Trump appeals after Pennsylvania judge brands his election lawsuit ‘Frankenstein’s monster’ and throws out case
DONALD Trump has launched an appeal after a judge dismissed his Pennsylvania election lawsuit saying his legal arguments had been "haphazardly stitched together" like "Frankenstein's monster".
The President's appeal was filed to the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Sunday, a day after US District Judge Matthew Brann shot down claims of widespread irregularities with mail-in ballots.
"This claim, like Frankenstein's Monster, has been haphazardly stitched together," slammed Brann.
The original lawsuit - filed on November 9 - had alleged inconsistent treatment by election officials of certain mail-in ballots.
The new appeal is Trump's latest move in his long-winded battle to challenge the results of the which declared Joe Biden the winner.
The President's campaign thanked Judge Brann for "helping us in our strategy to get expeditiously to the US Supreme Court" by throwing out his lawsuit.
But Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani shared a statement from the campaign on Twitter calling Brann an "Obama-appointed judge" and hinted that their case would soon head to the Supreme Court.
"We are disappointed we did not at least get the opportunity to present our evidence at a hearing. Unfortunately the censorship continues," the statement reads.
"We hope that the Third Circuit will be as gracious as Judge Brann in deciding our appeal one way or the other as expeditiously as possible."
But 's Republican Senator Pat Toomey said in a statement on Twitter that Brann's decision meant Trump has "exhausted all plausible legal options to challenge the result."
He went on to congratulate President-elect on his victory.
"With today's decision by Judge Matthew Brann, a longtime conservative Republican who I know to be a fair and unbiased jurist, to dismiss the Trump campaign's lawsuit, President Trump has exhausted all plausible legal options to challenge the result of the presidential race in Pennsylvania," he said.
As Giuliani shared the Trump 2020 campaign's statement, the President slammed Toomey on Twitter over what he called a "witch-hunt."
"It’s all a continuation of the never ending Witch Hunt," Trump responded to a tweet from Fox News presenter Levin about a Wikipedia addition claiming the President is trying to "steal" Pennsylvania's electors.
"Judge Brann, who would not even allow us to present our case or evidence, is a product of Senator Pat 'no tariffs' Toomey of Pennsylvania, no friend of mine, and Obama - no wonder. 900,000 Fraudulent Votes!"
Judge Brann wrote in his order that Trump had asked the court to disenfranchise almost seven million voters.
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However, he said a plaintiff could be expected to provide "factual proof of rampant corruption" adding "that has not happened."
Brann also described Trump's legal team's case as "strained legal arguments without merit and speculative accusations."
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The judge said that he "has no authority to take away the right to vote of even a single person, let alone millions of citizens."
"This claim, like Frankenstein's Monster, has been haphazardly stitched together," wrote Brann.