US Court Rejects Pennsylvania Vote Count Certification Halt Request... "Critical Blow to Trump"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Seungjin Lee] A U.S. federal court dismissed the request from U.S. President Donald Trump's camp to block the certification of the presidential election results in Pennsylvania.

According to the Associated Press and others on the 21st (local time), Matthew Brann, a judge at the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania in Williamsport, dismissed the lawsuit filed by the Trump campaign seeking to block the certification of Pennsylvania's election results.

Judge Brann stated the reason for dismissal as "ineffective and based on speculation," according to local media reports.

Pennsylvania, one of the fiercely contested battleground states in this presidential election, is scheduled to complete the certification of the election results on the 23rd. President-elect Joe Biden secured a come-from-behind victory in Pennsylvania, which carries 20 electoral votes, thanks to late mail-in ballots and urban vote counts.

The 23rd is also the certification deadline for Michigan, another battleground state. These two states are already predicted by the media to be won by Democratic candidate Joe Biden, and once the certification of victory is confirmed, Biden will secure a majority of the electoral votes and clinch the victory without waiting for the certification of other battleground states.

The Associated Press described the Pennsylvania federal court's decision as "a devastating blow to President Trump's hopes of overturning the presidential election results."

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