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Re:Twitter Confirms It Halted 'Hang Mike Pence' as a Trendin... by loopz on Saturday January 09, 2021 @06:06PM (#25706016)
The lawyers refused to lie in court, because their "evidence" was just the lies and empty allegations, which would be a crime to present in court. So they were summarily dismissed, by Trump appointed judges no less.
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Re:Twitter Confirms It Halted 'Hang Mike Pence' as a Trendin... by throwaway201103 on Saturday January 09, 2021 @06:28PM (#25706244)
Then why did they file the cases? Did they not realize that they would need to present evidence under oath?
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Re:Twitter Confirms It Halted 'Hang Mike Pence' as a Trendin... by jimbokun on Sunday January 10, 2021 @08:30AM (#25714467)
To lay the ground work for an attempted coup attempt and violent attack on Congress this week.
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Re:Twitter Confirms It Halted 'Hang Mike Pence' as a Trendin... by MauranKilom on Saturday January 09, 2021 @11:06PM (#25709770)
Because they were paid to?

I'm not sure what you are trying to imply. Yes, they were going to have to present evidence. They didn't have any, and that's also why they didn't actually allege fraud. And that is why the cases were thrown out.

If you're asking why anyone paid them to file unwinnable cases: So there would be lawsuits to point to, and for the (minuscule) opportunity to have a (Trump-appointed) judge create some kind of win (again to point to it).

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Re:Twitter Confirms It Halted 'Hang Mike Pence' as a Trendin... by ModernMech on Saturday January 09, 2021 @06:40PM (#25706362)
So people like you would argue that the judges refused to hear any evidence.
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