President-elect Donald Trump asked the state of Michigan to reject Jill Stein’s request for a recount of the November 8 presidential election in the state.

Trump’s filing said that, “Michigan should not grant this lawless, insulting request, and its voters should not risk having the Electoral College door knocked off its hinges, all because a one-percent candidate is dissatisfied with the election’s outcome.”

Trump accused Stein of creating an “electoral farce” and claimed that she “aims to sow doubts regarding the legitimacy of the presidential election”.

Stein said in a statement, that, “The Trump campaign’s cynical efforts to delay the recount and create unnecessary costs for taxpayers are shameful and outrageous.”

Michigan’s secretary of state, Ruth Johnson, said in a statement that recounting was scheduled to begin on Friday and continue over the weekend, had been “put on hold” until the board of state canvassers had made a decision on Trump’s objection.

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