US Supreme Court rejects bid to overturn election

Agency: The US Supreme Court has rejected an unprecedented attempt to throw out election results in four battleground states that was backed by President Donald Trump.

According to BBC, the lawsuit, filed this week by the state of Texas, sought to invalidate results in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. President-elect Joe Biden won all four.

The lawsuit was supported by 18 state attorneys general and 106 Republican members of Congress.

But in a brief order rejecting the bid, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday that Texas did not have legal standing to bring the case.

The ruling represents a setback for Trump, who has previously suggested without evidence that the result of November’s presidential election would be settled in the Supreme Court.

Trump has made repeated unsubstantiated assertions that “illegal votes” cost him a second presidential term.