Former President Donald Trump’s legal team pinned its hopes on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to give them a long shot victory in their scheme to overturn the 2020 election, new emails have reportedly revealed.
Lawyer Kenneth Chesbro told colleagues on Team Trump that their only chance of winning a decision before Jan. 6, 2021, was if Thomas were to rule in Trump’s favor in a hypothetical case emerging from the close presidential race in Georgia.
“Thomas could be the one to issue some sort of stay or other circuit justice opinion saying Georgia is in legitimate doubt,” Chesebro wrote in an email to Trump’s legal team on New Year’s Eve 2020.
