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Line 13: {{main|2020 United States presidential election in Arizona#Aftermath}} {{see also|Election denial movement in the United States}} [[File:Camera 3 20210424 2345 ca 46 pallets.jpg|thumb|right|alt=46 pallets of ballots at the beginning of the audit|The After the 2020 presidential election was called for Biden, Trump and his allies made many allegations of election fraud that were dismissed by numerous state and federal judges, election officials, governors, and government agencies as completely baseless.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Jake |last=Tapper |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/31/politics/electoral-college-house-republicans/index.html |title=At least 140 House Republicans to vote against counting electoral votes, two GOP lawmakers say |work=CNN |date=December 31, 2020 |access-date=July 28, 2021 |archive-date=January 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105151915/https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/31/politics/electoral-college-house-republicans/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.axios.com/cisa-election-security-trump-a385868b-512a-4449-addd-4591829a4aef.html |date=November 12, 2020 |title=Department of Homeland Security calls election 'the most secure in American history' |first=Shawna |last=Chen |website=Axios |access-date=December 8, 2020 |archive-date=December 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202044452/https://www.axios.com/cisa-election-security-trump-a385868b-512a-4449-addd-4591829a4aef.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Multiple congressional Republicans, as well as governors and other elected officials, refused to acknowledge Biden's victory.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/survey-who-won-election-republicans-congress/2020/12/04/1a1011f6-3650-11eb-8d38-6aea1adb3839_story.html |date=December 5, 2020 |title=Just 27 congressional Republicans acknowledge Biden's win, Washington Post survey finds |first1=Paul |last1=Kane |first2=Scott |last2=Clement |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=December 5, 2020 |archive-date=December 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205191945/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/survey-who-won-election-republicans-congress/2020/12/04/1a1011f6-3650-11eb-8d38-6aea1adb3839_story.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The Trump campaign and its allies filed at least [[Post-election lawsuits related to the 2020 United States presidential election|63 lawsuits]], including to the Supreme Court, all of which were rejected.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/08/joe-biden/joe-biden-right-more-60-trumps-election-lawsuits-l/ |title=Joe Biden is right that more than 60 of Trump's election lawsuits lacked merit |website=[[PolitiFact]] |first1=Amy |last1=Sherman |date=January 8, 2021 |first2=Miriam |last2=Valverde |access-date=July 28, 2021 |archive-date=February 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226163957/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/08/joe-biden/joe-biden-right-more-60-trumps-election-lawsuits-l/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/08/us/supreme-court-republican-challenge-pennsylvania-vote.html |title=Supreme Court Rejects Republican Challenge to Pennsylvania Vote |first=Adam |last=Liptak |date=December 8, 2020 |work=The New York Times |access-date=July 28, 2021 |archive-date=December 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222013326/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/08/us/supreme-court-republican-challenge-pennsylvania-vote.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Trump pressured Republican officials in key states to block the certification of votes.<ref> | |||