Alwaght- The controversy over the results of the recent US presidential elections continues as the supporters of the President-elect Donald Trump aggressively oppose a recount motion initiated by Green Party.
The supporters of Donald Trump filed challenges in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania to stop a recount motion initiated by the Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein.
The three states were vital in Trump’s victory and in all of them the republican won with a narrow margin known in the country as breaking the blue wall.
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette on Friday tweeted that Stein’s request was “an expensive & a risky threat” as he announced he had filed an emergency motion with the Michigan Supreme Court to stop it.
Stein, who has raised millions of dollars from supporters to help pay for the costly recount efforts, blasted back at what she called “a politically motivated attempt by Bill Schuette to side with Donald Trump in opposition to a fair and accountable voting system.’’ She added in a statement that “citizens in Michigan and across the country of every political party have expressed their concerns around our voting system and deserve to have their votes counted.’’
Clinton’s campaign has joined Stein’s recount effort, though her team has said it does not expect the outcome of the election to change. The Clinton campaign had no immediate comment on Friday.
In Wisconsin, where Trump defeated Clinton by one percentage point, a recount is underway. But Great America PAC and Stop Hillary PAC, both pro-Trump groups, said Friday they had filed a legal challenge a day earlier in federal court in conjunction with a Wisconsin voter to stop the new count. Stein’s team said Friday that it will fight the challenge.
Acknowledging that the path to forcing a recount is more difficult in Pennsylvania, Stein has initiated an effort to do so; nonetheless attorneys for Trump filed an objection to Stein’s request in state court on Thursday.
