Trump team and Pennsylvania election officials clash in federal court filings – By Alex Hosenball and Matthew Mosk (ABC News) / Nov 12 2020
Trump wants vote certification halted and the state wants his case dismissed.
Lawyers for President Donald Trump and those representing the Pennsylvania Secretary of State filed sternly worded arguments in U.S. District Court Thursday, with each seeking a quick end to the legal battle over the state’s handling of the 2020 elections.
“The voters of Pennsylvania have spoken,” Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar said in her request to have the Trump case dismissed. “The counties are busy finishing the tabulation of those votes and the Secretary is preparing to certify the results. The Court should deny Plaintiff’s desperate and unfounded attempt to interfere with that process.”
Boockvar’s motion to dismiss came as the Trump campaign asked U.S. District Judge Matthew W. Brann, an Obama appointee, to impose a temporary restraining order “barring (the state) from certifying the results of the November 3, 2020 General election.”
