Alabama AG Refuses to Say Biden Is the ‘Duly Elected’ President

• Alabama AG refused to say irrespective of whether Joe Biden is the “duly elected” president.
• “Is he the duly elected and lawfully serving president of the United States?” Sen. Whitehouse questioned.
• “He is the president of our nation,” Marshall explained.

Alabama Attorney Standard Steve Marshall on Thursday declined to connect with President Joe Biden the “duly elected” and “lawfully serving” president of the United States.

The refusal came as Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island questioned Marshall all through the fourth day of confirmation hearings for Supreme Court docket nominee Choose Ketanji Brown Jackson. Marshall, invited by Republican leadership, testified versus Jackson’s confirmation ahead of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

“Is Joseph R. Biden of Delaware the duly elected and lawfully serving president of the United States of America?” Whitehouse questioned Marshall.

Marshall replied, “He is the president of this state.”

Whitehouse pressed Marshall once more, asking: “Is he the duly elected and lawfully serving president of the United States?”

“He is the president of our country,” Marshall recurring.

“Are you answering that omitting the language ‘duly elected and lawfully serving’ purposefully?” Whitehouse asked.

“I am answering the question. He is the president of the United States,” Marshall claimed yet again.

“And you have no view as to no matter whether he was duly elected or is lawfully serving?” Whitehouse questioned for the very last time.

“I’m telling you he is the president of the United States,” Marshall replied.

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Marshall challenged the 2020 presidential election final results by signing on to a temporary that asked the Supreme Court docket to reject the votes in 4 vital battleground states that then-nominee Joe Biden received. The Supreme Court tossed out the lawsuit, which was introduced by Texas legal professional normal Ken Paxton and backed by the Trump marketing campaign.

Marshall also served as the head of the Republican Lawyers Normal Association’s fundraising arm, which despatched a robocall endorsing former President Donald Trump’s January 6 rally that took put right before rioters stormed the Capitol, The Tennessean claimed. Marshall, at the time, condemned the connect with and said he was “unaware of unauthorized conclusions.”

Throughout Thursday’s hearing, Marshall reported, “We’ve denounced lawlessness, not only as it relevant to what took place on January 6, but also the lawlessness that continues to go on in our state with violent criminal offense.”

A spokesperson for Marshall did not straight away return Insider’s ask for for comment.