Cybersecurity
Trump, Allies Call Recount Bids ‘Attack’ on His Presidency
- Ballot reviews sought in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan
- Greens’ Stein cites vulnerable machines, Russian meddling
Ballots are stacked up behind a door as a statewide presidential election recount begins in Milwaukee, on Dec. 1, 2016.
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President-elect Donald Trump and his allies are seeking to stamp out recount efforts underway in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan, saying the reviews of millions of ballots are an attempt to undermine his presidency before it starts.
The recount bids led by Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein “may unjustifiably cast doubt upon the legitimacy of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s victory,” two political action committees that supported him said in a lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court in Madison, Wisconsin.