Trump Election-Fraud Lawsuits

Now that Joe Biden has won the Electoral College vote, many readers have asked us how lawsuits challenging the presidential results were rejected by dozens of courts. We’ll try to explain a few reasons.

In an election for any other office, it’s possible to conduct a full investigation. But in this presidential race, all 50 states by law had to certify their results by December 8. Then the Electoral College was set to meet on December 14 to elect the president.

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Now that Joe Biden has won the Electoral College vote, many readers have asked us how lawsuits challenging the presidential results were rejected by dozens of courts. We’ll try to explain a few reasons.

In an election for any other office, it’s possible to conduct a full investigation. But in this presidential race, all 50 states by law had to certify their results by December 8. Then the Electoral College was set to meet on December 14 to elect the president.