Trump team and Pennsylvania election officials clash in federal court filings

[groundloop]

Source: ABC News

Lawyers for President Donald Trump and those representing the Pennsylvania Secretary of State filed sternly worded arguments in U.S. District Court Thursday, with each seeking a quick end to the legal battle over the state's handling of the 2020 elections.

"The voters of Pennsylvania have spoken," Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar said in her request to have the Trump case dismissed. "The counties are busy finishing the tabulation of those votes and the Secretary is preparing to certify the results. The Court should deny Plaintiff's desperate and unfounded attempt to interfere with that process."

Boockvar's motion to dismiss came as the Trump campaign asked U.S. District Judge Matthew W. Brann, an Obama appointee, to impose a temporary restraining order "barring (the state) from certifying the results of the November 3, 2020 General election."

The Trump campaign said it needs to halt the certification process to give the court time to rule before the state hits the deadline of Dec. 8 to present its results to Congress. They argue that if the vote count continues, the results will be certified before the court can rule.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-team-pennsylvania-election-officials-clash-federal-court/story?id=74182918&cid=clicksource_4380645_1_heads_hero_live_hero_hed

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Biden's lead in Pennsylvania is above the margin that would permit a recount.

[Mike 03]

1. Is this the case that was withdrawn overnight?

I can't tell because this ABC article doesn't name the law firm representing Trump.

Law Firm Stops Representing Trump Campaign in Pennsylvania Suit

Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, the law firm leading the Trump campaign’s efforts to cast doubt on the presidential election results in Pennsylvania, abruptly withdrew from a federal lawsuit that it filed days earlier on behalf of President Trump.

“Plaintiffs and Porter Wright have reached a mutual agreement that plaintiffs will be best served if Porter Wright withdraws,” the law firm said in a federal court filing.

The firm’s withdrawal followed an article in The New York Times on Monday described internal tensions at the firm about its work for Mr. Trump’s campaign in Pennsylvania. Some employees said they were concerned that the firm was being used to undercut the integrity of the electoral process. One Porter Wright lawyer resigned in protest over the summer.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/13/business/porter-wright-trump-pennsylvania.html

I hope it's the same suit, but I don't know?