FT reporters
Donald Trump made unsubstantiated claims about vote fraud during the US presidential election and threatened to press on with lawsuits in battleground states on Friday as his lead slipped away in the biggest prizes left on the electoral map.
Here is the latest on the legal challenges that Mr Trump is mounting in some of the key swing states.
Pennsylvania (20 votes): The Trump campaign launched its most vigorous legal challenges in Pennsylvania, seeking to stop the vote count and to demand Republican observers gain better access to the tallying centres in Philadelphia.
Mr Trump’s team touted a legal victory in Philadelphia on Thursday, but the ruling simply paused the count in Pennsylvania’s largest city. By the evening, a judge had dismissed the suit after Democrats and Republicans agreed to allow 60 observers into counting centres.
The Trump campaign has sought permission to take part in pending Supreme Court litigation over how long the state can collect postal ballots. The US high court has previously declined to strike down an extension of the deadline for such ballots, although the case remains live.
Georgia (16 votes): The president’s campaign announced a lawsuit in Georgia state court questioning
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