Hannity: Texas Lawsuit Could Be Country's Last Hope to Restore Election Integrity, Public Faith in Voting Process

Fox News host Sean Hannity said Wednesday the lawsuit filed by Texas and supported by 17 other states could be the country's last hope in fixing a "broken, corrupt election system."

He noted that the lawsuit filed at the Supreme Court could restore the public's trust in the U.S. voting process, as reported by Fox News.

During his starting monologue, the American commentator said that one thing is very clear, and that is if we do not fix a broken and corrupt election system, the country is in deep trouble.

Hannity noted that the recent lawsuit is truly significant and is perceived as the Trump campaign's last legal effort to contest the 2020 election results.

"No state's attorney general, you've got to understand politics here, would ever put their name or reputation on the line over a case that lacks merit on the law or [is] without a strong constitutional basis. Definitely not 17 attorneys general," Hannity said in a Fox News report.

He noted that a total of 18 attorneys general supported the case, including Texas, and this is regardless of "what political alliances they have or don't have."

The Fox News host added that it would be up to the Supreme Court to clarify an election process that now millions recognize they can no longer trust and have confidence in.

Texas Lawsuit

Officials in the states of Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania are targeted in the lawsuit.

Election law experts said the Trump campaign has little chance of getting the Supreme Court to support this new legal move.

Election law expert Richard Hasen said the latest Texas filing is a press release claiming to be a lawsuit, further describing it as dangerous garbage, as reported by the NPR.

Kyle Hawkins, the state's solicitor general, did not sign the Texas Brief. It was signed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who remains under indictment over securities fraud.

Paxton is also facing a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) probe on bribery and office allegations of abuse.

Seventeen states told the Supreme Court Wednesday that they support Paxton's bid to file a lawsuit against the four states.

Paxton earlier asked the Supreme Court for permission to sue Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania over their election results, which Democrat Joe Biden won in all instances.

Later Wednesday, Trump also filed a motion to intervene in the case in his personal capacity as a presidential candidate, as reported by CNBC News.

These are the states supporting the Texas lawsuit: Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Utah, West Virginia, South Dakota, and Tennessee.

Trump defeated Biden in the popular vote in all of these states. However, one of Nebraska's electoral votes was awarded to Biden.

The four swing-state defendants have until 3 p.m. on Thursday to file their replies in opposition to Paxton's requests.

Meanwhile, 17 former officials and lawmakers filed their own briefing showing support to the four key swing states.

They claimed that Paxton's case does not belong in the Supreme Court, adding that it can be filed elsewhere.