One of Donald Trump's oldest political allies has labelled his legal effort a "national embarrassment" and urged him to concede defeat. Trump's legal team, led by Rudy Giuliani, was attempting to stop the certification of Pennsylvania's election results. "Make no mistake about it, I am deeply disappointed that President Trump and Vice-President Pence were not re-elected. "President Trump should accept the outcome of the election and facilitate the presidential transition process." "And what's happened here is, quite frankly, the content that the President's legal team has presented has been a national embarrassment.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 22, 2020 20:11 UTC