1. I just read the complaint the Trump campaign filed in Michigan and it’s a doozy.

The Trump campaign made it sound like it was about observing vote counting but its really more about dropboxes.

Let’s dig in
2. The campaign cites a new Michigan law that requires dropboxes to be under video surveillance

It doesn’t allege that didn’t happen. The Trump campaign want access to the videos.

We are talking about hundreds or thousands of hours of videos of boxes
3. What authority does the Trump campaign cite to prove they are entitled to this video? None. They just assert its part of the process of observing the count

The statute however specifically says observers can watch mail ballots be processed

Nothing about video
But let’s imagine, somehow, that the Trump campaign was successful. What are they looking for? Antifa stuffing a bunch of ballots?

Even if you saw something suspicious, how could you connect that to even one ballot

And Trump trails by 60K+ votes
5. In short, this isn’t a serious lawsuit. The Trump campaign wanted to sat they were suing in Michigan and this is the best they were able to come up with. Which tells you a lot.
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