Democratic candidate Joe Biden was determined by American media on November 7 to have met the necessary number of electoral votes to become President-elect.
However, Trump did not recognize this result and refused to admit defeat.
Trump’s campaign simultaneously waged a large-scale legal battle by filing a series of lawsuits in many states alleging widespread election fraud.
In a lawsuit filed in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Trump’s campaign accused election officials of illegally counting 592 absentee and mail-in ballots, which they said should have been thrown out due to `errors.`
`I am asking a specific question and want a specific answer. Are you alleging that there was fraud in connection with these 592 approved votes?`, the judge asked.
`As far as I know so far, the answer is no,` lawyer Goldstein replied.
US President Donald Trump during the Veterans Day memorial service at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, on November 11.
Similar situations are also taking place in other courts in states where Trump is fighting a legal battle.
However, when Judge Diamond asked again whether a Republican observer was present in the room when the vote counting process took place, Trump’s lawyer confirmed that there was a Republican representative during that process.
`So, what’s your problem here?`, Judge Diamond said, before dismissing the case.
Lawsuits brought by the Trump campaign in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan and Nevada have also failed.
The Republicans’ biggest legal `victory` took place in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania, where the state’s Court of Appeals overturned a decision by the Secretary General to extend the time for verifying candidates’ identities.
In addition to the lawsuits, Trump and his allies also promoted many other accusations, but they did not seem credible enough.
In the past half-century, only three times have statewide election results changed after a recount, including the 1974 New Hampshire Senate race and the 2004 Washington gubernatorial election.
Meanwhile, in the states that Trump challenged legally, the vote gap between him and Biden was too large.
To win, Trump must prove there was systematic fraud, with illegal votes reaching tens of thousands.
Trump’s chances of overturning the tide will quickly narrow when states begin certifying election results by the prescribed deadline, in Georgia on November 20, then Pennsylvania and Michigan on November 23.
At this deadline, state parliaments and governors will have to certify the election results and compile a list of electors to send to the Senate for confirmation.
Controversial elections in American history
Controversial elections in American history.
Trump’s legal team is said to have discussed the option of filing a lawsuit to prevent or delay the certification of election results in states, a move that would require very convincing evidence that lawyers in the campaign would like.
Some have also hypothesized that Trump will convince Republican-controlled statehouses, including Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, to ignore the state’s popular vote results and appoint delegates.
According to regulations, the state parliament is the place to compile the list of electors that has been submitted in advance by the winning candidate.
In states where Republicans control the legislature and the governor is Democratic, including Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, they can submit two parallel lists of electors to the Senate.
If Trump and his allies choose this option, chaos risks breaking out, leading to deadlock in Congress, forcing the US Supreme Court to resolve the matter.
According to Karl Rove, a Republican strategist, Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell was correct when he said that Trump `100% has the right` to bring fraud allegations to court.
Pro-Trump ranks in the Republican party appear to have shown signs of seeking to cool tensions and avoid a possible constitutional crisis.
Rove believes that ending useless litigation efforts and ending this year’s election is a difficult but necessary step toward restoring America’s political unity and balance.
