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- Trump advisors have privately admitted that President Trump’s prospects of winning a series of lawsuits and overturning the election result are slim, reported The Washington Post.
- Trump has refused to admit defeat to Joe Biden and has claimed that the election is tainted by widespread fraud, while offering no evidence to substantiate the claim.
- The Trump campaign has launched lawsuits in several swing states in a bid to overturn the election result, while Biden has called Trump’s refusal to admit defeat an “embarrassment.”
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Top advisors to President Donald Trump have privately said that the president’s chances of successfully disputing the result of the presidential election are slender, reported The Washington Post Wednesday.
Trump has refused to concede defeat to Biden, whose victory was projected by most major news networks Saturday, and has continued claim the election was stolen from him due to widespread ballot fraud while offering no convincing evidence to substantiate the accusation.
Business Insider projected that Biden had won the election on Friday.
The Trump campaign has launched lawsuits in several states, claiming widespread fraud tainted the election result.
But sources told the Washington Post several of the president’s aides who have most forcefully pushed his voter fraud claims are privately skeptical of the lawsuits’ chances of success. They include White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, and informal adviser Corey Lewandowski, .
According to the Post, they said that they are "concerned about the lawsuits' chances for success unless more evidence surfaces."
In the swing states at the center of Trump's legal campaign, both Democratic and Republican officials have said that they have seen no evidence of voter fraud, reported The New York Times Tuesday.
A split has emerged in the GOP between those who have acknowledged Biden's win, including former President George W Bush and Trump critic Sen. Mitt Romney, and Trump loyalists who have backed his lawsuits, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
A split has emerged in the GOP between those who have acknowledged Biden's win, including former President George W Bush and Trump critic Sen. Mitt Romney, and Trump loyalists who have backed his lawsuits, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
At a press conference Tuesday, Biden described Trump's refusal to acknowledge defeat as an "embarrassment."
Regardless of Trump's view of the election's outcome, and unless evidence of vast voter fraud emerges, Biden will assume Trump's presidential powers at midday on January 20.