Trump Attorney Accuses Republican Governor, Secretary of State of Receiving Bribes to Flip Georgia Election to Democrat Biden

Which party controls the United States Senate depends on the outcome of the two Georgia Senate run-off races set for January 5th.   How could a Republican President help out in that effort?   By his attorney accusing the top two Republican officials in that state of being involved in a massive bribery, conspiracy scheme to help the Democratic candidate for President, why of course.

The Trump Campaign has petitioned for a recount in Georgia while the president’s legal team alleges that Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger are part of an

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp

international voter fraud conspiracy.

Georgia law allows for a recount since President-elect Joe Biden’s margin of victory was less than .5 percent. The effort, just like last weekend’s audit where ballots were recounted by hand, will be paid for by Georgia taxpayers.

Meanwhile, Trump attorney Sidney Powell made wild, unsubstantiated accusations on Saturday that Kemp, Raffensperger and their families were bribed by Dominion, the company that sold Georgia its voting machines, to rig the vote in favor of Biden.

Powell spun a conspiracy theory in an interview with Newsmax that Dominion’s voting software was created in Venezuela at the direction of former president Hugo Chavez, who died in 2013, using technology provided by the CIA.  Powell and other members of the Trump legal team have also alleged China is somehow involved in rigging the election and that U.S. votes were being stored on servers in Germany.

Kemp and Raffensperger are both supporters of President Donald Trump.  Kemp, in particular, has been a huge ally of Trump and appeared with him at several rallies during his successful 2018 campaign for Governor.   Kemp did go against Trump's wishes by appointing Kelly Loeffler to the open Senate seat created when Johnny Isakson resigned for health reasons last year.  Other than that, Kemp has been lockstep in his support for President Trump, including resisting mask mandates and shutdown orders local officials attempted to implement in response to Covid-19.

Loyalty to Donald Trump is a one-way street.  Now that it is in his best interest to do so, Trump has no problem tossing one his biggest supporters under the bus, even if it means handing control of the Senate to the Democrats.   Trump cares about Donald Trump, and no one else.

OOP's short cuts:

• During a Newsmax interview, Attorney Powell complained that Judge Matthew Brann, the Pennsylvania federal court judge who harshly slammed Trump attorneys for not providing evidence while dismissing the campaign's the most recent case, was appointed by President Obama.  While it is true that President Obama appointed Brann, his appointment was part of a package deal brokered by Pennsylvania Senators Pat Toomey, a Republican, and Bob Casey, a Democrat, in which each would get to pick a nominee to fill two vacancies on a Pennsylvania federal district court.  Brann was Republican Toomey's choice.  Far from being a Democrat, Brann had been a long-time Republican party official who was active in the Federalist Society and the National Rifle Association. 
• In the Sunday political shows this morning, there seemed to be a consensus that the state certifications of the election results this coming week would cause Republicans to accept Joe Biden as President-Elect.  I disagree.  Trump will never stop contesting the election and he will seek to exact a political price against any elected Republican official who does not accept Trump won the election. He might even go after anyone who refers to Biden as "President."  
• This past week, Trump withdrew from the Open Skies treaty.  I wouldn't be surprised if Trump announces a withdraw from NATO, though he will not have time to implement that withdrawl before leaving office on January 20th.
• And expect the pardons to fly in the weeks ahead.   In addition to associates and members of his administration, I would not be surprised if Trump pardoned family members.  I think there is also a 50-50 chance Trump pardons himself.   Because the legality of a self-pardon is debatable, Trump might resign a week or two early to get a pardon from a President Pence.  I just don't think Pence would go along with that, though it probably will be the only way Pence can put "President of the United States" on his resume.  Nonetheless, a federal pardon does not help Trump or his family with possible criminal exposure in New York state courts.