Donald Trump loses legal fight in Georgia and Michigan and files Nevada lawsuit
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With the U.S. presidential election appearing to slip away from President Trump, his campaign is mounting legal challenges in several states.
Things aren't going his way at the moment, though,... as judges in two states have rejected the Trump campaign's lawsuits.
Han Seong-woo reports.
U.S. President Donald Trump has lost two legal challenges in Georgia and Michigan.
On Thursday, local time, judges tossed the cases in both states.
In Georgia, the Trump campaign claimed that ballots arriving late had been mixed with those that came on time, but the judge said there was no evidence for that.
And in Michigan, Trump had sought to stop votes from being counted.
The judge said it was not likely that the arguments of the case would hold up.
The rulings come as Biden inches closer to the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win.
The Trump campaign is also taking legal action in Nevada to exclude ballots they claim are invalid.
"We firmly believe that there are many voters in this group of mail in people that are not proper voters. In the last many days we have received reports of many irregularities across the valley. We believe that there are dead voters that have been counted."
But the campaign in Nevada gave no evidence to support their claims of irregularities and campaign officials did not answer questions from reporters.
Trump supporters did get a minor legal victory in Pennsylvania, though, where a state appeals court allowed Republican poll watchers to observe ballot counting from six feet away.
.Trump has said he wants the U.S. Supreme Court to get involved, but it's far from clear that the court will agree to hear the case.
Experts say the kinds of cases the Trump campaign is filing are different from the case that led to the court deciding the Bush-Gore election in 2000.
Analysts say Trump's strategy could be to throw the election into such disarray that the states are prevented from finalizing their electors by the December 8th deadline.
Then, if no candidate has a majority of the electoral votes after January 6th, Congress decides the outcome in what's called a contingent election... where the House of Representatives chooses the next president.
Han Seong-woo, Arirang News.
With the U.S. presidential election appearing to slip away from President Trump, his campaign is mounting legal challenges in several states.
Things aren't going his way at the moment, though,... as judges in two states have rejected the Trump campaign's lawsuits.
Han Seong-woo reports.
U.S. President Donald Trump has lost two legal challenges in Georgia and Michigan.
On Thursday, local time, judges tossed the cases in both states.
In Georgia, the Trump campaign claimed that ballots arriving late had been mixed with those that came on time, but the judge said there was no evidence for that.
And in Michigan, Trump had sought to stop votes from being counted.
The judge said it was not likely that the arguments of the case would hold up.
The rulings come as Biden inches closer to the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win.
The Trump campaign is also taking legal action in Nevada to exclude ballots they claim are invalid.
"We firmly believe that there are many voters in this group of mail in people that are not proper voters. In the last many days we have received reports of many irregularities across the valley. We believe that there are dead voters that have been counted."
But the campaign in Nevada gave no evidence to support their claims of irregularities and campaign officials did not answer questions from reporters.
Trump supporters did get a minor legal victory in Pennsylvania, though, where a state appeals court allowed Republican poll watchers to observe ballot counting from six feet away.
.Trump has said he wants the U.S. Supreme Court to get involved, but it's far from clear that the court will agree to hear the case.
Experts say the kinds of cases the Trump campaign is filing are different from the case that led to the court deciding the Bush-Gore election in 2000.
Analysts say Trump's strategy could be to throw the election into such disarray that the states are prevented from finalizing their electors by the December 8th deadline.
Then, if no candidate has a majority of the electoral votes after January 6th, Congress decides the outcome in what's called a contingent election... where the House of Representatives chooses the next president.
Han Seong-woo, Arirang News.