Ryan Seeks to Stop Effort to Draft Him

Speaker Paul Ryan’s political operation is sending a cease-and-desist letter to a group that is trying to draft him as a Republican presidential candidate, urging it to halt its activities and warning of legal risk, Reuters reports.

“With establishment Republicans desperately searching for a way to stop Donald Trump’s march toward the party’s 2016 presidential nomination, Ryan’s name has been mentioned often as an alternative. But he has said he does not want to run for president this year and has disavowed the Committee to Draft Speaker Ryan group.”