Wisconsin judge dismisses Trump campaign's challenge to state's election results

A Wisconsin judge on Friday dismissed the Trump campaign's legal challenge of state election results, upholding what the judge said was the correct certification of Joe Biden as the winner of the presidential race in Wisconsin.

"The certification of the results of the 2020 Wisconsin presidential election, after the Dane County and Milwaukee County recounts, is affirmed," Reserve Judge Stephen Simanek said during the virtual hearing.

Simanek said there has been "no credible evidence of any misconduct or wide-scale fraud" in the race.

He said the case turned on whether the recent recounts in Dane and Milwaukee counties "occurred in compliance with the Wisconsin election laws."

Simanek said petitioners on behalf of Trump's campaign had not demonstrated that those laws had been violated. 

Trump's legal team brought the case before Simanek after the state's Supreme Court declined to hear the case before lower courts had ruled on it. The case can now be appealed to the high court.

Trump attorney Jim Troupis said following Simanek's ruling that the state Supreme Court “is expecting to hear from us shortly.”