Trump Campaign Mounts Challenges as Vote Counts Continue

The Trump campaign filed a lawsuit in Nevada and ramped up the fight for adequate observer access in Pennsylvania on Nov. 5 as these and four other contested states continued to tally votes that would decide the winner of the 2020 presidential election. Trump campaign representatives in Philadelphia said officials at the local ballot processing facility defied a court order by moving ballot machines to the back of the building and out of sight of the observers gathered behind a barricade. The campaign accused Philadelphia’s Democrat sheriff of refusing to enforce the order. Pam Bondi, a Trump campaign associate and a former Florida attorney general, told reporters gathered outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center on Nov. 3 that the campaign would seek additional legal recourse. The campaign filed a lawsuit later in the day against the Philadelphia County Board of Elections seeking an emergency injunction and a halt to the count. …