Trump files new election challenge in Michigan as Georgia begins recount by hand
11 November 2020 - 22:48
Washington — President Donald Trump's campaign filed a lawsuit in Michigan on Wednesday as part of its long-shot legal strategy to upend Joe Biden's November 3 election win, even as the former vice-president focused on laying the foundation of his incoming administration.
The Republican president's team went to federal court to try to block Michigan, a Midwestern battleground state that he won in 2016 but lost to the Democrat in media projections, from certifying the results. Trump trailed by roughly 148,000 votes, or 2.6 percentage points, in unofficial Michigan vote totals...
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