Trump Says ‘Election Is Far From Over’, Campaign Will Challenge Results In Court

United States President Donald Trump said on Saturday his
campaign would begin challenging US election results in court next
week after media outlets called the race for Democrat Joe Biden,
saying “this election is far from over.”

“We all know why Joe Biden is rushing to falsely pose as the
winner, and why his media allies are trying so hard to help him:
they don’t want the truth to be exposed,” he said in a statement.
He added that “the simple fact is this election is far from
over.”

Trump has repeatedly made unfounded claims of fraud in the
election.

However, legal experts have said that the flurry of lawsuits may
have little chance of changing the outcome but might cast doubt on
the process.

Notably, the campaign sued in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia
and asked to join a pending case at the US Supreme Court.

Experts said the litigation serves to drag out the vote count
and postpone major media from declaring Biden the victor, which
would have dire political implications for Trump.

“The current legal maneuvering is mainly a way for the Trump
campaign to try to extend the ball game in the long-shot hope that
some serious anomaly will emerge,” said Robert Yablon, a professor
at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School. “As of now, we
haven’t seen any indication of systematic irregularities in the
vote count.”

Trump campaign manager, Bill Stepien said in a statement
Wednesday that the lawsuits were aimed at ensuring legal votes were
counted.

“The lawsuits are meritless,” said Bob Bauer, who is part of
Biden’s legal team. “They’re intended to give the Trump campaign
the opportunity to argue the vote count should stop. It is not
going to stop.”

Ultimately, for the lawsuits to have an impact, the race would
have to hang on the outcome of one or two states separated by a few
thousand votes, according to experts.

Edward Foley, who specializes in election law at the Moritz
College of Law, said the cases might have merit but only affected a
small number of ballots and procedural issues.

“But merit in that sense is very different from having the kind
of consequence that Bush v. Gore did in 2000,” said Foley.

In that case, the Supreme Court reversed a ruling by Florida’s
top court that had ordered a manual recount and prompted Democrat
Al Gore to concede the election to Republican George W. Bush.

United States President Donald Trump said on Saturday his
campaign would begin challenging US election results in court next
week after media outlets called the race for Democrat Joe Biden,
saying “this election is far from over.”

“We all know why Joe Biden is rushing to falsely pose as the
winner, and why his media allies are trying so hard to help him:
they don’t want the truth to be exposed,” he said in a statement.
He added that “the simple fact is this election is far from
over.”

Trump has repeatedly made unfounded claims of fraud in the
election.

However, legal experts have said that the flurry of lawsuits may
have little chance of changing the outcome but might cast doubt on
the process.

Notably, the campaign sued in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia
and asked to join a pending case at the US Supreme Court.

Experts said the litigation serves to drag out the vote count
and postpone major media from declaring Biden the victor, which
would have dire political implications for Trump.

“The current legal maneuvering is mainly a way for the Trump
campaign to try to extend the ball game in the long-shot hope that
some serious anomaly will emerge,” said Robert Yablon, a professor
at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School. “As of now, we
haven’t seen any indication of systematic irregularities in the
vote count.”

Trump campaign manager, Bill Stepien said in a statement
Wednesday that the lawsuits were aimed at ensuring legal votes were
counted.

“The lawsuits are meritless,” said Bob Bauer, who is part of
Biden’s legal team. “They’re intended to give the Trump campaign
the opportunity to argue the vote count should stop. It is not
going to stop.”

Ultimately, for the lawsuits to have an impact, the race would
have to hang on the outcome of one or two states separated by a few
thousand votes, according to experts.

Edward Foley, who specializes in election law at the Moritz
College of Law, said the cases might have merit but only affected a
small number of ballots and procedural issues.

“But merit in that sense is very different from having the kind
of consequence that Bush v. Gore did in 2000,” said Foley.

In that case, the Supreme Court reversed a ruling by Florida’s
top court that had ordered a manual recount and prompted Democrat
Al Gore to concede the election to Republican George W. Bush.