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November 6, 2020

Trump Campaign Faces Legal Setbacks in Election-Related Lawsuits
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On Thursday, the Trump campaign faced multiple setbacks in the
courtroom. In Georgia, a judge dismissed a lawsuit claiming without
evidence that some 53 absentee ballots arrived too late to be counted.
In Michigan, a judge rejected the campaign's request to stop the
counting of absentee ballots. In Pennsylvania, a federal judge dismissed
a Republican request to halt vote counting in Philadelphia. The Trump
campaign had initially claimed its observers had been barred from
monitoring the count, but in the courtroom a lawyer for the campaign
admitted that the Trump team did in fact have observers inside. The
judge - who was appointed by George W. Bush - said, "I'm sorry, then
what's your problem?" Meanwhile, in Nevada, the Trump campaign announced
plans to ask a federal court to "stop the counting of improper votes."
Nevada election officials say there is no evidence of improper ballots
being counted. The Trump campaign did succeed in Pennsylvania on one
minor legal fight as a state judge ruled Trump campaign workers can get
closer to the ballot counting in Philadelphia.


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