A federal judge in Pennsylvania threw out a lawsuit by President Donald Trump¡¯s campaign that aimed to block certification of the state¡¯s election results unless it tossed out tens of thousands of mail-in ballots, rejecting the ¡°startling¡± request due to a lack of evidence.
The state¡¯s motion to dismiss the suit was granted Saturday by U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, freeing election officials to certify President-elect Joe Biden¡¯s projected victory as soon as Monday. Major media outlets have declared Biden the winner of Pennsylvania and its 20 electoral votes with a lead of more than 80,000 votes.
The president¡¯s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, personally argued against the state¡¯s motion to dismiss before Brann on Tuesday, making wild claims of a vast Democratic conspiracy to steal the election. In reaching his conclusion, Brann said the campaign was not ¡°formidably armed with compelling legal arguments and factual proof of rampant corruption¡± needed to win such a case.
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