A U.S. judge rejected President Donald Trump’s campaign injunction request to prevent state officials from certifying the results of the Pennsylvania election. The Trump campaign had sought to invalidate millions of mail-in ballots, citing alleged inconsistent treatment by county election officials.
US District Judge Matthew Brann in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, ruled that Trump “has no authority to take away the right to vote from a single person, let alone millions of citizens.” He added that the court has not been able to find any case in which a plaintiff has requested the invalidation of millions of votes.
“In the United States of America, this cannot justify the disenfranchisement of a single voter, much less of all voters in its sixth most populous state,” he wrote.
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Judge Brann made a scathing observation about the lawsuit filed by the Trump campaign, comparing the claims to Frankenstein’s monster, a fictional character that first appeared in Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein. He said the court was presented with “trained legal arguments without merit and speculative accusations.”
“This claim, like Frankenstein’s monster, has been stitched together at random,” Brann wrote.
Shelley has described the Frankenstein monster as a hideous creature with its yellow skin barely covering the muscles and arteries underneath. While the image of the monster has varied according to the artists, its body almost always appears as if it were sewn randomly around the neck and joints.
After the ruling, Trump and his allies attacked Judge Brann, who was nominated by former President Barack Obama. However, Brann is a Republican and a member of the Federalist Society, a group of conservative and libertarian lawyers, law students, and academics.
“It’s all a continuation of the endless Witch Hunt. Judge Brann, who would not even allow us to present our case or evidence, is the product of Senator Pat “No Duties” Toomey of Pennsylvania, who is not a friend of mine, and Obama. It is not surprising. 900,000 fraudulent votes! “the outgoing US president tweeted.
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