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President Donald Trump speaks in the Diplomatic Room of the White House on Thanksgiving on November 26, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Erin Schaff – Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n
By Cathy Burke | NEWSMAX<\/p>\n
A lawyer for President Donald Trump\u2019s reelection campaign in Georgia is asking for an audit of up to 45,000 signatures on ballots that allegedly have been illegally cast in the presidential race before the state\u2019s recount is completed.<\/p>\n
In the fifth letter sent to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger by President Donald Trump’s campaign counselor Ray S. Smith, the lawyer urged an audit\u00a0 \u201cbefore it\u2019s too late.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is not possible for you to accurately certify the results in the president race\u2026\u00a0until and unless there is a thorough audit of the Signatures, which we have now requested four times in writing prior to this request,” Smith wrote.<\/p>\n
“You cannot in good faith conclude the ongoing statutory recount until you have institute a Signature matching audit,” Smith argued. “The margin in Georgia at this time is 12,670 votes \u2014 and the potential illegal absentee ballots included in that number is\u00a0between three and four times the margin of votes awarding the victory to Joe Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n
Smith asserted he estimated that “between\u00a038,250 and 45,626 illegal votes may have been cast, counted, and included in your tabulations for the presidential race.”<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is inconceivable that you are unwilling to take any steps to audit the Signatures before completing the current recount and proceeding to certify the results of an election where so many illegal votes may be included in your tabulations,” he wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe implore you to exercise your statutory authority and your duty to the electorate to audit the Signatures, before it is too late,” he pleaded.<\/p>\n
Raffensperger has pushed back on claims of fraud, saying on Monday those trying to overturn the election results in the state are \u201cdishonest actors\u201d spreading \u201cmassive amounts of disinformation,\u201d the\u00a0Washington Post<\/a>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n He asserted the recount requested by the Trump campaign would wrap up by its Wednesday deadline just shy of midnight.<\/p>\n