MADISON, Wis. – A federal judge refused to honor President Donald Trump’s proposal to declare him the winner over Democrat Joe Biden. U.S. District Judge Brett Ludwig said Trump’s arguments “fail as a matter of law and fact.” Trump had asked the judge to order the Republican-controlled state Legislature to replace the slate of Biden electors who had been chosen by Wisconsinites by a 20,000-vote margin in November. Judge Ludwig, a recent Trump appointee to the federal bench, castigated the Trump suit as “extraordinary.” To Trump’s attorney, the judge summed up the facts as he saw them: “A sitting president who did not prevail in his bid for reelection has asked for federal court help in setting aside the popular vote based on disputed issues of election administration, issues he plainly could have raised before the vote occurred.” Not going to happen, Ludwig said. Trump and his allies have suffered dozens of defeats in Wisconsin and elsewhere in lawsuits that rely on unsubstanti
Ludwig. A strongly worded adverse decision from a federal judge whom Trump appointed only three months ago.