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Trump admits Biden 'won' election in tweet, but refuses to concede
'100 percent dead': Court ruling could torpedo some lawsuits challenging Trump's loss
Nov. 17 - A federal appeals court ruling may have torpedoed several federal lawsuits that seek to overturn President Donald Trump’s all-but-certified defeat by former Vice President Joe Biden.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled Friday that Pennsylvania voters and a congressional candidate could not use certain constitutional arguments to back their claims that some voters were disadvantaged by changes to election rules spurred by the coronavirus pandemic and U.S. Postal System delays.
On Monday, Trump supporters who used similar constitutional arguments in federal lawsuits in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Wisconsin voluntarily dismissed their claims.
The dismissals came in advance of Tuesday's scheduled oral arguments in a federal lawsuit filed by the Trump campaign in Pennsylvania. On Sunday, attorneys for the campaign narrowed their legal arguments in that case to avoid running afoul of the appeals court ruling.
Although the revised complaint still argues 689,472 ballots were improperly processed and counted outside the view of Trump election watchers, it does not not seek legal relief specifically on that point. continue to read
Election Bureau Director Albert L. Gricoski, left, opens provisional ballots alongside election bureau staff Christine Marmas, right, while poll watchers observe from behind at the Schuylkill County Election Bureau in Pottsville, Pa. on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020.
Trump Campaign Just Dropped The Biggest Request in Their Pennsylvania Lawsuit
The Trump campaign revised the lawsuit; state lawyers said the revised lawsuit contains no “plausible claim for relief on any legal theory.”
Nov. 16, HARRISBURG — President Donald Trump’s campaign is withdrawing a central request in its lawsuit seeking to stop the certification of the election results in Pennsylvania, where Democrat Joe Biden beat Trump to capture the state and help win the White House.
Ahead of a Tuesday hearing in the case, Trump’s campaign dropped its request in the lawsuit that hundreds of thousands of mail-in and absentee ballots—682,479, to be precise—be thrown out because they were processed without its representatives able to watch.
The campaign’s revised lawsuit, filed in federal court on Sunday, maintains the aim of blocking Pennsylvania from certifying a victory for Biden in the state, and it maintains its claim that Democratic voters were treated more favorably than Republican voters. continue to read
Nov. 17 - “The top General Services Administration official who’s blocking President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team from accessing government resources ahead of his inauguration appears to be looking for a new job,” ABC News reports.
“Emily Murphy, head of the GSA, recently sent that message to an associate inquiring about employment opportunities in 2021, a move that some in Washington interpreted as at least tacitly acknowledging that the current administration soon will be gone.” source
Nov 17, 2020
Monday on the NewsHour, the pandemic continues to inflict suffering and sorrow across the U.S., but another drug company has encouraging data about a possible vaccine. Plus: Moderna's CEO, a personal experience with the trials, the risks of rushed vaccine development, Dr. Francis Collins, the Biden agenda, the presidential transition of power and Politics Monday with Amy Walter and Tamara Keith.
