Republican-appointed judges presided over nearly half of those lawsuit dismissals, according to one analysis. And Trump’s closest confidantes - including his daughter Ivanka and former U.S. The film's claims are directly contradicted by rulings in at least 50 lawsuits brought by Trump and his allies challenging the outcome of the election. Twelve days after that event with Miller and Powell, the Republican Party of Texas screened 2000 Mules three times during its annual convention, at which Patrick vowed to significantly increase criminal penalties for illegal voting and delegates codified their denial of the 2020 election results into the party’s official platform.

The State Bar pursued similar action against Paxton. The State Bar of Texas has also pursued disciplinary action against Powell for filing a lawsuit speculating that fraud was committed.

Capitol - Miller was scheduled as a special guest speaker at a screening of 2000 Mules by the Dallas Jewish Conservatives, according to the group’s website.Īlso featured at the event was Sidney Powell, a Dallas lawyer and Trump ally who currently faces a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit by a voting machine company that she and other conspiracists have targeted. In June - at the same time that millions of Americans were tuning into the first Congressional hearing on the Jan. Īnd Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, who has a history of spreading political falsehoods on social media, recently cited the film as part of the reason he continues to believe the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump. Dan Patrick and three other Houston-area legislators sponsored a watch party at a local church in June, according to the church's website. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office, which oversees investigations into voter fraud, screened the movie this summer, according to a recent Associated Press story that detailed ongoing dysfunction and politicization in Paxton’s office. Top Texas Republicans have been key promoters of 2000 Mules, a debunked film by GOP political operative Dinesh D’Souza that falsely claims there was significant voter fraud during the 2020 presidential election.

Dan Patrick and Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller. From left: Attorney General Ken Paxton, Lt.

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