In their rulings Monday, both judges said there was insufficient evidence to justify the injunctions Democrats sought against state GOP officials, Donald Trump's campaign, Trump backer Roger Stone and his group Stop the Steal.
"While the statements of the defendant Roger Stone, the defendants’ presidential nominee, and the nominee’s surrogates, taken in context, may be susceptible to the interpretation that Mr. Stone and the Trump campaign are encouraging their supporters to intimidate voters, there is little evidence that supporters are acting on these indirect suggestions," wrote U.S. District Court Judge Catherine Eagles, who sits in Greensboro, N.C. "There have been only a handful of hearsay reports that purported supporters of the defendants’ presidential nominee may have threatened or intimidated voters in North Carolina during several weeks of early voting."
Philadelphia-based U.S. District Court Judge Paul Diamond said the Democrats failed to produce any real evidence that pro-Trump groups were planning to intimidate those intent on exercising their right to vote.
