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WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s campaign said on Thursday (November 5) that it is expected to initiate additional legal action in Pennsylvania and Nevada and predicted that the Republican incumbent would emerge victorious in the US election on Friday night.
Trump’s campaign manager Bill Stepien told reporters in a conference call that Trump was “alive and well” regarding the presidential race.
Campaign consultant Jason Miller said he awaited legal action in Pennsylvania to ensure visibility on previous ballots that have been counted in that state.
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Trump has attacked the integrity of the US voting system, alleging voter fraud without providing evidence, has filed lawsuits and called for at least a state recount.
The latest move in his campaign was a lawsuit expected to be announced later Thursday alleging voter fraud in Nevada, one of the pivotal states where he is far behind Biden.
Some legal experts called the challenges a long shot that will likely not affect the final outcome of the election.
As the count continued two days after Election Day, slowed by a slew of mail-in ballots amid the coronavirus pandemic, Biden was leading in Wisconsin, Nevada and Arizona and closing in on Trump in Georgia and Pennsylvania.
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Multiple Trump lawsuits and a recount request would have to be successful and, in some cases, find tens of thousands of invalid ballots to reverse the outcome if Biden prevails.
Trump has to win the states in which he is still ahead, including North Carolina, as well as Arizona or Nevada, to succeed and avoid becoming the first sitting US president to lose a re-election bid since fellow Republican George Bush. in 1992.
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Some fellow Republicans have voiced displeasure at Trump’s claims of voter fraud.
“The problem with filing unsubstantiated charges is that it undermines faith in democracy,” Adam Kinzinger, a Republican congressman from Michigan who was reelected Tuesday, told CNN.
