On Thursday, the Trump campaign faced multiple setbacks in the courtroom. In Georgia, a judge dismissed a lawsuit claiming without evidence that some 53 absentee ballots arrived too late to be counted. In Michigan, a judge rejected the campaign’s request to stop the counting of absentee ballots. In Pennsylvania, a federal judge dismissed a Republican request to halt vote counting in Philadelphia. The Trump campaign had initially claimed its observers had been barred from monitoring the count, but in the courtroom a lawyer for the campaign admitted that the Trump team did in fact have observers inside. The judge — who was appointed by George W. Bush — said, “I’m sorry, then what’s your problem?” Meanwhile, in Nevada, the Trump campaign announced plans to ask a federal court to “stop the counting of improper votes.” Nevada election officials say there is no evidence of improper ballots being counted. The Trump campaign did succeed in Pennsylvania on one minor legal fight as a state judge ruled Trump campaign workers can get closer to the ballot counting in Philadelphia.
Trump Campaign Faces Legal Setbacks in Election-Related Lawsuits
HeadlineNov 06, 2020