Thread by @KlasfeldReports

RUDY FAILS.

A federal judge DISMISSES WITH PREJUDICE the bid by Team Trump to "discard millions of votes legally cast by Pennsylvanians" in a blistering ruling.

ICYMI: Coverage of the hearing @LawCrimeNews lawandcrime.com/2020-election/…

JUDGE: "In other words, Plaintiffs ask this Court to disenfranchise almost seven million voters. This Court has been unable to find any case in which a plaintiff has sought such a drastic remedy in the contest of an election."

That outcome would require "compelling legal arguments and factual proof."

"That has not happened," the judge found.

Judge Brann scorches Team Trump's strained equal protection claim:

"This claim, like Frankenstein’s Monster, has been haphazardly stitched together from two distinct theories in an attempt to avoid controlling precedent."

Read the blistering, blistering ruling in my developing write-up here:

lawandcrime.com/2020-election/…

Rudy argued that it violated the equal protection clause that some Pa. counties let mail-in voters cure defects, some didn't.

Team Trump's cure: Invalidate all the votes.

"Plaintiffs do not ask to level up. Rather, they seek to level down," violating 6.8M Americans' rights.

Trump's oft-repeated lie that GOP watchers couldn't observer the tally?

Judge: That argument "falls flat."

Judge Brann charitably did not address Giuliani's proposition that the case merits "normal scrutiny," performing his analysis the non-make-believe standards of review in this section.

After two iterations of the lawsuit, Judge Brann's had enough.

“Among the grounds that could justify a denial of leave to amend are undue delay, bad faith, dilatory motive, prejudice, and futility."

Read the update here:

lawandcrime.com/2020-election/…