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In reply to the discussion: Judge throws out Trump bid to stop PA vote certification [View all]BumRushDaShow
(128,748 posts)3. WaPo breaking
In scathing opinion, federal judge dismisses Trump campaign lawsuit in Pennsylvania
By Jon Swaine
November 21, 2020 at 6:38 p.m. EST
A lawsuit brought by President Trumps campaign that sought to block the certification of Pennsylvanias election results was dismissed by a federal judge on Saturday evening. U.S. District Judge Matthew W. Brann granted a request from Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar to dismiss the suit, which alleged that Republicans had been illegally disadvantaged because some counties allowed voters to fix errors on their mail ballots.
Rudolph W. Giuliani, Trumps attorney, personally took charge of the case and appeared at a hearing in Williamsport, Pa., Tuesday in an attempt to justify it. In his order, Brann wrote that Trumps campaign had used strained legal arguments without merit and speculative accusations in its effort to throw out millions of votes.
In the United States of America, this cannot justify the disenfranchisement of a single voter, let alone all the voters of its sixth most populated state, Brann wrote.
Trump was beaten in Pennsylvania by President-elect Joe Biden.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/us-judge-dismisses-trump-campaign-lawsuit-in-pa/2020/11/21/cc097fbe-2c50-11eb-9b14-ad872157ebc9_story.html
By Jon Swaine
November 21, 2020 at 6:38 p.m. EST
A lawsuit brought by President Trumps campaign that sought to block the certification of Pennsylvanias election results was dismissed by a federal judge on Saturday evening. U.S. District Judge Matthew W. Brann granted a request from Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar to dismiss the suit, which alleged that Republicans had been illegally disadvantaged because some counties allowed voters to fix errors on their mail ballots.
Rudolph W. Giuliani, Trumps attorney, personally took charge of the case and appeared at a hearing in Williamsport, Pa., Tuesday in an attempt to justify it. In his order, Brann wrote that Trumps campaign had used strained legal arguments without merit and speculative accusations in its effort to throw out millions of votes.
In the United States of America, this cannot justify the disenfranchisement of a single voter, let alone all the voters of its sixth most populated state, Brann wrote.
Trump was beaten in Pennsylvania by President-elect Joe Biden.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/us-judge-dismisses-trump-campaign-lawsuit-in-pa/2020/11/21/cc097fbe-2c50-11eb-9b14-ad872157ebc9_story.html
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I had expected him to rule yesterday since he cancelled the evidentiary hearing this past Thursday
BumRushDaShow
Nov 2020
#9
Thanks. I don't subscribe to the Washington Post. That's "scathing" indeed! He basically.....
George II
Nov 2020
#8
Can these clown lawyers be sanctioned for such a ridiculous lawsuit? There has to be some penalty...
George II
Nov 2020
#13
And a shout-out to Mary Shelley: "This claim, like Frankenstein's Monster"...
Princess Turandot
Nov 2020
#19
Also. Trump got more votes (and percentage of the vote) in Philadelphia than he did in 2016.
mahatmakanejeeves
Nov 2020
#29