Torchinsky, a longtime GOP election lawyer who has also represented the #RNC, is researching the issue not for Trump’s rivals but for #JacobHarriman, the founder of a #nonpartisan service org called #MorePerfectUnion, Harriman said in a statement to The Washington Post.

“It is critical to understand if there is a legitimate #risk of nominating a #candidate who could be deemed to be #ineligible for office,” Harriman said. Torchinsky declined to comment.