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Trump Latches On To Conspiracies, As Legal Battles Fail And Path To Win Narrows

Lawsuits filed across the country are the result of a campaign legal team working to "bend reality" to fit Trump's false claims, says one expert.

With former Vice President Joe Biden inching closer to 270 Electoral College votes, President Trump and his campaign have ramped up their efforts to delegitimize the vote-counting process.

Those efforts have come both in public comments, with Trump airing unfounded conspiracies and incorrect information about voting during remarks Thursday night, and in lawsuits that have thus far had

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