Trump Wants Appeals Court to Halt Pennsylvania Certification
- The move ramps up campaign’s push to get before Supreme Court
- It’s unclear if the federal appeals court can grant the order
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President Donald Trump’s campaign told a federal appeals court it would request an emergency order blocking Pennsylvania from certifying its election result while the campaign seeks to revise a lawsuit over mail-in ballots.
The filing in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia signals that Trump hasn’t given up his effort to block Pennsylvania from certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, even though the state’s 67 counties are required by law to certify their results by Monday evening. Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar, a Democrat who is a defendant in the suit, could affirm statewide results swiftly after the counties certify their results.