The Donald Trump campaign has withdrawn the federal lawsuit in the state of Michigan, reported CNN. Campaign attorney Thor Hearne stated the campaign decided not to pursue the lawsuit that was filed last week because two members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers do not want to certify the county’s election results.

“The Wayne County board of county canvassers met and declined to certify the results of the presidential election,” the filing said.

Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York City and a Trump campaign attorney, backed the reason in a statement on Thursday.

“This morning we are withdrawing our lawsuit in Michigan as a direct result of achieving the relief we sought: to stop the election in Wayne County from being prematurely certified before residents can be assured that every legal vote has been counted and every illegal vote has not been counted,” Giuliani said in the statement.

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The four-member board of Canvassers was initially deadlocked 2-2 on a vote to certify. Later, the two Republican members eventually agreed to vote to certify the results. Certification of county results is a necessary step in the process to formalise final vote tallies in Michigan elections.

 After the vote was done, chairwoman of the board Monica Palmer and member William Hartmann signed affidavits saying they oppose certifying Wayne County results because they do not feel the state will follow through with an audit.

“There is no legal mechanism in place for board members to rescind their votes,” a spokeswoman for the Michigan Bureau of Elections told the local media.