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If Donald Trump comes up short in his quest to return to the White House, many pundits predict he'll employ the same strategy he used in 2020 and try to use the court system he packed with sympathetic judges to overturn his loss.
Per a Politico report in October: “In the event of a Trump defeat, another category of lawsuits is likely to emerge. In 2020, as the Trump campaign’s lawsuits failed or stalled, he increasingly pinned his hopes on fringe lawyers who mounted improbable, easily refuted claims of fraud—a bid to keep his election hopes alive months after Election Day.”
But if Trump is forced into that situation for a second time, he'll need a whole new legal team, as most of the people he relied on in 2020 have either been disbarred or indicted for their efforts during the first go-round.
Here’s a look at where Trump’s crackpot lawyers from his failed 2020 effort are now.
