US President Donald Trump launched an extraordinary assault on the country's democratic process from the White House on Thursday. This comes as his re-election chances fade as more votes are counted in a handful of battleground states. He falsely claimed that the election was being "stolen" from him. Offering no evidence, Trump lambasted election workers. He alleged fraud in the states where results from a dwindling set of uncounted votes are pushing Democrat Joe Biden nearer to victory. "This is a case where they're trying to steal an election," Trump said. Meanwhile, a judge in Michigan on Thursday tossed out a lawsuit brought by Trump’s campaign in hopes of halting vote-counting in the battleground state. Trump has launched a flurry of lawsuits across the country. Trump had another setback on Thursday. A judge in Georgia denied a request by Trump’s campaign for an order requiring Chatham County to separate and secure late-arriving ballots to ensure they are not counted. In Michigan, Trump campaign lawyers had requested an order directing Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to require "meaningful access" for campaign poll watchers to the counting of ballots, plus access to surveillance videotapes of ballot drop boxes. Judge Stephens said it was local election officials who were for the most part able to deliver the relief requested by the campaign. Most major television networks gave Biden a 253 to 214 lead in Electoral College votes. Final results in each state could take days.
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