Federal appeals court throws out Trump election lawsuit in Pennsylvania

Trump's legal team vows to appeal to supreme court after yet another defeat, as judge says claims have no merit'

A federal appeals court in Pennsylvania has delivered a strongly worded repudiation of Donald Trump's latest attempt to overturn his presidential election defeat, dismissing his challenge to the state's results as without merit, and backing a district judge who likened the president's evidence-free and error-strewn lawsuit to Frankenstein's monster".

On Friday, a three-member panel confirmed unanimously a lower court's decision last week to rebuff the arguments made by Trump's legal team, led by the former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, that voting in Pennsylvania was marred by widespread fraud.