No. They knew the amount of ballots that needed to be counted. They didn’t know who they were for. The absentee and provisional ballots must be verified before they can be added to the total. If the number of ballots are not sufficient to change the election outcome, they wait to count them until they have been verified legitimate, legal votes.
Trump was up by 70k election night. They knew that 28k outstanding votes would not have changed the outcome.
WAY to dangerous to let this go. Three weeks ago they are in effect saying; look DT is leading by 1.1%. So not to worry, the the 28k will only drop HRC from down 1.1% to down 0.8%. NO WHERE NEAR, the 0.5% that triggers auto recount. THAT, is WAY to close; esp when apparently PA law allows these to hit. In summ on Thur afternoon it took 28,000 votes to drop from 1.1% deficit to 0.8% deficit. ANOTHER 28,000 then hits the magic 0.5% ... and the screaming starts; no judges needed, we be entitled to a recount. At that point PA is lost.