Jill Stein drops bid for statewide recount in Pennsylvania

After being ordered by a court to post a $1 million payment to start recount efforts in Pennsylvania, Green Party candidate Jill Stein abruptly dropped that legal bid on Saturday night, as she denounced the demand that her supporters put up money to pay for a recount, while President-Elect Trump dismissed it as a fundraising scam.

“This is astounding,” Stein argued, as she labeled the court requirement for a $1 million payment, “unbelievable,” arguing the votes of her supporters were being “disrespected” by the Pennsylvania legal system. Read more at AJC