Multiple TV networks decided to cut away from a White House press conference this morning, after press secretary Kayleigh McEnany repeated US President Donald Trump's unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud.
Trump and his campaign have made baseless accusations of large-scale voter fraud in Pennsylvania and other states where the election was called for Democratic rival Joe Biden.
The US election has been called for Biden — and he has claimed victory — but Trump still has not conceded defeat and instead has been repeating his claims of fraud.
What happened with Tuesday's press briefing?
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany was giving a briefing at the White House and indicated the Trump administration would not be backing down from the President's claims.
"This election is not over, far from it," McEnany told reporters at a briefing in what she said was her capacity as a Trump campaign adviser.
"Our position is clear. We want to protect the franchise of the American people. We want an honest, accurate, lawful count. We want maximum sunlight. We want maximum transparency. We want every legal vote to be counted and we want every illegal vote to be discarded."
US network Fox News, as well as ABC News Australia, cut away from the briefing.
"I just think we have to be very clear: she's charging the other side is welcoming fraud and welcoming illegal voting," Fox News host Neil Cavuto said.
Prior to cutting away, Lisa Millar on ABC News said: "If they have any evidence, we'll let you know about it. But not at this stage."
CNN appeared not to air the briefing live.
When pressed on fraud claims, Trump's team asked for 'patience'
Later in the press briefing, a reporter asked McEnany if Trump's team knew that fraudulent votes were actually cast, or whether she was saying that they didn't know because they weren't able to see the ballots as they were being counted.
"What we are asking for here is patience," McEnany replied.
"We're aware of all the reports of thousands of votes in Nevada that were cast by those who are not eligible. We're hearing these reports. We're seeing them come in. We are vetting them. We are getting affidavits.
Lawsuits have been flagged. Where are they at?
The latest news on the legal challenge front is Trump's campaign has filed a lawsuit over Pennsylvania.
The suit was filed in federal court and alleged Pennsylvania's mail-in voting system lacked the oversight and verification given to in-person voting.
It seeks an emergency injunction to stop state officials from certifying Biden's victory in the state.
Republicans also sued the city of Philadelphia over how close they could stand to election workers processing ballots.
A state judge ordered the city allow observers within 1.8 metres of election workers. The city appealed, citing concerns over worker safety amid the coronavirus pandemic and the potential for intimidation.
The Trump campaign and Republicans have brought numerous other lawsuits alleging election irregularities.
Judges have already tossed cases in Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin.
The Senate majority leader says Biden is not president-elect yet
The top Republican in the US Congress, Mitch McConnell, has said Trump is well within his rights to look into charges of "irregularities".
The Senate majority leader, who just won re-election, said on Monday he backed the legal fight into claims of voter fraud.
Asked whether he has seen any evidence of election fraud, he remained silent.
McConnell spoke after four Senate Republicans, including a prominent Trump critic, congratulated Biden on his victory.
In a speech on the Senate floor, McConnell didn't acknowledge Biden as president-elect nor his running mate, Senator Kamala Harris, as vice-president-elect.
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