The Trump campaign brought 60 lawsuits regarding the 2020 election, losing or withdrawing all but one.
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Letters from an AmericanAug 2, 2026
Multiple reliable sources, including NBC News and AP, report that Trump and his allies filed about 60 post-election lawsuits over the 2020 results and that all but one ended in losses, withdrawals, or dismissals. The one win was a Pennsylvania ruling on mail-in ballot identification, which the post also describes.
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… For all the bluster before the cameras of Trump cronies insisting the 2020 election was stolen, Trump's attorneys backed away from the claims. They either withdrew or lost all but one of the 60 lawsuits they brought over the election. As a headline in The Wall Street Journal put it, "In 2020, Trump Cries Voter Fraud in Court. His Lawyers Don't." …
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Supports. NBC News reports that of the more than 60 lawsuits Trump and his allies filed in the post-election period, Trump obtained a favorable ruling in only one case, and the rest were dismissed, settled, or voluntarily withdrawn.[5]
Supports. AP reports that in about 60 lawsuits Trump's legal team and Republican allies filed after the election, only one resulted in a small victory, in Pennsylvania.[1]
Supports. Duke University's Judicature analysis reports that across more than 60 cases in 12 states, judges found the challenges to the election outcome came up short.[4]
Supports. PolitiFact and FactCheck.org both state that Trump and his allies lost more than 60 lawsuits challenging the 2020 election results.[2][3]
Context. The claim's reference to the 'Trump campaign' is slightly narrower than sources' 'Trump and his allies' or 'Trump's legal team', but the core count and outcome are consistent across sources.[1][5]
Sources
5 sources: 3 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 1 tier 2
- 1Skewed data fuel questionable claim on Trump election lawsuitsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2Donald Trump falsely calls 2020 election 'rigged' in memo targeting ...politifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3Familiar Claims in a Familiar Presidential Race - FactCheck.orgfactcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 42020 Election Litigation: The Courts Held - Duke Universityjudicature.duke.edu · primary source · cited for: supports
- 5How Trump's challenges to the 2020 election unfolded in the ...nbcnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
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