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EXPLAINER: Baseless claims fill Trump-backed election case

by Nomaan MerchantAlanna Durkin Richer
| December 11, 2020 12:06 PM

A lawsuit before the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to subvert the will of the voters who elected Joe Biden president over Donald Trump makes a barrage of claims that don't hold up under basic scrutiny, no matter how relentlessly Trump and his allies promote the case and push state lawmakers to support it.

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