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Judge Throws Out Trump Bid to Stop Pennsylvania Vote Certification

Associated Press

   Pennsylvania officials can certify election results that currently show
   Democrat Joe Biden winning the state by more than 80,000 votes, a
   federal judge ruled Saturday, dealing President Donald Trump's campaign
   another blow in its effort to invalidate the election.

   U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, turned
   down the request for an injunction by Trump's campaign. In his ruling,
   Brann said the Trump campaign presented "strained legal arguments
   without merit and speculative accusations ... unsupported by evidence."

   "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," the opinion said. "Our people, laws and
   institutions demand more."

   Appeal to be sought

   Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, and campaign senior legal
   adviser Jenna Ellis pointed to the decision as a positive development
   in their effort to push the case relatively quickly to the U.S. Supreme
   Court. In a joint statement, they said they would seek an expedited
   appeal to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

   Giuliani, a former federal prosecutor and New York mayor, returned to
   court for the first time in decades to represent the Trump campaign
   Tuesday. He showed his rustiness by tripping himself up over the
   meaning of "opacity," mistaking the judge for a federal judge in a
   separate district and provoking an opposing lawyer.

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