AUSTIN, Texas — As the count continues in several key battleground states, President Donald Trump spoke from the White House Thursday and renewed his claim that Democrats are trying to “steal” the election. He didn't back that up with any details or evidence.

"Our goal is to defend the integrity of the election. We'll not allow the corruption to steal such an important election or any election for that matter," he said.

Trump's campaign has engaged in a flurry of legal activity, requesting a recount in Wisconsin and filing lawsuits in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Georgia. Judges in Georgia and Michigan quickly dismissed the lawsuits there Thursday.

“The most important thing to understand about these kinds of cases is even if they succeed, and most of them have not, we’re talking about, at most, maybe rulings that might affect a handful of ballots here and there. Maybe a couple dozen, a couple hundred,” University of Texas Law Professor Stephen Vladeck told Capital Tonight anchor Karina Kling. “You know, with the margins we’re seeing in Pennsylvania, in Wisconsin, in Michigan, it’s really hard to see a lawsuit, a legal theory, that would change the results as they’ve been unfolding.”

Vladeck also said there’s nothing to suggest there’s anything wrong with the ballots currently being counted.

“Even though states are still counting, these are all votes that were cast on time and in many cases early,” he said. “This is not unusual at all, in American presidential elections, for states to have to take some time to vote.”

Vladeck also added that unlike Texas, which allows election officials to start counting on the Monday before the election, several other states were barred from being allowed to start counting ballots until after Election Day.