Donald Trump pays for recount of two Wisconsin counties

In the two counties, Democrat president-elect Joe Biden received 577,455 votes compared with 213,157 for Mr Trump

Donald Trump continues to dispute the election result (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Donald Trump’s US presidential campaign has paid for a recount of two heavily Democratic Wisconsin counties.

The president’s team paid $3m, saying on Wednesday that the Milwaukee and Dane counties were the site of the “worst irregularities”, although no evidence of wrongdoing has been presented and state elections officials have said there was none.