(CNN) A round of layoffs at the Republican National Committee Monday blindsided staff, three sources familiar with what happened told CNN, as President Donald Trump continues his legal push to contest Joe Biden's victory. The party is in the middle of a fundraising blitz as the national party chair, Ronna McDaniel, is publicly pushing Trump's baseless allegations that the 2020 election was stolen from him. Departments within the RNC were instructed Monday to inform staffers who were being laid off, though the scale of the layoffs vary among the departments. A Republican source told CNN a "large portion of staff" were laid off. One source told CNN most of these jobs were only intended to last through the election, but the round of layoffs underscores how the Republican apparatus is hardly moving full-steam ahead to challenge the outcome of the results as the President wishes.

Source: CNN November 10, 2020 13:25 UTC