Trump campaign distances itself from attorney Sidney Powell: Transition updates

The Trump campaign has so far filed at least 19 lawsuits across five states since Election Day. These suits have had 15 unfavorable outcomes so far (either denied, dismissed, withdrawn, etc.), and at least seven of those rulings are being appealed. The campaign has had one favorable outcome that still stands. There have been no rulings yet in three cases.

Here's a breakdown:

Michigan - 2 lawsuits total
Lawsuit 1: Lost (denied, pending appeal).
Lawsuit 2: Withdrawn.

Georgia - 1 lawsuit total
Lawsuit 1: Lost. (denied and dismissed).

Nevada - 3 lawsuits total
Lawsuit 1: Withdrawn and remanded.
Lawsuit 2: Denied.
Lawsuit 3: No outcome yet.

Arizona - 2 lawsuits total
Lawsuit 1: Dismissed.
Lawsuit 2: Dismissed.

Pennsylvania - 11 lawsuits total
Lawsuit 1: Lost (currently on appeal).
Lawsuit 2: Lost (currently on appeal).
Lawsuit 3: Lost (currently on appeal).
Lawsuit 4: Lost (currently on appeal).
Lawsuit 5: Lost (currently on appeal).
Lawsuit 6: Lost (currently on appeal).
Lawsuit 7: Lost.
Lawsuit 8: Win.
Lawsuit 9: Lost.
Lawsuit 10: No outcome yet.
Lawsuit 11: No outcome yet.

-ABC News' Matthew Mosk, Alex Hosenball and Olivia Rubin

Trump is expected to meet with Michigan's top state lawmakers, Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey and House Speaker Lee Chatfield, on Friday at the White House after requesting the visit, sources tell ABC News.

The extraordinary move comes amid the Trump campaign's ongoing fight over the outcome of the election in the battleground, with relentless unsubstantiated claims of fraud and a string of legal challenges to the results.

As the president runs out of alternatives to challenge Biden's clear victory in the state by nearly 150,000 votes, members of the president's legal team have openly said the last recourse might be the GOP-controlled legislature intervening by overriding the will of the people and choosing their own slate of pro-Trump electors to vote for the president at the Electoral College's December meeting.

Shirkey quashed the idea to Bridge Michigan, a local news outlet, saying that the legislature will not move to award the state's 16 electors to Trump. "That's not going to happen," he said.

A spokesperson for the state Senate majority leader also reiterated that state law does not allow for the legislature to step in and directly select the electors or award the electors to anyone other than the popular vote winner.

-ABC News' Katherine Faulders and Kendall Karson

Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are holding a virtual meeting with the National Governors Association's Executive Committee to discuss the surging pandemic, pushing forward with their transition despite Trump's roadblocks. 

As he did on the campaign trail, Biden cast himself as someone who will be a "partner in the White House" to governors no matter their party.

"I mean this from the bottom of my heart -- I don’t see this as a red state issue or a blue state issue. I see this -- we’re all in this together," Biden said.

He again lamented that his team has been unable to access vaccination distribution plans and other data as the Trump administration refuses to ascertain him as the president-elect.

Joined by five Democratic governors and five Republicans, Biden has long maintained he will need bipartisan support to implement mask mandates as a key tool to stop the spread of COVID-19.

Following the meeting, Biden and Harris will deliver joint remarks from The Queen Theater in Wilmington, Delaware.

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson confirmed plans for a statewide risk-limiting audit of the election and local performance audits of individual jurisdictions in a statement Thursday.

Benson said the audit is "typical, standard procedure" and not a response to the claims of fraud or irregularities in the election, which she asserted have "no basis in fact."

"Audits are neither designed to address nor performed in response to false or mythical allegations of 'irregularities' that have no basis in fact," she said.

The announcement comes after the two Republican members of the Wayne County board of canvassers signed affidavits on Wednesday saying they were rescinding their vote to certify.

The two Republicans initially agreed to a certify in a compromise vote on Tuesday night -- which involved in part, a commitment to an independent audit which was offered as a last-minute compromise on Tuesday night by the Democratic vice chair Jonathan Kinloch -- before seeking to revoke that vote by Wednesday.

-ABC News' Kendall Karson