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US President Donald Trump invited Republican lawmakers from Michigan to the White House on Friday, according to a person familiar with the situation, and he and his legal team are trying to change the election results he lost to President-elect Joe. Biden. , according to CNN.
Trump also asked two Republican members of the Wayne County Validation Commission to support them, according to the person, after they twice changed their decision to certify the results of the presidential election in the largest “county.” From Michigan, which includes Detroit.
Republican members of the Wayne County commission caused chaos in the normal process of certifying election results when they initially voted against validating the results in the region on Tuesday, leaving the commission in a 2-2 lockdown. Out of thousands of voters in the predominantly African-American city of Detroit, Republicans changed their votes and the certification passed unanimously.
However, on Wednesday, Palmer and William Hartman, the other Republican member of the commission, sent statements on their own responsibility to the regional attorney denying the previous certification votes. Still, the certification deadline in the region has passed, and it is unclear what legal steps or legitimate arguments the two Republicans can take to formally revoke their votes.
In Wayne County, the two Republican members of the validation commission received phone calls from Trump on Tuesday. Monica Palmer, a member of the commission, spoke with Trump for about 2 minutes and said she did not feel pressured to change her vote for him, the Washington Post reported.
Trump extended the invitation Thursday morning to members of the Michigan legislature by calling the leader of the majority of the Republican senators in the US state, the person quoted by CNN also stated.
Certification is usually a formality, but Trump is trying to block or delay the process in key states as part of an effort to reverse his electoral defeat through the Electoral College. Trump’s attorney, Rudy Giuliani, and his other allies have suggested that Republican lawmakers in key states where Biden won should delay certification to nominate their own voters and ignore popular votes for Biden.
This is due to the disappearance of the options of Trump’s legal team to challenge the election results in the states lost by the incumbent president and the fact that the states are going to authenticate the election results. Trump’s attorney, Rudy Giuliani, held a 90-minute press conference Thursday in which he and his team made dubious legal accusations, issued conspiracy theories and failed to provide credible and timely evidence of voter fraud.
“It is very dangerous for our democracy, because it is an attempt to thwart the will of the voters through political pressure from the president. Although unlikely to work, it is also deeply undemocratic and a violation of the rule of law. It’s unforgivable, “wrote Rick Hasen, a CNN law expert, on his website.
Trump’s campaign arguments failed in court, lawsuits brought by them were dropped or overturned in Arizona, Michigan and Pennsylvania.
Biden currently holds a 154,187 vote lead over Trump in the Great Lakes state.
A source familiar with the president’s thinking told CNN that several of Trump’s friends and business associates would have at least told him to let the transition begin, even if he didn’t want to give up. He allegedly told them he was “absolutely wrong,” the source said.
Editing: Alexandru Costea
