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Trump campaign will again ask U.S. high court to upend election results

Published 12/20/2020, 04:20 PM
Updated 12/21/2020, 06:15 AM
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: t U.S. President Donald Trump returns to the White House after treatment for the coronavirus at the White House in Washington

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: t U.S. President Donald Trump returns to the White House after treatment for the coronavirus at the White House in Washington

By Jan Wolfe

(Reuters) - President Donald Trump's campaign said on Sunday it would again ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn results from the Nov. 3 election, its latest long-shot effort to subvert the electoral process and sow doubt over the legitimacy of President-elect Joe Biden's victory.

In a statement issued by the campaign, Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani said the campaign had filed a petition asking the high court to reverse three rulings by a Pennsylvania state court interpreting the state's rules for mail-in ballots.

“The Campaign’s petition seeks to reverse three decisions which eviscerated the Pennsylvania Legislature’s protections against mail ballot fraud," Giuliani said in a statement.

Giuliani said the filing sought all "appropriate remedies," including an order allowing Pennsylvania's Republican-controlled legislature to award the state's 20 electoral votes to Trump. Biden won the state by more than 80,000 votes.

The petition is "frivolous" and is not going to stop Biden from becoming president on Jan. 20, said Joshua Douglas, an election law professor at the University of Kentucky.

"The Court will shut it down quickly," Douglas said.

The Supreme Court on Dec. 11 rejected a lawsuit filed by Texas and backed by Trump seeking to throw out voting results in four states, including Pennsylvania, that went for Biden.

Several senior Republican U.S. senators, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, have acknowledged Democrat Biden as the country’s president-elect after the Electoral College affirmed his victory, and have rejected the idea of overturning the 2020 presidential election in Congress.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: t U.S. President Donald Trump returns to the White House after treatment for the coronavirus at the White House in Washington

A candidate needs 270 Electoral College votes to win the White House. Biden won 306 of those votes to Trump's 232 and defeated the Republican president by more than 7 million ballots in the popular vote.

Congress will count the electoral votes on Jan. 6 and Biden will take office on Jan. 20.

Trump has made unsubstantiated claims of widespread electoral fraud and has tried but failed to overturn Biden’s victory, challenging the outcome in court in multiple states, while pressing state officials, lawmakers and governors to throw the results out and simply declare Trump the winner.

Latest comments

Never ending drama
And SCOTUS will decline the factless suit again.
Will they decide to put him in a psychiatric facility...locked down for 10 years. would be the best supreme court can do
It sad to see how toxic our country's politics have become. The crazies on both sides of the aisle have taken over. Oh well! What are the Futures doing?!
Is over Trumo... all world leaders have congrats Biden...
Oh the irony..Trump first came to power despite losing the popular vote and by cheating with help from the russians. Now he has firmly lost again, and not even uncle Putin can help him this time
It is a terrible thing that the US sold is election, the all world will suffer the consequences as it already started, under Trump the world as been at peace for tge first time in a long time, now it will go back to cahos all because of the hate and the ignorance of people.It is a sad moment when younrealize that the US is as corrupt as Venezuela.
funny voters chose Biden because of trump's gross incompetence - the only thing that is making the US look like venezuela is trumps effort to retain power after he lost by any means possible including a military coup via martial law - that's really selling out democracy and America!
ah, elections are run 100% by states, not the federal government or supreme court. Rudy should know that. The court will laugh.
ignorant never thinks
Wow, as a northern neighbour I can truly be thankful he hasn't lead (or mislead) our country. His utter misogynist delusions will only keep elevating and truly reward him as the biggest LOSER in the last half century. I hope your new president continues to surround himself with quality people, who do their job without be on their knees like the staff Heir Trump maintained. The USA is not the only country on earth, although Trump supporters certainly seem to think so, your former cartoon president will soon be nothing but a laughable memory, and the rest of the world will exhale a sigh of relief, I hope the stimulus package goes through for the many that need it. It could be a tough winter for all, God Bless
He can ask n supreme court can throw it out if he has no case. Let him asks.
Enough is enough
total voters 140mil-74mil trump votes= 66mil.
Funny how all the conservative news outlets I have checked shows 158 million total votes.
Trump will overturn it because there was a massive fraud and he won by a lot. Just wait and watch it. That’s it.
That’s thorough, solid defense you have there. Are you one of Trump’s attorneys? If not, you should apply for the job. You would fit right in.
You Trumpers can keep giving Trump money, you do realize that half of the campaign money goes to Trump family, meanwhile you guys are living in welfare
lol? Your hate is seething, like i said, i dont send Trump money, but it would take a blind man to say he wasnt one of the most effective presidents in history in tge face of complete lies and attacks by your elite daddys for 4 years straight. Garbage.
, i am agree with your points about destroying family and curbing religion. But Trump doesn'nt care about those things. He acts as if care about that, indeed he care only about himself and being president. I am a fan of Rep but definitely not Trump.
Zack Harding, , i am agree with your points about destroying family and curbing religion. But Trump doesn'nt care about those things. He acts as if care about that, indeed he care only about himself and being president. I am a fan of Rep but definitely not Trump.
It will be a contested election on Jan 6.
Omg. Loonwet tunes still in town
It won't matter. Joey's presidency will be tainted by the Hunter investigation. Get your impeachment sign ready folks!
Probably turn out like all those Hillary investigations. Lol, knock yourself out. Did you hear She’s been nominated for attorney general. Jk
I don't know how anyone can explain what happened on Georgia with the videos of poll workers pulling suitcases out from under tables after the overseers left. The biggest Red Flag for me is if you go to the Clinton Foundation website and type in Dominion. You will see their connection to the Dominon voting machines. I don't blame Trump one bit
Then why they don't they show those evidences in court? Oh idk maybe because they aren't real evidence
debunked, fact-checked...Magic comfort words that allow the left to ignore truth.
look look at this zack life saver, he must be the choosen one
The biggest loser in us history. How can a president act like that? What is he 5 years old? Even after 4 years still in disbelief how someone with such low ego became a president of the greatest country in the world.
Also, you are very mindless, sorry about that fact...
If what im saying isnt true, why are you so mad? Mad cuz its true? Im simply stating my opinion, what are you in relation to the great trump? His dog? Your nobody like me. History will be written, no point to get mad at me or insulting me. Someone who loses an American election by a large margin still whining and abusing the judicial system, seems you trumpsters dont care about anything he does, everything he does is right, is correct.
Zack, he definitely did not "secure Middle East peace". A couple of Emirates (who were never at war to begin with) simply agreed to restart diplomatic relationships with Israel. While that's still a good thing, it's a far cry from "securing Middle East peace" and it did nothing to fix the dispute between the Palestinians and Israel, or the tensions between Iran and Israel.
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