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The Transition: Release the Trump campaign lawsuits!

Political Theater, Episode 151

“I Voted” stickers sit on a table Tuesday at Alumni Hall at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. — “I Voted” stickers sit on a table Tuesday at Alumni Hall at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

By Jason Dick, Evan Campbell and Todd Ruger

Posted November 5, 2020 at 5:11pm

The country is on edge as battleground states continue to count votes in the presidential race between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. But that has not stopped Trump’s campaign from filing several lawsuits in hopes of gaining an edge in the final results.

So what about all these lawsuits? How likely are they to affect the outcome? CQ Roll Call senior writer Todd Ruger talks about them and what we can expect in the next few days on the latest episode of Political Theater.

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