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Mon Nov 23, 2020, 02:47 PM Nov 2020

Trump nearing last stand as efforts to challenge election slip

President Donald Trump’s push to subvert the 2020 election results may be hours away from collapse, as election officials push toward certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s wins in key states.

In Michigan, the state Board of Canvassers is meeting in Lansing Monday afternoon, with certification of election results showing Biden beating Trump by more than 155,000 votes on the agenda. It’s typically a routine exercise for the four-member, bipartisan board, but the board’s two Republicans have come under rising pressure from Trump and his allies to reject certification and seek a delay in order to investigate “irregularities” in Detroit’s vote counting — allegations that are not supported by any evidence of wrongdoing.

One of the board’s two members, Norm Shinkle, has indicated in recent interviews that he’s inclined to vote against certification and instead seek a delay. That would leave the deciding vote to Aaron Van Langevelde, a lawyer for the state legislature’s House GOP caucus. Notably, Michigan’s top state legislative leaders indicated — after an Oval Office meeting with Trump — that they don’t see any evidence that would result in reversing Biden’s win in the state.

Van Langevelde did not respond to requests for comment.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-nearing-last-stand-as-efforts-to-challenge-election-slip/ar-BB1bhM8g?li=BBnb7Kz

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Trump nearing last stand as efforts to challenge election slip (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2020 OP
Doturd's Last Stand Blue Owl Nov 2020 #1
Apparently MSN didn't get The Kraken memo ... mr_lebowski Nov 2020 #2
I'll be really glad when hes out of th daily news and off my TV screen! n/t napi21 Nov 2020 #3
Kick for a reality based post. sarcasmo Nov 2020 #4
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