Harvard professor who advises ‘faithless electors’ says 20 Republicans are willing to abandon Trump
Larry Lessig, briefly a Democratic candidate for president last year, says a growing number of electors are considering a plan to thwart Donald Trump
The constitutional law professor has been offering pro-bono legal advice to Electoral College members through his anti-Trump group Electors Trust
Says the group has heard from 20 Republicans who are open to defecting from Trump and becoming ‘faithless electors’; but only one has come forward
Trump is slated to win 306 electoral votes – should 37 electors defect, he’ll fall below 270, and the House of Representatives will pick the president
By Francesca Chambers, White House Correspondent
DailyMail.com
14 December 2016
Harvard professor Larry Lessig, briefly a Democratic candidate for president last year, says a growing number of electors are considering a plan to thwart Donald Trump.
The constitutional law professor has been offering pro-bono legal advice to Electoral College members through his anti-Trump group Electors Trust.
He told Politico the group has heard from 20 Republicans who are open to defecting from Trump and becoming ‘faithless electors.’
That’s ‘more than half’ the number necessary to keep Trump from becoming president, he said.
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