Release the crackpot

Why I'm all in favor of Trump's ridiculous election lawsuits.

If you’re a fan of Donald Trump, you’re probably disappointed with the “Kraken,” the supposedly game-changing election lawsuit filed by Sydney Powell last week. But if you’re a fan of unintentional humour, like me, Christmas came early.

Mike Dunford, at The Bulwark, took one for the team and read the whole thing. May God have mercy on his soul.

Powell had been threatening to release the Kraken for the last week, which she spent “practicing law on her own” after being unpersoned by the Trump legal team following a press conference in which she spouted conspiracy theories so insane that even Giuliani’s hair dye was trying to get out of the room. It wasn’t clear what the Kraken was until it was released and we learned that it had taken the form of matching his-and-hers lawsuits in Georgia and Michigan. Lawsuits that have redefined rock bottom.

You don’t need to read far to see how truly awful these lawsuits are. Start with the simplest and most eye-catchingly obvious: Complaints in fede…