Trump Launches Broad Legal Gambit Paired With Public Doubt-Raising On Results

Supporters of US President Donald Trump try to enter the room where absentee ballots for the 2020 general election are being counted at TCF Center on November 4 in Detroit.

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Updated at 1:45 p.m. ET

President Trump’s campaign has unleashed a multi-pronged legal offensive directed at states where vote-counting continued into Thursday based on unsupported allegations about fraud and irregularities in the election.

Lawyers for the Trump campaign sought intervention from the United States Supreme Court and also filed suit in Pennsylvania, Georgia and Nevada seeking remedies they hoped would help their prospects in those places. In some instances, that included requests for counting to cease altogether or at least pause for a time.