

This content is not available due to your privacy preferences. "Since only the rightful king could sit on the throne of Gondor, a steward was appointed to manage Gondor until the return of the King, known as 'Aragorn', occurred at the end of the story," it continued. "This analogy is applicable since there is now in Washington DC a group of individuals calling themselves the president, vice-president, and Congress who have no rightful claim to govern the American people," the case states, according to the Guardian. "Gondor has no king," the lawsuit states, alongside a footnote which then goes on to explain the analogy.ĭavis proposes for the court to issue a "state of stewardship," which would mean that Congress and Biden should be temporarily supervised until Trump returns to take the "crown" of the kingdom. Tolkien's fantasy classic "The Lord of the Rings."

The court filing gets outlandish when it starts to make references to the fictional land of Gondor in J. Read more: 10 huge hits to Trump's business from the pandemic that may be permanent It makes several unusual requests and allegations, but mostly pushes baseless claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election, which Trump lost by over 7 million votes. The 54-page suit was filed in the names of small conservative groups in the state, including Latinos for Trump and Blacks for Trump. Trump supporter, Paul Davis, filed the lawsuit in the Waco Division of the Western District of Texas a day after the inauguration of President Joe Biden. A Texas lawyer, who was fired from his job after he recorded himself storming the US Capitol earlier this month, filed a lawsuit that presented baseless allegations of election fraud with the help of bizarre references to "Lord of the Rings."
