Trump Campaign 'Thankful' to Judge Who Dismissed Pennsylvania Lawsuit
The Trump campaign said it was "thankful" even though its Pennsylvania lawsuit seeking to block the certification of election results in the state has been thrown out.
According to FOX News, the Pennsylvania lawsuit filed by the Trump campaign was rejected by U.S. Middle District Judge Matthew Brann in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
It was part of the several lawsuits filed by the Trump campaign in their legal challenges to overturn results in swing states across the country.
President Donald Trump's campaign lawyers said that after the dismissal of their Pennsylvania lawsuit, they will be moving their case up to the Third Circuit Court, reported Breitbart.
In a statement, Trump 2020 attorneys former Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Jenna Ellis said the rejection "helped" them in their strategy to get to the Supreme Court.
"Although we fully disagree with this opinion, we're thankful to the Obama-appointed judge for making this anticipated decision quickly, rather than simply trying to run out the clock," they said.
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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden was projected the winner in Pennsylvania by about 80,000 votes.
What Does the Pennsylvania Lawsuit Say?
Ultimately, the suit argued that Republicans faced an illegal disadvantage when some counties allowed "ballot curing."
Ballot curing is a practice where voters were prompted to fix errors that occurred on their mail-in ballots.
The lawsuit argued that there was a violation of "equal protection under the law" since primarily Democratic counties took different approaches than those that were primarily Republican.
Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar requested that the suit be dismissed.
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Initially, the suit alleged that Republican poll watchers were being prevented from observing vote counting. But seven counties Boockvar, who were defendants, denied the allegations, said Washington Post.
The lawsuit was then revised and filed last Sunday, without the claims on poll watchers denied opportunity to observe.
In a report from Daily Caller, it was said that Giuliani claimed the Trump campaign "strategically decided to restructure." But in later filings, they insisted that the claims were mistakenly removed.
Brann refused to put the claims back on their suit in a third version of the lawsuit.
Ellis and Giuliani argued that there were some 682,000 votes cast illegally in the state, after poll workers denied the Republican Party's right to independent review. They said they wanted to present their evidence in court.
Trump Campaign Wants 7 Million Votes Disenfranchised
Brann on Saturday said that the Trump campaign was seeking to "disenfranchise seven million voters."
He added that with the sheer volume of votes the Trump campaign wants to invalidate, it was expected that the plaintiff could provide "formidably armed with compelling legal arguments and factual proof of rampant corruption."
But the Court decided to drop the case despite the impact it may have to a large group of voters.
Even if the president does successfully overturn Pennsylvania's 20 electoral votes, those would not be enough to secure him re-election.
There are still recounts conducted in Wisconsin and Michigan's election results are not yet certified. But if those votes don't secure him 270 electoral votes, he would have officially lost the possibility of presidency for four more years.
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