Patricia McCullough, who attempted to block the certification of the votes here in PA.
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Nov 25, 2020
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New: In a GOP challenge to PA election results, a state court judge has ordered the state to not act "to the extent that there remains any further action to perfect the certification of the results" — it's not immediately clear what that means since PA certified the results yest.
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The Republican judge in this case, Patricia McCullough, has quite the history.
Her husband was implicated in a theft, fraud, and misapplication of funds case for steering money to GOP candidates via a Catholic charity SHE ran.
Newspaper story prompted suspicion of McCullough
Former board chairman of Catholic Charities testifies at trial for attorney charged with stealing funds from elderly widow’s trust fund.
post-gazette.com
12:14 PM · Nov 25, 2020
She was eventually overruled by the state Supreme Court.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court strikes down GOP bid to stop election certification
By Lauren Vella - 11/28/20 07:23 PM EST
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Saturday rejected a last-ditch bid from Republicans including Rep. Mike Kelly (Pa.) to halt the certification of the 2020 election results in the Keystone State. The court's decision delivered the latest blow for Republicans, President Trump and his campaign to overturn election results in a battleground state that President-elect Joe Biden won by more than 1 percentage point.
In an order released Saturday night, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacated a preliminary order by the Commonwealth Court and dismissed the case. "Upon consideration of the parties' filings in Commonwealth Court, we hereby dismiss the petition for review with prejudice based upon Petitioners' failure to file their facial constitutional challenge in a timely manner," the order read.
The ruling comes after Commonwealth Court Judge Patricia McCullough on Wednesday ordered state officials to halt further steps to certify the state's election results one day after Gov. Tom Wolf (D) certified the Keystone State's results for Biden. Following McCullough's order, Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Kathy Boockvar and Wolf appealed the order to the state's high court.
The latest order by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court reverses McCullough's decision.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/527838-pennsylvania-supreme-court-strikes-down-gop-bid-to-stop-election
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