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The Trump campaign is moving from state to state to try to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. Assemble an increasingly savage series of legal maneuvers, with no credible claims, that face astronomical odds and are unprecedented.
The lawsuits in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Arizona are now attempting to advance a number of legal theories and allegations, some based on vague and unsubstantiated allegations of fraud, or complaints of minor access to ballot processing, as a way to prevent state officials from certifying the popular vote. results, which currently all favor Biden.
“As the Trump campaign has made its legal arguments, it has not actually produced any legal facts or theories that are stronger than when it started,” said election attorney and CNN analyst Rick Hasen.
President Trump’s campaign strategy appears increasingly to be to cast enough doubt on vote counts so that he can find judges who will prevent states from certifying the choice their voters made, according to election experts, including the Republican lawyer-turned-analyst. from CNN Ben Ginsberg.
The Electoral College does not formally select the president until December 14, with a key deadline of December 8.
If that works, in theory, it could open the way for state legislatures, especially Republicans in power in Michigan and Pennsylvania, to argue that they should make their own choice for their Electoral College list, giving Trump a win that goes in against Biden’s victory. in more than one state. But he couldn’t come close to giving Trump the election victory without a lot of help.
Both liberal and conservative legal experts say that the theoretical approach that Trump appears to be trying is extremely unlikely. Even former Republican strategist Karl Rove wrote in The Wall Street Journal Wednesday night that Biden’s victory would not be overturned.
“To win, Mr. Trump must demonstrate a systemic fraud, with tens of thousands of illegal votes. So far there is no evidence of that. Unless something comes up quickly, the president’s chances in court will drop precipitously when the states begin to certify the results “. wrote Rove, long considered a mastermind of political maneuvering during George W. Bush’s presidency.
Biden’s campaign attorneys have called the Trump campaign trial theater, and nothing more.
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