, filed on Friday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia, the group alleges that the Trump campaign is trying to suppress hundreds of thousands of votes, including many cast by Black voters, by challenging the results of the election. The Trump campaign has targeted Wayne County, which encompasses majority-Black Detroit, in its efforts to investigate any cases of voter fraud.
As Trump continues to unleash debunked claims of mail-in voter fraud in reaction to his loss to President-elect Joe Biden, the Trump campaign has asked several state and local voting officials to hold off on certifying the official results, which,, is "compromising the integrity of the election process" and "unlawfully interfering with the will of the voters."
"President Trump and his campaign have repeatedly—and falsely—raised the specter of widespread fraud in Detroit and other cities with large Black populations, including Philadelphia, Milwaukee, and Atlanta, in an effort to suggest votes from those cities should not be counted," the lawsuit added. The group's lawsuit was filed after Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani said during a press conference that the president's campaign team identified 300,000 "illegitimate ballots" that were cast in Detroit.On November 17, Wayne County made international news when the two Republican members on the county's Board of Canvassers, which legally certifies local election results, initially refused to sign off on officiating the results.
On November 20, Michigan GOP legislative leaders visited the White House as a result of an invitation from Trump,
Racism, COVID, Racism, COVID, President not taking the loss, COVID, President filing lawsuits for false voter fraud, COVID, President being sued, COVID and the story keeps on going...This is definitely the weirdest year of US.
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