Trump Lawyer: Pressure on Supreme Court to Take Up Texas Lawsuit Is ‘Extremely Strong’

Trump Lawyer: Pressure on Supreme Court to Take Up Texas Lawsuit Is ‘Extremely Strong’
President Donald Trump looks on during a ceremony presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to wrestler Dan Gable in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Dec. 7, 2020. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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A lawyer for President Donald Trump said that following the significant number of briefs filed in opposition and support for Texas’ lawsuit against key battleground states, the U.S. Supreme Court likely will take up the case.

“I suspect the Supreme Court is going to meet in conference [Friday] to decide whether to grant Texas’ motion to file the original action,” Trump counsel John Eastman told Newsmax on Thursday. “And then they'll confront the issue like President Trump’s motion to intervene.
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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