A United States federal appeals court on Friday rejected President Donald Trump campaign’s attempt to block President-elect Joe Biden from...
A United States federal appeals court on Friday rejected President Donald Trump campaign’s attempt to block President-elect Joe Biden from being declared the winner of Pennsylvania in the November 3 elections, Reuters reported.
The three-judge bench said the Trump campaign did not have any specific allegations as well as proof to support their claims. “Free, fair elections are the lifeblood of our democracy,” wrote Judge Stephanos Bibas. “Charges of unfairness are serious. But calling an election unfair does not make it so.”
The Circuit Court of Appeals was asked to consider a lower court’s decision that had rejected the Trump campaign’s claims of election irregularities in Pennsylvania, BBC reported. With the rejection, Biden’s win was certified, giving him 20 vital electoral college votes.
“Voters, not lawyers, choose the President,” the appeals court wrote in its opinion. “Ballots, not briefs, decide elections.”
Following the appeals court ruling, Jenna Ellis, a Trump campaign attorney, tweeted indicating that they will move the Supreme Court. “On to SCOTUS!,” she said. “The activist judicial machinery in Pennsylvania continues to cover up the allegations of massive fraud.”
The Trump campaign has failed to convince judges of election irregularities in states critical to Biden’s victory, including Georgia, Michigan, Nevada and Arizona. Biden has won the polls 306-232 in electoral votes. Even if the...
