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A US federal appeals court has firmly rejected the Trump Campaign's attempt to block President-Elect Joe Biden from being declared winner in Pennsylvania
The panel of three judges deemed the case was without merit, saying the trump campaign had not made specific allegations or provided proof.
The ruling is another major setback for president Trump in his attempts to overturn the 3 November Election.
On Thursday he said he would give way if Mr Biden was declared the winner.
But on Friday he again made unfunded allegation of 'massive voter fraud', tweeting: 'Biden can only enter the White House as President if he can prove that his ridiculous ( 80,000,000 votes ) were not fraudulently or illegally obtained'.
What Did The Appeals Courts Rule?
The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals had been asked to consider a lower courts decision to dismiss the trump campaigns attempt to invalidate millions of mail-in votes Pennsylvania.
The lower court ruling had paved the way for the battleground state to certify Joe Biden's win, giving him 20 vital electoral collage votes and effectively the presidency.
In giving the appeal court's opinion, Judge Stephanos Bibas wrote: 'Free-fire elections are the lifeblood of our democracy. Charges of unfairness are serious. But calling an election unfair doesn't make it so'.
'Charges require specific allegation and then proof. we have neither here' wrote Judge Bibas, who was nominated by trump.
Mr. Biden is projected to defeat president Trump 306 to 232 in the US Election collage, which determines who becomes president - far above the 270 he needs to win.
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