Trump allies try to freeze recount efforts

[mystery-ak]

Trump allies try to freeze recount efforts

Entities aligned with the president-elect file lawsuits in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin to halt Jill Stein's push for recounts.

By Nolan D. McCaskill and Daniel Strauss

12/02/16 06:10 PM EST

Updated 12/02/16 06:10 PM EST

Allies of Donald Trump are trying to freeze recount efforts in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin — three states in which the president-elect narrowly beat Hillary Clinton — as they seek to preserve the legitimacy of Trump’s win.

A team of Trump attorneys filed a lawsuit in Pennsylvania late Thursday requesting a dismissal of Green Party nominee Jill Stein’s recount effort, arguing that she lacks a valid claim and merely “alleges speculative illegality.”

On Friday morning, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette filed a lawsuit to stop the recount there, a move that came hours after Trump attorneys had filed a complaint to block the proceedings.

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http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/michigan-attorney-general-files-lawsuit-to-halt-recount-232114

[geronl]

These lawsuits should all be dismissed. There is a legal process for recounts that should be followed

[Cripplecreek]

Bill Schuette is no Trump ally.

Bill Schuette is right. At best this recount is a nuisance that will cost Michiganders millions of dollars. At worst its an attempt to prevent Michigan's electoral votes from being counted.

I'm no fan of Trump myself but Stein is a 1 percenter who has no grievance.