Trump’s Campaign Backs Down From Threatened Lawsuit Over Delegates
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Less than 24 hours after Donald Trump threatened to sue for votes ahead of a potentially contested GOP nominating convention, a move that could foreshadow a new phase in the GOP’s ugly primary fight, his campaign backed down, reports Time.
A Trump senior advisor later said that Trump’s “lawsuit” was not in fact meant for a court of law, but for the Republican National Committee’s committee on contests — which under GOP rules hears complaints over the allocation and selection of delegates.
“It’s clear why. Election lawyers and party operatives said challenges to the arcane state-by-state delegate selection rules being used to outfox Trump would face an unwelcome reception in court,” the report says.