Judges in Michigan and Georgia have ruled against Sidney Powell’s clients in lawsuits challenging those state’s election results. The news came the same day that Georgia re-certified its election results for Joe Biden after another recount. Both lawsuits alleged that widespread voter fraud and absentee ballot irregularities impacted the state’s election results to benefit Joe Biden.
In Michigan, U.S. District Court Judge Linda Parker said that because the election has passed and the results were certified that the window to grant an injunction has closed. In Georgia, Judge Timothy Batten dismissed the case.
Fox News reports:
Powell’s lawsuit called for decertification of the results, an injunction blocking state officials from sending the results to the Electoral College, an order to send certified results that name President Trump as the winner, an order for a manual recount for absentee ballots, and an order that votes that were tabulated by machines not be counted unless the machines were certified according to state and federal requirements.
“Plaintiffs could have lodged their constitutional challenges much sooner than they did, and certainly not three weeks after Election Day and one week after certification of almost three million votes,” Parker wrote.
The judge further expressed doubt that the case would have any likelihood of success, noting that the allegations realistically amount to state law violations, not constitutional ones.
In stark contrast to Parker’s 36-page order, the federal judge in the Georgia case ruled from the bench, speaking directly to the parties. While Parker merely denied a request for an injunction in the Michigan case, Judge Timothy Batten dismissed the Georgia case.
The pro-Trump lawyer has already revealed plans to appeal the case in Georgia.