Michigan election officials say they see nothing to overturn Biden win after controversial Trump meeting

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Michigan’s Republican statehouse leadership assured the country they would “follow the law” when it comes to certifying presidential election results after a meeting with the president on Friday.

“We have not yet been made aware of any information that would change the outcome of the election in Michigan and as legislative leaders we will follow the law and follow the normal process regarding Michigan’s electors, just as we have said throughout this election,” the officials said in a statement.

“Michigan’s certification process should be a deliberate process free from threats and intimidation.”

A group including the state’s house speaker Lee Chatfield and senate majority leader Mike Shirkey met with the president on Friday afternoon, the same week Mr Trump personally called Republican officials in Wayne County, which has gone back and forth over certifying vote totals.

The county is Michigan’s largest and includes Detroit, which leans heavily Democratic.

The state has a Monday deadline to certify its election results. 

Mr Trump’s highly controversial efforts to involve himself with the officials certifying the vote appear to be a last gasp effort to overturn the results of the election, as his unfounded claims of voter fraud run aground on the reality of his defeat.

Many of his numerous lawsuits across the country have been rejected outright, and none have altered the final election results or found evidence of meaningful fraud.

On Friday, a hand recount in Georgia that the president had requested further re-affirmed Joe Biden’s victory.