Trump’s legal team was there in force, circling the room like sharks. They were challenging everything, gumming up the works and disqualifying whole precincts. I was only aware of a single Green Party attorney plus one law student in my (large) room. Many challenges had one or more Trump lawyers speaking with election officials, and no legal advocate present for the other side; they were simply outnumbered and outgunned.
In response, Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate who filed for the recount, said "this fight is the right one and it's only just begun." She said that her team would be huddling with their attorneys to "figure out the best course forward."
In related news, Trump supporters in Wisconsin are — unsuccessfully, so far — trying to stop the recount in progress there. You have to wonder why certain people are trying so hard to stop these recounts from happening.
At www.cosmopolitan.com
