A federal judge on Tuesday rejected President Donald Trump’s request to de-certify 2020 election results in Georgia over allegations that thousands of ballots were “illegally” cast and counted. Trump filed the lawsuit on New Year’s eve just before media outlets received a leaked audio recording of a call between the president and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. The leaked conversation, which was said to be a confidential legal settlement discussion over several Georgia lawsuits, garnered widespread scrutiny after parts of the call were initially released by the media. The lawsuit asks the court to grant an injunction ordering Gov. Brian Kemp and Raffensperger to de-certify the Nov. 3 election results that it claims had been certified in violation of the U.S. Constitution and declare that Georgia election laws were not followed during the 2020 election, resulting in “illegal” votes to be cast. “[Trump] does not seek a remedy disenfranchising any lawful …