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brooklynite

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Mon Dec 7, 2020, 09:51 AM Dec 2020

'The people have spoken': Michigan judge rejects lawsuit from disavowed Trump attorney [View all]

Source: Detroit Free Press

A Michigan federal judge ruled against a sweeping legal bid to overturn election results in the state, determining the lawsuit brought by an ally of President Donald Trump was riddle with "theories, conjecture and speculation" but little evidence of wrongdoing.

U.S. District Judge Linda V. Parked ruled against a request from Sidney Powell — an attorney disavowed by the Trump campaign who still champions its causes — to force the state to award its electoral votes to Trump despite President-elect Joe Biden winning the state.

"In fact, this lawsuit seems to be less about achieving the relief Plaintiffs seek — as much of that relief is beyond the power of this Court — and more about the impact of their allegations on People’s faith in the democratic process and their trust in our government," reads a portion of the 36-page opinion.

"Plaintiffs ask this Court to ignore the orderly statutory scheme established to challenge elections and to ignore the will of millions of voters. This, the Court cannot, and will not, do. The people have spoken."



Read more: https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/12/07/michigan-judge-rejects-lawsuit-from-disavowed-trump-attorney/3855194001/



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