Trump Paid $3 Million For Wisconsin Recount – Biden Has Netted Votes From It

Milwaukee County, the most populous county in the state and a Democratic stronghold, completed counting on Friday and resulted in a net 132-vote gain for Biden, a miniscule portion of the 450,000 votes cast in the county.

Scott McDonell, an election official in Dane County, the second most populous county in the state, tweeted Friday that the recount there is 65% complete, with the Associated Press reporting Trump has netted 68 votes there.

The Trump campaign transferred $3 million for the two recounts earlier this month after finishing thousands of votes behind Biden statewide, pinning its hopes on unproven allegations that absentee ballots were cast illegally or altered.

Recounts have been a key strategy for the Trump campaign in dragging out the election as long as possible in the states with the closest margins: a taxpayer funded recount is underway in Georgia even after an initial recount confirmed Biden’s win.

“Once more, Trump’s debunked claims of widespread voter fraud utterly fail to withstand scrutiny — just like they haven’t held up in court in the over 35 cases they’ve lost since Election Day,” Biden campaign spokesperson Michael Gwin told Forbes.

Forbes has reached out to the Trump and Biden campaigns for comment.