Donald Trump’s Pennsylvania appeal rejected in latest election challenge defeat
- US President’s lawyers vow to appeal to Supreme Court despite judge saying that the ‘campaign’s claims have no merit’
- Trump continues baseless attacks on Detroit, Atlanta and other Democratic cities with large black populations as the source of ‘massive voter fraud’
US President Donald Trump’s legal team suffered yet another defeat in court on Friday as a federal appeal court in Philadelphia roundly rejected its latest effort to challenge the state’s election results.
Trump’s lawyers vowed to appeal to the Supreme Court despite the judge’s assessment that the “campaign’s claims have no merit”.
“Free, fair elections are the lifeblood of our democracy. Charges of unfairness are serious. But calling an election unfair does not make it so. Charges require specific allegations and then proof. We have neither here,” Judge Stephanos Bibas wrote for the three-judge panel.
The case had been argued last week in a lower court by Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who insisted during five hours of oral arguments that the 2020 presidential election had been marred by widespread fraud in Pennsylvania. However, Giuliani failed to offer any tangible proof of that in court.
US District Judge Matthew Brann had said the campaign’s error-filled complaint, “like Frankenstein’s Monster, has been haphazardly stitched together” and denied Giuliani the right to amend it for a second time.