Federal judge rejects Michigan GOP push to decertify election results

A federal judge threw out a Republican-led effort to decertify Michigan's election results, citing the matter was "far from likely to succeed."

The lawsuit, which was filed the day before Thanksgiving against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and other state officials, alleged widespread malfeasance from elections officials and voting fraud, according to the Hill.

The complaint asked the court to order Whitmer to "transmit certified election results" declaring President Trump the winner. The certified votes for Michigan currently show that Joe Biden won the state by more than 150,000 votes.

In her 36-page decision, Judge Linda Parker wrote that granting the request would disenfranchise over 5 million Michigan voters who "with dignity, hope, and a promise of a voice, participated in the 2020 General Election."

"Plaintiffs ask this Court to ignore the orderly statutory scheme established to challenge elections and to ignore the will of millions of voters. This, the Court cannot, and will not, do," Parker wrote. "The People have spoken."

Electors are in the midst of certifying their votes to meet the Dec. 14 deadline. 

Trump has yet to concede to Biden, who was called the winner by several media outlets a month ago. The Trump campaign is continuing its legal efforts in several states where they hope to overturn results in the final stretch before votes are certified.