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According to a newspaper report, numerous prosecutors do not want to comply with Attorney General William Barr’s order to review the results of the US presidential elections. In a joint letter, 16 prosecutors asked Barr to withdraw his Monday instruction, the Washington Post reported Friday. They were not aware of unusual irregularities in the vote count.
According to US media and data providers, US President Donald Trump lost the election. According to Edison Research, his Democratic challenger Joe Biden has a total of 306 voters, Trump has 232. It takes 270 voters to win.
So far, Trump has yet to admit defeat, but has filed lawsuits in several states. His campaign team had denounced electoral fraud and voting irregularities. Experts don’t expect the lawsuits to have any chance of success. On Thursday, US security authorities rejected the fraud accusations.
On Friday, Trump gave a small hint that he could accept the election result. In the Corona crisis, he ruled out a national shutdown under his rule. “Hopefully it happens, uh – whatever happens in the future. Who knows what government it will be. Time will tell,” Trump said Friday in his first speech since Biden’s overall victory last Saturday.
Trump for the first time does not trust victory
For the first time after the elections, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, has also shown doubts about his certainty of victory. “The government will not do a lockdown,” Trump said Friday at an appearance in the White House rose garden, dealing with a coronavirus vaccine. “Hopefully, whatever happens in the future, who knows what government it will be, I think it will show up. But I can assure you that this government is not going to close.”
The US broadcaster reported Friday that Trump’s challenger, Joe Biden, had won 306 voters in Tuesday’s election last week according to his polls, significantly more than the 270 required for a victory. These were Trump’s first public statements in an appearance since last Thursday. Week. He did not respond to questions from reporters. (what / reuters / dpa)
