen, if you want to protect his identity.”
Limbaugh said Trump’s campaign was poorly served by the lack of evidence to undergird the allegations being made in the public, even as Trump allies say they will make their case in court.
In addition, the radio host said he unsuccessfully tried getting more information on why the Trump legal team released a statement on Sunday to say Powell is neither a member of the Trump legal team nor a lawyer for the president in his personal capacity.
“I talked to so many people who were blown away by it, by the very nature of the press conference,” Limbaugh said. “They promised blockbuster stuff, and then nothing happened. And that’s just not good. I mean, if you’re gonna promise blockbuster stuff like that, then there has — now, I understand — look, I’m the one that’s been telling everybody, this stuff doesn’t happen at warp speed, light speed, the way cases are made for presentation in court, but if you’re gonna do a press conference like that with the promise of blockbusters, then there has to be something more than what that press conference delivered.”
Fox News host Tucker Carlson also said last week that he tried and failed to get more evidence out of Powell to show his audience.
The Trump legal team’s statement about Powell was released after the Washington Examiner reached out for comment on Trump insiders saying they have not seen evidence to support Powell’s claims.
In a statement of her own, Powell indicated that she still plans to make filings in court this week.
“I understand today’s press release,” she said. “I will continue to represent #WeThePeople who had their votes for Trump and other Republicans stolen by massive fraud through Dominion and Smartmatic, and we will be filing suit soon. The chips will fall where they may, and we will defend the foundations of this great Republic. #KrakenOnSteroids.”
Powell will address the split and her litigation during a Tuesday evening interview on Fox Business’s Lou Dobbs Tonight, the Washington Examiner has learned. Powell’s interview with Dobbs will come a day after Giuliani is set to appear on his program.
