Georgia certifies Biden’s victory. For Trump, new defeats in court

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger certified Joe Biden’s victory in the Nov. 3 election after a manual recount of the ballots confirmed the former vice president’s lead, albeit to a limited extent. “I live by the motto that the numbers don’t lie” and “I believe the numbers we present today are correct,” said Republican Raffensperger.

For Donald Trump’s campaign, the week ends with new resounding defeats in the courts, with judges from Arizona, Pennsylvania and Georgia again rejecting as unfounded all motions to block the certification of the results that give Biden as the winner. just as Rudy Giuliani repeated the accusations, without proof, of the existence of a great coordinated plot to steal the elections.

In Arizona, a state judge rejected, without appeal, the appeal of state Republicans to request a new recount in Maricopa County, which would have postponed the date of certification of the results, scheduled for November 30. According to projections, Biden won the state by more than 10,000 votes, becoming the second Democrat to take control of the state in more than seven decades.

More than half of Arizona counties conducted a post-election recount and found no or very few discrepancies, according to the Arizona Secretary of State’s report, which states that there is no evidence of systematic voter fraud reported by Trump. .

In Pennsylvania, too, a judge rejected a new Trump campaign appeal aimed at invalidating more than 2,000 postal votes for technical reasons. But the most emblematic case is the one that was rejected by a federal judge in Georgia against one of the major voters in the state, the lawyer Lin Wood, very close to the president, who denounced the alleged violation of his constitutional rights by voting in favor. . mail that had given rise to fraud, requesting the blocking of the certification of the electoral results.

Judge Steven Grimberg, who was appointed by Trump, not only ruled that there was no basis for the appeal, but also raised questions about the timing of his action. “I have not heard any justification that he waited to present his complaints two weeks after the elections just before the certification of the electoral results,” said the judge, recalling that the vote count by seat began in Georgia one month. make.

Senate Health Committee Chairman Republican Lamar Alexander said the Trump administration should provide President-elect Joe Biden with access to transition materials, particularly related to the distribution of the coronavirus vaccine, ”Transition of Power.