Fraud claims aimed in part at keeping Trump base loyal

Washington • The Trump campaign’s strategy to file a barrage of lawsuits challenging President-elect Joe Biden’s win is more about providing President Donald Trump with an off-ramp for a loss he can’t quite grasp and less about changing the election’s outcome, according to senior officials, campaign aides and allies who spoke to The Associated Press.Trump has promised legal action in the coming days as he refused to concede his loss to Biden, making an aggressive pit