Biden Gains Votes In Recount Of Milwaukee County Requested By Trump

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An election officials pauses during the ballot recount earlier this month at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee, Wis. Officials in Milwaukee County, where President Trump had demanded a recount, said that Joe Biden’s lead actually increased on review.

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«Charges of unfairness are serious. But calling an election unfair does not make it so,» federal appeals Judge Stephanos Bibas wrote in an opinion released Friday denying the Trump campaign’s challenge of the results in Pennsylvania. «Charges require specific allegations and then proof,» said Bibas, whom Trump nominated to the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in 2017. «We have neither here.»

The defeats have failed to dissuade Trump, who continued to tweet false claims overnight, saying without evidence that the votes against him in Pennsylvania and «all other swing states» were «RIGGED.»

Still, his efforts may be having the unintended effect of underlining the veracity of the election results. Milwaukee County Clerk George Christenson said Friday that the recount’s results should affirm voters’ faith in the election process.

«The recount demonstrates what we already know, that elections in Milwaukee County are fair, transparent, accurate and secure,» he said Friday, according to Reuters.

The clock is ticking for the Trump campaign if it wants to continue to press its case in Wisconsin. The state’s vote is due to be certified by Tuesday.

• 2020 presidential election
• Milwaukee
• Donald Trump