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would not hold. despite the man dasty of the lawsuit, 17 other republican state attorneys general signed a legal brief backing it, and overwhelming number of house republicans were drawn into that effort as well. at trump s request, congressman mike johnson of louisiana circulated an email to his republican colleagues asking them to sign on to the brief, supporting paxton s lawsuit. as the amicus brief was being prepared i was urging my colleagues preparing the brief not to do t. i didn t sign it because i thought it was just wrong, frankly. and that s when i started getting some phone calls from people going, hey, wait a minute. weren t you going to fight this thing? this election was stolen. reporter: in the end, 126 house republicans signed their names to it. adam kinzinger a republican congressman from illinois, did not. how many people that signed on to it do you think actually