Trump team rejects effort to push vote recount
Calls effort to recount "nonsense"; does not offer any evidence to back president-elect's weekend tweet
This file photo taken on October 22, 2016 shows President-elect Donald Trump during a campaign event at the Eisenhower Hotel in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. PHOTO: AFP
WASHINGTON:
Donald Trump's transition team on Monday pushed back against an emerging effort to recount votes from the November 8 presidential election, calling it "nonsense," but not offering any evidence to back the president-elect's weekend tweet alleging millions of illegal votes.
The Green Party last week filed for a recount in Wisconsin, a move joined by lawyers for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, and has said it will seek a recount in Michigan and Pennsylvania.
Donald Trump's transition team on Monday pushed back against an emerging effort to recount votes from the November 8 presidential election, calling it "nonsense," but not offering any evidence to back the president-elect's weekend tweet alleging millions of illegal votes.
The Green Party last week filed for a recount in Wisconsin, a move joined by lawyers for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, and has said it will seek a recount in Michigan and Pennsylvania.