White House says the administration will uphold the Constitution
The White HouseWhite House spokeswoman, in a statement to Mediaite
Asked about Ticktin's prediction that Trump would not relinquish control if the midterms led to his impeachment, a White House spokeswoman says the administration will uphold the Constitution and calls the question absurd.
“No one loves America or reveres our Constitution more than President Donald J. Trump. Of course this Administration will uphold the Constitution. The fact that this even needs to be said is absurd.”
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Tina Peters' lawyer says her midterm plan would seize counted ballots for a hand recount; Colorado Democrats object
Peter Ticktin, a lawyer for former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, told podcaster Joe Oltmann that her idea for the November 3 midterms is to take control of ballots as soon as voting machines count them and then recount them by hand before certification. He called it a good plan that is probably going to happen. Ed Martin, a former Justice Department official, said Peters met President Trump in the Oval Office on October 5 to discuss election integrity; the White House said it does not comment on private meetings that may or may not have happened. Gov. Jared Polis said that if there was any discussion of seizing ballot boxes, it was dangerous, and other Colorado Democrats criticized Peters. Newsweek found no evidence that Peters asked Trump directly to seize ballots and notes that her published plan calls for independent hand counts where feasible.
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Mediaite reports what Peter Ticktin, a lawyer for Tina Peters, told podcaster Joe Oltmann about her plan for the November 3 elections, quotes his later comments to Mediaite, and quotes White House statements about the reported Peters meeting and about the Constitution.
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Mediaite reports that Ticktin told Joe Oltmann that if the midterms led to a Congress seeking to remove Trump, Trump is not going to relinquish control again, and that the spokeswoman was asked whether Trump would uphold the Constitution should he be impeached.
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Mediaite also reports that the White House earlier declined to confirm that Peters met Trump, saying it does not comment on private meetings that may or may not have happened.
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The case concerns Ticktin's account of Peters' plan and his prediction of how Trump would respond to an adverse midterm result. The White House rejects the suggestion that the administration would not uphold the Constitution, a challenge to that characterization.
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