Deciphering Trump’s legal challenges to the election

President Trump has been filing lawsuits and alleging fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Today, we discuss the merit of these suits and claims.

Air Date: November 12, 2020 10:00 am

Demonstrators demanding for officials to "COUNT EVERY VOTE" rally outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center where votes are being counted, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, in Philadelphia. (John Minchillo/AP Photo)

President Trump and the Republican leadership have yet to acknowledge the results of the recent elections. They claim that there is evidence of large scale voter fraud despite there being no evidence. Still, they are moving forward with legal challenges to the swing states that Trump lost, including Pennsylvania. Today, we’ll talk about the legitimacy of the election, the legal cases being brough by the GOP, and what could result from these tactics. Among our guests will be Philadelphia City Commissioner OMAR SABIR, one of the people overseeing the vote counting process, CRAIG GREEN, professor of law at Temple University, and DANIELLE LANG, co-director of voting rights and redistricting at the Campaign Legal Center.

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