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struggle4progress

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5. Lawsuits in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 05:57 AM
Nov 2020

... "The legal rationale is that state law allows for a campaign to have access to monitor the counting, the opening of mail-in ballots and tabulating, to make sure there's no fraud. So by definition of him filing the lawsuits, he's saying he's not been given that access. But you hear all the election officials in these states, in both Michigan and Pennsylvania, say that they have provided adequate access, that they have complied by state law," said D.C. attorney Cristina Antelo.

Antelo adds, "Would there be a legal remedy to do this if there was a wrong? Yes, but in this, it doesn't appear there was a wrong, so it does seem illegitimate that he's putting out these lawsuits" ...

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/election-legal-battle-brewing-after-trump-campaign-files-lawsuits-in-pennsylvania-michigan-and-georgia

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