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A Pennsylvania judge dismissed Donald Trump’s allegations of widespread voter fraud there, dealing yet another blow to the Republican’s attempt to reverse his defeat in the US presidential election.
The decision, announced in a scathing trial that criticized the Trump team’s legal strategy, paves the way for Pennsylvania to certify Democrat Joe Biden’s victory there, which is scheduled for tomorrow.
With the clock ticking until Biden’s inauguration on January 20, Trump’s team has focused on trying to prevent states on the battlefield from certifying the election results, in addition to their many legal challenges that even now they have failed.
Judge Matthew Brann wrote in his ruling that Trump’s team had presented “tense legal arguments without merit and speculative allegations” in their complaints about vote-by-mail ballots in Pennsylvania.
“In the United States of America, this cannot justify the disenfranchisement of a single voter, much less all voters in its sixth most populous state,” Judge Brann wrote.
“Our people, laws and institutions demand more.”
Biden won the Electoral College votes state by state that ultimately decide who takes the White House for 306-232.
The Electoral College must formally vote on December 14, and the certifications will be made in advance.
The states’ certification of the results of their popular votes is usually routine after a US presidential election.
But Trump’s refusal to concede complicated the process and raised concerns that it could cause long-term damage to Americans’ confidence in his voting system.
The Pennsylvania ruling came hours after Republicans also requested a delay in certification in Michigan, another battlefield, in a letter repeating allegations of wrongdoing in the state that Biden won by 155,000 votes.
They called for a two-week delay to allow for a full audit of the results in Wayne County, the state’s largest and home to a black-majority Detroit, overwhelmingly won by Biden.
Michigan’s board of voters, which includes two Democrats and two Republicans, will also meet tomorrow to certify the results.
Republican Party National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel and Michigan Party Chair Laura Cox asked the board to “suspend the session for 14 days to allow a full audit and investigation of these anomalies and irregularities.”
Biden’s first cabinet elections will arrive on Tuesday
Biden will announce the first of his cabinet elections on Tuesday, incoming White House chief of staff Ron Klain said this morning.
“You will see the first cabinet elections on Tuesday,” Klain said in an interview with ABC’s “This Week.”
“But if you want to know which Cabinet agencies they are, who will be in those agencies, you will have to wait for the president-elect to say so himself on Tuesday.”
Biden has promised to build an administration that reflects the diversity of the country. He said last week that he had already chosen his secretary of the Treasury.
“We have made that decision,” Biden told a news conference.
“And you will find that he is someone who I believe will be accepted by all elements of the Democratic Party … progressive to moderate coalitions.”
Candidates on Biden’s shortlist include former Fed Chair Janet Yellen, current Fed Governor Lael Brainard, Sarah Bloom Raskin, former Fed Governor, and Raphael Bostic, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank. from Atlanta.
Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he was ready to work with any American leader.
Russian news agencies reported that Putin would congratulate whoever wins the election once all legal formalities have been resolved.
He has withheld comment while President Trump has been taking legal action to try to overturn the result.
“We will work with anyone who has the confidence of the American people,” Putin said on state television.
But the winner must be named by the opposing party, which must acknowledge the victory of its opponents, or after the final results of the elections are legitimately and legally confirmed, Putin said.
That follows the Kremlin’s earlier comment that it would await the official results of the US presidential election before commenting on its outcome.
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