Trump campaign loses legal fights in Georgia and Michigan, vows Nevada lawsuit

By Tom Hals and Jan Wolfe

 

Former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt speaks during a Trump campaign news conference outside the Clark County Election Center in North Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. November 5, 2020. Yasmina Chavez/Las Vegas Sun via REUTERS. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT

 

(Reuters) - President Donald Trump's campaign lost court rulings in the closely-contested states of Georgia and Michigan on Thursday, even as it vowed to bring a new lawsuit challenging what it called voting irregularities in Nevada.

 

In the Georgia case, the campaign alleged 53 late-arriving ballots were mixed with on-time ballots. In Michigan, it had sought to stop votes from being counted and obtain greater access to the tabulation process.

 

State judges tossed out both the suits on Thursday.

 

Judge James Bass, a superior court judge in Georgia, said there was "no evidence" that the ballots in question were invalid.

 

In the Michigan case, Judge Cynthia Stephens said: "I have no basis to find that there is a substantial likelihood of success on the merits."

Trump allies alleged that there had been voting irregularities in Nevada's populous Clark County, which includes Las Vegas.

 

Georgia's Voting System Implementation Manager Gabriel Sterling on Thursday said, "we're going to have a recount for president more than likely," adding that he was confident in his state's vote-counting integrity.

 

A Trump campaign spokeswoman did not respond to requests for comment on the Michigan and Georgia rulings.

 

Votes are still being counted in all three states, among a handful of battleground states that could decide the presidency. Democratic challenger Joe Biden has a narrow lead in Nevada, Trump a narrow lead in Georgia, and Biden has been projected to win in Michigan.

 

At a news conference in Las Vegas on Thursday, former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt and other Trump campaign surrogates, including former administration official Richard Grenell, gave no evidence to support their allegations of irregularities and did not answer questions from reporters.

 

"We believe that there are dead voters that have been counted. We are also confident that there are thousands of people whose votes have been counted that have moved out of Clark County during the pandemic," Laxalt said.

 

He said a lawsuit would be filed in federal court to ask the judge to "stop the counting of improper votes."

 

Joe Gloria, an election official in Clark County, told reporters there was no evidence of improper ballots being processed.

 

Bob Bauer, a senior advisor to Biden's campaign, called the various Trump lawsuits a "meritless" distraction and said the strategy was designed to undermine the integrity of the electoral process.

 

"This is part of a broader misinformation campaign that involves some political theater," he said.

 

"They’re intended to give the Trump campaign the opportunity to argue the vote count should stop. It is not going to stop," he told reporters on Thursday.

 

Election legal experts have said Trump's legal strategy is unlikely to have a decisive impact on the outcome of the election.

 

Trump has repeatedly said that he expects the U.S. Supreme Court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority including three justices he appointed, to have a key role.

 

But it is unlikely the court would have the final word in any decisive way and any challenge would have to make its way through the usual court process, legal experts say.

 

In Pennsylvania, where Trump is narrowly leading but Biden is making gains, the Trump campaign and other Republicans have already filed various legal challenges.

 

An appeals court in Pennsylvania on Thursday ordered that Trump campaign officials be allowed to more closely observe ballot processing in Philadelphia, which led to a brief delay in the count.

 

(Reporting by Steve Holland, Doina Chiacu, Tom Hals, Karen Freifeld, Julia Harte, Jan Wolfe, Daphne Psaledakis and Lawrence Hurley; Writing by Lawrence Hurley; Editing by Peter Graff, Sonya Hepinstall and Noeleen Walder)

 

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When Trump loses this election, he and his army of lawyers will be engaged in what's called "throwing feces at the wall and seeing what sticks."  And believe me, they have a lot of feces.   

I'm impressed Barr has not been his wingman in this time.

 

DT is not just fighting to retain the WH, he's also fighting for his life.  When he's out of office he'll lose his presidential protections.  He'll be the first president charged with treason.

 

 

A disgusting winner & an appalling loser.

 

American democracy will win but severely damaged by Trump and his mindless legions.

50 minutes ago, Berkshire said:

When Trump loses this election, he and his army of lawyers will be engaged in what's called "throwing feces at the wall and seeing what sticks."  And believe me, they have a lot of feces.   

Just shows Trumps true collars he can't accept defeat has to make up false claims. Good thing US judges are not afraid of him anymore as he is about to lose. 

 

I can only hope he gets a lot of problems after losing this, hopefully a lot of his shady dealings come to light and he will be exposed for what he is. A charletan.

50 minutes ago, Berkshire said:

When Trump loses this election, he and his army of lawyers will be engaged in what's called "throwing feces at the wall and seeing what sticks."  And believe me, they have a lot of feces.   

 

... you're saying they're full of it? Now, that sounds about right, 555 ...

 

28 minutes ago, bendejo said:

I'm impressed Barr has not been his wingman in this time.

 

DT is not just fighting to retain the WH, he's also fighting for his life.  When he's out of office he'll lose his presidential protections.  He'll be the first president charged with treason.

 

 

Probably not treason, a preemptive pardon would do wonders for federal issues.

speaking clearly;
 

TRUMP: GO HOME !

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Judge James Bass, a superior court judge in Georgia, said there was "no evidence" that the ballots in question were invalid.

 

In the Michigan case, Judge Cynthia Stephens said: "I have no basis to find that there is a substantial likelihood of success on the merits."

Because they judge issues based on reality and facts, not trump fantasies.

1 hour ago, mfd101 said:

A disgusting winner & an appalling loser.

 

American democracy will win but severely damaged by Trump and his mindless legions.

Biden disgusts you? You have a remarkably low disgust threshhold. 

Laxalt's press Conference was all 'we believe' and 'it's possible' typical lawyer double talk but no actual substance. The burning ballots elsewhere that created hysteria has been debunked as well.

 

Forget about draining the swamp- Trump is drownings in it. As a (American) friend said to me 'the man has no redeeming qualities whatsoever'. He is behaving like a petulant two year old throwing all his toys out of the pram but there's nothing new there.

 

'Keep counting where I'm winning but stop where I'm losing ground' (paraphrase not direct quote). What a sphincter- Spitting Image got his tweeting just right.

 

This whole election is a national embarrassment and the behavior on (mainly) the Trump side has been an absolute disgrace- not surprising given his  background.

7 minutes ago, placeholder said:

Biden didgusts you? You have a remarkably low disgust threshhold. 

I think he was talking about the same person!

 

Disgraceful when he won- disgraceful when he's gonna lose. Lets see which slimebags he issues Pardons to before he leaves office. 

How will Trump fund this many lawsuits. His reelection campaign coffer is almost empty.  He will have to find donors to fund these lawsuits; perhaps GoFundMe.  Loyal servant Lindsey has announced that he is donating 500k. What a pathetic and sad situation of a loser. 

9 hours ago, webfact said:

Trump campaign loses legal fights in Georgia and Michigan, vows Nevada lawsuit

I think he should sue all the states on principle alone, and also the Founding Fathers for making such a complicated constitution.

10 minutes ago, car720 said:

Reminds me of that famous novel, 'The Mark on the Wall' by Who Flung Dung.

Followed by it's remarkable sequel 'Up Shut Creek Without a Paddle' by Donald the Pooh.

3 minutes ago, Morch said:

 

These aren't his fingers.

Shame

Instead of losing and walking off he really has to pile the hurt onto himself by losing all his law suits. Of course he wont be paying for them.

 

Next move is to blame anyone and everyone else for his own incompetence.

"We believe that there are dead voters that have been counted."

Almost clever. The important aspect is: were they alive when they voted? With extended voting, possible, even probable, some voters have died in the time since they voted. If they were alive, legit, registered American voters once you vote it doesn't matter if you are alive when counting takes place. Given the covid pandemic and obscene number of deaths, I'd bet some died... and as dead disproportionally kill minorities, that would be a plus in Republican books if their votes were somehow cancelled.

In olden times (only vote on election day) I could vote, leave election site and be run over by a bus and killed. Would my vote count? Heck yes.

4 hours ago, placeholder said:

Biden disgusts you? You have a remarkably low disgust threshhold. 

He’s talking Trump

An awful lot of people are going to have egg on their faces, when this is all over. Chief among them, the orange one, his insane sons, Rambling Rudy, and nearly the entire cabinet. And Graham was not particularly smart to offer assistance with the legal fund, to fight the results. Some seriously inferior and desperate brains at work. 

Just concede already, you shameless muppet.

 

Now that Biden has flipped Georgia, the game is well and truly over for the orange disgrace.

 

No path to electoral for trump if Georgia stays Biden. Most likely Biden 304 total

25 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

An awful lot of people are going to have egg on their faces, when this is all over. Chief among them, the orange one, his insane sons, Rambling Rudy, and nearly the entire cabinet. And Graham was not particularly smart to offer assistance with the legal fund, to fight the results. Some seriously inferior and desperate brains at work. 

Mike, you wonder what these people are thinking when they throw their weight behind a man who is a compulsive liar lacking any sort of integrity. Surely, losing is better than trying to live with all the deceit necessary to back Trump. At sometime in your life you gotta say: “I am better than this” and walk away believing morality is higher than loyalty 

7 hours ago, Tarteso said:

speaking clearly;
 

TRUMP: GO HOME !

To the White House mr president 

5 hours ago, placeholder said:

Biden disgusts you? You have a remarkably low disgust threshhold. 

It's been explained to me by Ireland32 that I misunderstood your post and that in both cases you were referring to Trump. Sorry.

Just now, Foghorn said:

To the White House mr president 

Trump can't go to the White House as it is For Biden. ???? 

I'm sure his Russian buddy can give him some advice on how to handle Georgia.

When he’s finally kicked out, the swamp gets drained. Nobody became great again. Maybe the Chinese . And Putin.

3 hours ago, ballpoint said:

I'm sure his Russian buddy can give him some advice on how to handle Georgia.

No not THAT Georgia! ????

Georgia secretary of state: There will be a recount

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced that with the expectation that the final margin will be within a few thousand votes, the state will hold a recount. Biden took a slim lead early Friday morning for the state's 16 electoral votes.

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/live-results-2020-election-day-trump-biden-050117825.html