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After meeting with Republican Majority Leader in the Michigan State Senate Mike Shirky and Republican President Lee Chatfield – on Friday – with President Trump at the White House, they confirmed that they would follow the law and traditional procedures for members of the state electoral college, and that they had not yet been informed of any. Information that can change the outcome of elections in the state.
In a joint statement, they called for an investigation into any fraud and explained that they had informed Trump of Michigan’s need for additional funding to deal with the Corona pandemic.
The leaks reported that Trump’s meeting with Republican leaders sought to convince them to overturn the election results and grant him Michigan votes.
Sydney Powell, a lawyer for Trump’s team, previously asked state legislatures to grant voters to Trump, a move that would have nullified the popular vote and faced legal challenges.
Detroit lawyers asked a judge to rebuke Trump’s campaign for publishing “disinformation” about a case related to Michigan election results, as the Trump campaign said Thursday that election officials in Wayne County , state, had met and refused to certify the results of the presidential elections.
On the other hand, a Nevada judge rejected an emergency request to stop state certification of the election results, believing that this would deprive more than a million voters of their rights.
This came after a request made by a right-wing organization called the “Election Integrity Project,” and said it had identified some 1,400 people who registered to vote in Nevada, moved to California, and then voted in Nevada.
Republican pressure
Public doubts are mounting among Republicans about the validity of Trump’s allegations about the election process (electoral fraud), as Republican Senator Lamar Alexander, who will retire at the end of the year, said that Biden has a “very good chance.” to become the next president, and called for the Trump administration’s statement to begin the transition process.
As for Michigan Republican Rep. Fred Upton, he told reporters that he had shown no evidence of election fraud.
And Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins said the right way to challenge what Trump sees as election wrongdoing is to go to court, not pressure state officials.
And he added in a statement that Biden’s campaign must receive the financial quotas, offices and government resources it needs during the transition period.
Resuscitation package
On the other hand, the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, said that the United States is experiencing an economic and health disaster.
Pelosi called on the leaders of the Republican Party to return to the negotiating table to agree on a second economic recovery package in the country.
On Friday, Biden discussed with Pelosi and Senate Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to stimulate the economy, as the three said in a joint statement that they agreed on the need for Congress to pass a penalty stimulus package of nearly $ 1.4 trillion, earmarked to support families and small businesses and help state governments to support the healthcare sector and expand compensation. About unemployment.
Biden announced yesterday the appointment of 4 more people to prominent positions in his administration, also asking Americans to donate to fund the transfer of power in light of Trump’s refusal to cooperate with Biden’s team.
On the other hand, Trump said his administration was able to cut drug prices for the first time in 51 years, adding that state governors will be able to import drugs from Canada after the decision to cut prices is finalized, because prices of the drugs are less than half their prices in the United States, he said.
