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A federal judge rejects the Trump campaign's Pennsylvania election challenge

U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann dismissed the Trump campaign's Pennsylvania election lawsuit with prejudice. The campaign sought to block certification based on claims about mail-ballot procedures in Democratic counties, but the order called the case a mix of meritless legal arguments and speculative accusations. The ruling protected Pennsylvania's certification process from a federal lawsuit that targeted counties whose voters had backed Joe Biden.