NEWS TODAY :TRUMP USES COVID VACCINE SUMMIT TO PRESSURE REPUBLICANS OVER ELECTION OUTCOME

All of the things we've done and we were rewarded with a victory, so let's see whether or not somebody has the courage—whether it's a legislator or legislatures, or whether it's a justice of the Supreme Court—let's see if they have the courage to do what everybody in this country knows is right," Trump told attendees at the executive office building adjacent to the White House, repeating baseless claims that he won the November 3 election. "If somebody has the courage, I know who the next administration will be, and I'll tell you what, life will be much easier for this country."

Trump has refused to concede the election even as former Vice President Joe Biden continues to build out the top levels of his incoming administration. As Trump spoke at the vaccine summit, Biden was unveiling a slate of top health-care appointees that will be tasked with leading the coronavirus fight after January 20. None of Biden's health advisers attended the official White House event Tuesday, as Trump has resisted interactions with Biden's team.

"We'll have to see who the next administration is—because we won in those swing states, and there was terrible things that went on," Trump said, again without evidence. "Hopefully the next administration will be the Trump administration because you can't steal hundreds of thousands of votes. You can't have fraud and deception and all of the things that they did and then slightly win a swing state."

Trump's team has lost or dropped more than two dozen legal battles, producing no credible evidence of fraud or vote tampering. Trump's own Department of Justice also has found no evidence of widespread voter fraud that would impact the election's outcome. But his legal team has been pressing on state lawmakers to override election outcomes when the Electoral College meets next week to finalize the election. 

"You can't win an election like that, so hopefully the next administration will be the Trump administration—a continuation," Trump said.

Many of Trump's most loyal Republican allies, including members of Congress, have refused to acknowledge Biden's win. Ken Paxton, the Republican attorney general of Texas, on Tuesday filed a challenge in the U.S. Supreme Court to Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin's election results, drawing praise from Trump online and backlash from legal experts and officials in those states who rejected the merits of the lawsuit.