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President-elect Joe Biden has been officially certified as the winner of last month’s presidential elections in the states of Wisconsin and Arizona, as Donald Trump prepares to launch more legal challenges to contest the result despite his team not providing any. mass evidence. electoral fraud.
A partial recount in Wisconsin only increased Biden’s margin of victory, leaving the incumbent president with five days to file a new lawsuit seeking to void 238,000 ballots in the state, which he said would be filed no later than Tuesday and that again it is expected to fail.
Meanwhile, Dr. Scott Atlas, Trump’s controversial adviser on the coronavirus, announced his resignation, in what his colleagues at Stanford University said was a “victory of science and truth over falsehoods and misinformation. ”.
Dr. Scott Atlas resigns from White House task force
Perhaps the most controversial member of the White House coronavirus task force, Dr. Scott Atlas, resigned after 130 days in a role in which he contradicted public health officials, spread misinformation about “herd immunity “of the coronavirus and was singled out by Twitter for stating that the masks do not work to slow the spread of the disease that has killed thousands of Americans.
Trump appointed the radiologist and member of a conservative think tank to the task force as an adviser in August. The position was expiring next week.
In a letter obtained by Fox News and dated December 1, Dr. Atlas said that he “worked hard with a singular focus: saving lives and helping Americans overcome this pandemic,” adding that he “always relied on the latest science and evidence, without any consideration or political influence ”despite pushing false claims that undermined experts and health officials as infections continued to rise.
Alex Woodward has more details.
Joe sommerladDecember 1, 2020 08:04
Biden’s victory is consolidated as the battlefield states certify the results
The battlefield states of Wisconsin and Arizona finally certified Joe Biden as the winner of their presidential election on Monday, a month after the ballots were cast, as Donald Trump prepares to launch even more legal challenges to contest the result. .
The Wisconsin Elections Commission determined Biden’s victory by approximately 20,700 votes a day after completing a partial recount and within hours after Arizona also certified its result in favor of the Democrat.
However, Trump promised to file a lawsuit to overturn the results by attempting to disqualify up to 238,000 ballots, saying Wisconsin’s recount was not about finding errors but about finding people who voted illegally.
Justin Vallejo has this report.
Joe sommerlad1 December 2020 08:30
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