Thread by @ChrisMegerian

"There are 3,999 participants on this call, including you."

Time for the federal court hearing with Rudy Giuliani.

"Rudolph W. Giuliani, I represent the plaintiffs in this case."

"It's a widespread, nationwide voter fraud, of which this is a part."

Giuliani is kicking off his oral argument.

So far Giuliani's remarks are indistinguishable from a Fox News monologue.

Let's see how this goes in a federal courtroom.

Before Giuliani started speaking, the judge reminded the courtroom that the plaintiffs have the burden of proof.

I wonder what he'll say once Giuliani finishes.

"I used to vote by absentee ballot a lot," Giuliani says.

A question for legal experts — is it normal for judges to allow lawyers to argue issues that aren't germane to the actual lawsuit?

Giuliani is arguing that election officials only let "their little mafia" look at the ballots.

"They stole an election," Giuliani says.

"These votes are way more than enough to overturn the results of an election."

We're listening to a much different oral argument from the lawyer for Pennsylvania's secretary of state. He notes that the Trump campaign's lawsuit doesn't actually allege fraud.

The hearing is on hold because there's a problem with the conference call allowing people to listen in.

The phone line appears to be working again. Stay tuned.

We're underway. Lawyer for Pennsylvania's secretary of state says the Trump campaign's lawsuit should be dismissed because there's no equal protection violation.

Mark Aronchick, a lawyer for the Allegheny County Board of Elections, is furious with Giuliani. He says he's living in a "fantasy world" and his allegations about election officials being in a "mafia" are "disgraceful."

We're taking a ten minute break now.

Now it's time for more defendant arguments. Not sure how many we'll go through during this hearing.

The judge just asked a question of the plaintiffs, but whoever is answering it — I think Giuliani? — isn't speaking into the mic.

Now Giuliani is speaking into the mic.

"The scope of the remedy is because of the scope of the injury."

Giuliani is claiming that mail ballots are inherently fraudulent.

"Those ballots could have been from Mickey Mouse," he says.

Giuliani refers to another lawyer as "the man who was very angry at me, I forgot his name."

That would probably be Mark Aronchick, a lawyer for the Allegheny County Board of Elections

"This is not a fraud case," Giuliani says.

He was alleging widespread fraud earlier in the hearing.

We're not getting a decision tonight from the judge. Expect more briefs.

Now there's a lot of procedural talk.

The judge is now recommending restaurants in the area if any of the justices are spending the night in town.

"There's a culinary school here in Williamsport . . ."

I have learned a lot about restaurants in Williamsport. Sounds like some good spots out there!

"I would suggest that Giuliani and Donovan go out to dinner and get this wrapped up," the judge says. (Donovan is the opposing lawyer.)

Final thoughts on the court hearing —

Giuliani struggled to provide a coherent legal basis for the campaign's lawsuit. Then he struggled to answer basic questions from the judge.

The judge does not plan to hold an evidentiary hearing, which is not a good sign for the Trump team

This legal advisor to Trump's campaign has a different takeaway though

https://twitter.com/JennaEllisEsq/status/1328849514015363072