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Almost six weeks after the US elections, future President Joe Biden (78) faces another major hurdle before his inauguration: in the 50 US states and the capital district of Washington, a total of 538 electorates will meet on Monday to vote on the future president. . In the vast majority of states, the winner of the election gets all the votes of the local electorate. According to the certified results, Democrat Biden has 306 voters and 232 Republican President Donald Trump (74). The result will not be officially announced until January 6 in Congress in Washington.
Biden is due to be sworn in on January 20 in Washington. Trump continues to oppose his defeat in the November 3 election. The president is indirectly elected in the United States. The winner is whoever can unite at least 270 voters. On Monday, each voter will receive their own ballot, which will be signed and sent to Vice President Mike Pence (61) in his capacity as President of the United States Senate. Copies are sent to other state and federal government institutions. Biden announced that he would speak on Monday night (local time).
Usually pure formality
Voting by voters is usually a formality, because the losing candidate often admits defeat on election night. But Trump still claims that he actually won the election and is deprived of his victory by fraud. He wrote on Twitter on Sunday: “How do states and politicians confirm an election in which corruption and irregularities are constantly documented?” Neither Trump nor his lawyers or supporters have provided evidence to back up their allegations.
So far, the Trump camp has failed with more than 50 lawsuits against the election result. On Friday, the Washington Supreme Court also dismissed a lawsuit aimed at overturning Biden’s victory in four states. Trump announced in an interview broadcast Sunday on Fox News that he still wanted to continue legally fighting his defeat. “It’s not over,” he said. There are still “several local cases” in the states where his lawyers are taking action against the election result. Trump has no real chance.
Trump had harshly criticized the Supreme Court decision on Saturday. «That is a great and scandalous judicial error. The people of the United States have been betrayed and our country shamed, ”he wrote on Twitter. Trump again claimed that he won the election with a “landslide victory.” There is no basis for this. Over the weekend, Twitter provided several tweets from Trump with warnings that the manipulation he claims was controversial in the election.
What did Attorney General Barr know?
Justice Minister William Barr (70) was also in Trump’s sights on Saturday. The “Wall Street Journal” had reported that Barr had known about the investigations against Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden (50) since the spring. Barr wanted to keep this investigation out of the election campaign. Trump retweeted a Twitter message calling for Barr’s firing if the report was true. The president wrote: “A great disappointment!”
The Supreme Court had already rejected a request for judicial protection last Tuesday, with which the Trump side wanted to reverse Biden’s victory in the state of Pennsylvania. Critics suspect that Trump’s refusal to acknowledge his defeat was an attempt to continue collecting donations from his supporters. Trump’s team is still asking for donations to support the lawsuits. Only from the fine print is it clear that the majority of the funds will go to an organization that Trump could also use for other political purposes.
The Supreme Court also defrauds Trump
The responsible US authorities had declared the election to be the safest in the United States. More recently, Attorney General Barr had said there was no evidence of fraud to the extent that it could change the outcome. All 50 states and the capital city of Washington have certified their results.
Following the death of Liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg († 89) in September, Trump had lobbied to quickly fill the Supreme Court seat with conservative attorney Amy Coney Barrett (48) before the Supreme Court elections. He also explicitly referred to a possible dispute over the outcome of the elections. Conservatives now dominate the court with a majority of six to three votes. However, the Trump camp’s previous lawsuits have been dismissed by judges regardless of whether they were nominated by Democratic or Republican presidents. (SDA)
