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President Trump during an election night party at the White House on Nov. 4.Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg

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By Bill Allison and Mario Parker

November 13, 2020 at 7:00 AM UTC

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President Donald Trump is asking his small-dollar donors to help him pay for legal fees to get courts to overturn the 2020 election results. Yet there is no guarantee the money would be used for that.

Since last Saturday, when the presidential race was called for President-elect Joe Biden, the Trump campaign has blasted out at least 30 text messages to supporters asking them to donate $250 or less to his post-election effort to challenge the results.