Biden campaign: Trump election lawsuits 'doomed to fail'

Former Vice President Joe Biden's campaign has said that President Donald Trump's string of lawsuits in key battleground states are "meritless" and "doomed to fail," Newsweek reports.

The remarks were made in a Thursday press conference by Biden campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon and campaign adviser Bob Bauer addressing the Trump campaign's lawsuits in various battleground states where the margins of victory are tight.

"What we are seeing on these legal suits are that they are meritless and nothing more than an attempt to distract and delay what is now inevitable," said Dillon. "Joe Biden will be the next president of the United States."

The comments come as Biden continues to inch closer towards the 270 electoral votes required to be elected President. While some outlets such as Fox News have projected Biden to have won 264 electoral votes, most other outlets still consider Arizona and its 11 electoral votes as too close to call, leaving Biden with 253 electoral votes. The Trump campaign has thus far secured 214 electoral votes in the President's bid to retain the White House.

The Biden campaign has further projected that Nevada, Arizona, and Pennsylvania will all be declared for Joe Biden when the final results are tallied. The campaign has conceded that Donald Trump will likely secure North Carolina, and has described Georgia as a "true toss-up." Biden has slowly been cutting into Trump's lead in the traditionally Republican state, but it is unclear whether he will be able to pull a victory before all the ballots are counted.

The Trump campaign has alleged that widespread voter fraud, particularly through mail-in voting, could tilt the election in Biden's favour. The Trump campaign has already filed suits in Pennsylvania before the results have been declared as Trump's lead in the state diminishes. The campaign's lawsuits in Michigan and Georgia had been thrown out of court, with a judge in the former state declaring that the evidence is based on hearsay.

The Trump campaign also announced that they would be launching a lawsuit in Nevada, alleging that the state has been counting the votes of dead people and non-residents. The campaign stated that they are "not seeking to stop the vote but rather ensure that every 'legal' vote is counted and that no 'illegal' votes are counted."

The Trump campaign has nevertheless declared a victory, with the President taking to Twitter to rail against what he perceives to be widespread voter fraud. Many of his tweets have been censored by Twitter, which alleges that they constitute misinformation.

Rudy Giuliani, the President's lawyer, said in a press conference in Pennsylvania on Wednesday that the President has won the state of Pennsylvania, and that they would be taking legal action to address voter fraud in the state. No conclusive evidence has thus far been presented of widespread mail-in voter fraud.