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In the important state of Pennsylvania, his lawyers are attacking the vote counting and voting-by-mail system. Trump also reiterated his allegations of election fraud in Georgia, Nevada and Wisconsin in a series of tweets on Monday.
However, there have been no confirmed cases of electoral fraud in favor of president-elect Joe Biden. “Nevada turns out to be a cesspool of false voices,” Trump wrote on Twitter, promising “absolutely shocking” revelations. Twitter immediately provided a warning to the president’s message because it was a controversial claim.
Trump also wrote that he would win the state of Georgia, where Biden is ahead, “like election night.” Biden had taken the lead after the mail-in votes were counted. In light of the crown pandemic, Democratic voters in particular had voted by mail. The state’s Lieutenant Governor, Republican Geoff Duncan, told CNN on Monday that he had not encountered any significant cases of voter fraud. Given the adjusted result, a rescheduling in Georgia is highly likely.
Minister of Justice allows investigation into electoral fraud
Trump’s Attorney General William Barr allowed prosecutors to investigate allegations of voter fraud before final results were announced, US media reported Monday night (local time). Such procedures should be initiated if there are “clear and apparently credible allegations of wrongdoing” that may have influenced the outcome of elections in a state, according to Barr’s letter to prosecutors. Trump immediately posted articles about Barr’s decision on Twitter.
Prosecutors generally should not act until final results are available. After the November 3 election, this could take days or weeks, depending on local law. States must have reported their certified final results to Washington by December 8.
One of the lawsuits in Pennsylvania is Trump’s claim that Republicans were denied a chance to see much of the vote count. Republicans also argue that when it comes to voting by mail, some districts with a high percentage of Democrats have violated the rules and the system as a whole is prone to fraud. Pennsylvania, with 20 electoral votes for the presidential election, was a crucial state that helped Biden win.
Fox News shuts down from press conference
Republican Party leader Ronna McDaniel admitted that she did not know if legal action would be enough to turn the results in Trump’s favor. Trump’s spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany hinted to Democrats at a press conference that this fraud would approve. The Fox News television station, which has sided with the president in recent years, later shut down because the accusations were unsubstantiated.
The influential Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell spoke only of the “preliminary results” of Monday’s election. “President Trump has one hundred percent the right to investigate allegations of wrongdoing and examine his legal options,” he said in the Senate. This made it clear that Trump would initially have no pressure to fear from his allies in Congress.
So far, only four Republican senators have congratulated Biden on his election victory: Mitt Romney, Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins and Ben Sasse. They were previously known as deviants, and they could play a significant role for Biden as president if Republicans kept control of the Senate.
The deciding factor here should be the runoff elections for the two Senate seats in Georgia in early January. Republican incumbents David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler called on the secretary of state to resign after the election results because the voting was poorly organized. He rejected the accusations. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger wrote on Twitter that there were certainly cases of illegal voting in Georgia. But it is unlikely they would have been big enough for Trump to win the state.
After Tuesday’s election, the incumbent president speaks of voter fraud and hopes to reverse Biden’s victory by taking legal action. Biden was declared the winner on Saturday based on US media forecasts. Meanwhile, heads of state and government around the world, including Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, congratulated Biden on his victory. Meanwhile, Biden is already preparing to take over government business. On Monday he presented an expert council to contain the pandemic.
