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UCmeNdc

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Wed Dec 2, 2020, 03:15 PM Dec 2020

Trump never gives up! Wisconsin Gov. Calls Trump Election Fraud Lawsuit An 'Assault'

Wisconsin Gov. Calls Trump Election Fraud Lawsuit An ‘Assault’

“He is simply trying to seize Wisconsin’s electoral votes, even though he lost the statewide election,” attorneys say.

In Wisconsin, Trump wants to skip lower courts, saying in his lawsuit that there isn’t time to go through the normal process due to the looming Dec. 14 date when electors will gather to cast the state’s 10 Electoral College votes.

The state Supreme Court could deny Trump’s request to hear the case, forcing it to lower courts, which would effectively kill it. Or it could accept the case and issue a decision later. It could also just render a decision based on written arguments.

Attorneys for Evers, as well as lawyers from the state Department of Justice representing the Wisconsin Elections Commission, urged the court not to accept the original jurisdiction of the case, saying it must start in lower courts.

“President Trump’s (lawsuit) seeks nothing less than to overturn the will of nearly 3.3 million Wisconsin voters,” Evers’ attorneys said. “It is a shocking and outrageous assault on our democracy. ... He is simply trying to seize Wisconsin’s electoral votes, even though he lost the statewide election.”


https://www.huffpost.com/entry/wisconsin-gov-calls-trump-election-fraud-lawsuit-an-assault_n_5fc7d391c5b64511ef9f3af7

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Trump never gives up! Wisconsin Gov. Calls Trump Election Fraud Lawsuit An 'Assault' (Original Post) UCmeNdc Dec 2020 OP
this was of course the next play after court challenges to the vote counts failed. bullimiami Dec 2020 #1

bullimiami

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1. this was of course the next play after court challenges to the vote counts failed.
Wed Dec 2, 2020, 03:29 PM
Dec 2020

try to overturn the electors either by court or by legislature.

when that fails they will try to either bribe, intimidate or coerce electors to be faithless. probably all 3.

when that fails he will try to get the congress to refuse the electors.

you can bet on it. trump will try every one of these.

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