Trump campaign lawyers claim they were refused a forensic audit of Nevada voting machines

Trump Lawyer Jesse Binnall told the Senators on the committee that ballot "...paper backups that were supposed to provide such transparency" were not given to the team as part of disclosure." Binnall added that across the entire state of Nevada, there was "...zero transparency" from election officials.

Binnall claimed that team Trump's lawyers were "...denied any meaningful discovery in the case to examine the full extent of the voter fraud," which allegedly occurred in Nevada. Part of their investigations included whether 4,000 non US citizens voted. The suit also alleged that more than 60,000 people voted twice or were not residents of Nevada.

A sworn affidavit citing Nevada DMV records claims that approximately 3,987 non-American citizens voted in the state on Nov. 3. In the state, both illegal and legal non-citizens can obtain drivers' licenses or ID cards.

State election officials have claimed they saw no evidence of voter fraud or irregularities in Nevada that would overturn the results of the election in the state or change the status of the six votes that the state has in the Electoral College.

On Dec. 4, Judge James Russell denied the Trump campaign's lawsuit. Russell wrote in his decision that the campaign "...did not prove under any standard of proof that any illegal votes were cast and counted, or legal votes were not counted at all, for any other improper or illegal reason, nor in an amount equal to or greater than 33,596, or otherwise in an amount sufficient to raise reasonable doubt as to the outcome of the election."

Yet in the Senate hearing, Binnall said that the Trump campaign didn't have enough time to obtain evidence, as per the judge’s ruling. "We couldn't put that into evidence because the court ruled that it was too late," the lawyer told the committee, and that the campaign lawyers only had about "three days" to procure evidence of irregularities or fraud.

Binnall said they were also refused access by state election officials to the backend code of voting machines for a forensic review and to check if the machines "...were hooked up to the internet," Binnall accused the state of "denying transparency" saying "We weren't allowed near them … we weren't allowed a forensic audit."

In Nevada, Binnall said, "We were denied at every single turn." He added that one Nevada official "...locked himself in his office" and wouldn't open the door when Trump's lawyers attempted to serve him a subpoena.