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SunStar File February 16, 2021 (UPDATED) For lack of merit, the Supreme Court (SC), sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, unanimously dismissed on Tuesday, February 16, the electoral protest filed by former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong" Marcos Jr. against Vice President Maria Leonor "Leni" Robredo. In a statement, the SC said seven of the 15 PET members present during the meeting Tuesday “fully concurred in the dismissal while 8 concurred in the result.” The statement did not cite any reasons for the dismissal, but the SC said its public information office will soo...

And quite frankly i looked at the overall vote numbers in bladen county and i saw that mr. harris won. i didn't look at the absentee numbers. we don't usually question the -- >> i get it. i know. and believe me, if i was sitting in your position, that stinks. something happened under your nose. but you did fail mr. pittinger, didn't you? he was incumbent member of congress. he's a republican. he lost to this challenger and it appears that he lost partly because of a vote padding from an illegal vote scheme. >> the fact that mr. pittinger is an incumbent member of congress, to republican party ...

Elections that all of a sudden drop this on our lap after no election protest was filed, after mr. mccready conceded the election after no recount was called for and after all of the local boards of election certified the race. we have never seen that happen. >> wait a second. >> sir, if i can just finish this one point. >> i will let you. >> and at the same time the state is engaged in a very difficult negotiation and fight over the control of the board of elections. >> that i know. >> and so the board of elections, it's walking out the door simply comes out and says they're not going to cert...

Investigating this for a decade and haven't got their hands around it. that's all we could have done. and quite frankly i looked at the overall vote numbers in bladen county and i saw that mr. harris won. i didn't look at the absentee numbers. we don't usually question the -- >> i get it. i know. and believe me, if i was sitting in your position, that stinks. something happened under your nose. but you did fail mr. pittinger, didn't you? he was incumbent member of congress. he's a republican. he lost to this challenger and it appears that he lost partly because of a vote padding from an illega...

Your position was this is a sort of made up scandal and the democrats are out to try to steal this out from under our noses. we won 905 votes, they're refusing to concede. that proved to be wrong. you got out over your skis, there was actual, apparent criminal activity. >> okay. yes. what i would say is, is there are a lot of different things that are going on here, the ground is shifting under our feet. i don't think you can excuse the democrats on the state board of elections that all of a sudden drop this on our lap after no election protest was filed, after mr. mccready conceded the electi...