The US election has been decided for weeks.
Still, Donald Trump remains persistent and continues to challenge the election results.
He is supported by parts of his party.
Joe Biden has been
President-elect of the
United States for
weeks
.
Texas has
filed a lawsuit
against election results in the states of Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
However,
the US
Supreme Court
dismissed this action.
Update from December 13th, 8:15 p.m.:
The
end of Donald Trump's presidency
could de facto be
sealed
on
Monday
- two cracking court defeats also indicate this.
Trump is nonetheless continuing to take far-reaching decisions: He has confirmed his will to
veto
the
defense budget
passed by Congress
.
The biggest beneficiary of the new budget is China, wrote Trump on Sunday - in capital letters - on the online service
.
“I will use my veto.” Congress passed the defense budget, which is also intended to block the planned withdrawal of troops from Germany, with a large majority.
After the House of Representatives, the
conservatively controlled Senate
also voted
for the law
on Friday
.
THE BIGGEST WINNER OF OUR NEW DEFENSE BILL IS CHINA !.
I WANT VETO!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 13, 2020
Trump had already threatened to block the law with a veto before the votes, among other things because his plans for the
withdrawal of US soldiers from Germany and Afghanistan
are to be thwarted.
Another reason is the dispute over a protective mechanism that has been in place for years, which
protects
online platforms such as
Facebook and Twitter from being
made liable for publications by their users.
A veto by the president could, however, be
overruled
with a
two-thirds majority
in both chambers of congress
Update from December 13th, 4:26 p.m
.: Next Monday, the electorate in the
US will
meet and
elect
the Democrat
Joe Biden
as the new US President.
Despite his imminent replacement,
Donald Trump
does not want to give up his legal battle against the election result.
In a Fox News interview on Sunday, he announced, "
It's not over yet.
"
There are still several local cases his legal team is investigating.
US election: Trump protests against election results escalate - gunshots and knife wounds
Update from December 13, 9.55 a.m.:
According to the police, at
least
five people were injured
on the sidelines of the
demonstrations
against the election result
.
In the city of Olympia there was a
shooting
with an injured person
near the Capitol building
, while in the capital Washington
four people were stabbed,
according to the fire department
.
It is still unclear whether the injured were involved in the protests.
Update from December 12, 8:13 p.m.:
Dozens of unsuccessful lawsuits, no evidence of fraud.
While large parts of the Republicans
have now accepted
the
election defeat against Joe Biden
,
Donald Trump
and his inner circle are vehemently
fighting
back
.
In addition, numerous believers are still gathering behind the current president.
According to the US media,
several thousand demonstrators
have
gathered
in Washington DC to
protest the election result.
The first such meeting had been held a month ago.
Update from December 12th, 5:38 pm: Joe Biden
shows a clear edge against the decisions of his predecessor.
Donald Trump
left the
UN climate agreement
.
The participating nations are currently meeting without the USA.
That should change in the future.
"The United States will
rejoin
the Paris Agreement
on the first day of my presidency
," Biden now promises in view of the ongoing climate summit.
The
US
government will tighten the
climate targets
noticeably and call a
summit with the most important economic
powers
within the first 100 days of his term in office
.
The
greenhouse gas emissions
will bring Biden 2050 to zero.
He wants to listen to “young activists” and work with them.
Ex-Secretary of State John Kerry
will act as the
special envoy
to the
climate
and should bring the US into a global leadership role in the fight against global warming.
After US election: court puts Texas in its place!
Bitter clap for Trump - "embarrassment for the USA"
Update from December 12, 9:37 a.m.:
This legal defeat
probably
weighs
more heavily
for
Donald Trump
than all previous
ones
: The
Supreme Court of
the USA dismissed a lawsuit by the State of
Texas
against the result of the presidential election
(see first report)
on Friday evening (local time).
The Supreme Court said Texas had no legal justification to
intervene in
another
state's
election
.
The Republican Attorney General of Texas, Ken Paxton, had sued the election results in four other states.
This should prevent
Joe Biden
from officially
taking
office on January 20, 2021.
On Twitter, Trump describes the decision as a "legal disgrace, an embarrassment for the USA".
"We've not gotten any court to judge this (the vote) on its merit."
@DanPatrick of Texas.
It is a legal disgrace, an embarrassment to the USA !!!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 12, 2020
US election: Texas moves to the US Supreme Court - several Trump lawsuits so far unsuccessful
First report from December 10th, 1:49 p.m.:
Washington - For weeks the outgoing US President
Donald Trump
* has not
missed
an opportunity
to delegitimize
Joe Biden's
election victory
and declare himself the winner.
Several
attempts at
legal action
by his attorneys have since been unsuccessfully thrown out in US courts.
Regardless of this, the US president continues to receive lively support from within its own ranks.
In light of
the recent defeat in the US Supreme Court, the
renewed attempt by Texas to invalidate the election result is astonishing.
In the meantime,
17 Republican Justice Ministers
from the 50 US states have declared in a petition to support the lawsuit from Texas * before the constitutional court.
After losing the US election: Texas and 17 ministers step into the breach for Trump
Texas Republican attorney general,
Ken Paxton
, wants the lawsuit to
invalidate
election results in the states of Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin
.
In the motion,
Texas
argues
that the four states were not allowed to make changes to the postal voting system during the
coronavirus
*
pandemic
.
With the lawsuit, Texas wants to ensure that the four states cannot use their votes in the Electoral College.
In all four swing states, i.e. states in which there is no clear majority for the republican or democratic candidate, the Democrat
Joe Biden was
able to win the election for himself.
Wow!
At least 17 States have joined Texas in the extraordinary case against the greatest election Fraud in the history of the United States.
Thank you!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 9, 2020
After US election: US Supreme Court rejects Trump's lawsuit
In the past few weeks,
Trump had
repeatedly expressed the hope that the election would not be decided by the voters, but by the
US
Supreme Court
.
The Texas motion now followed a day after a lawsuit by
Donald Trump's
legal team was dismissed by the Supreme Court without comment.
With the lawsuit before the Constitutional Court,
Trump's
legal team originally
wanted to
withdraw the already certified election results from Pennsylvania.
It is also doubtful whether
Texas’s
new
lawsuit will
even be accepted by the
Constitutional Court
.
According to some
experts
, the application has no realistic chance.
Paul Smith, professor and electoral expert at Georgetown University's Law School, said in an interview with
Reuters,
“
There is no way
the state of Texas has the right to complain about
how other states counted the votes and how they cast their votes will
".
Even if the application is denied, the input from the 17 attorneys at law shows that
Trump
continues to receive support for his handling of the lost
election
.
(phf) dpa *
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