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struggle4progress

(126,156 posts)
Mon Sep 11, 2023, 06:42 PM Sep 2023

Eastman's defense in state bar trial

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Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times

... The man Eastman called as his first witness last week, a former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice, has asserted the election was stolen, though his own turmoil-racked inquiry turned up no proof that fraud tilted the election to Joe Biden.

The witness, Michael Gableman, admitted he had no experience with election law when the Republican leader of the Wisconsin Assembly picked him in 2021 to lead a taxpayer-funded probe of the election. Gableman has also admitted that he did not have "any understanding of how elections work" ...

... controversy plagued Gableman's partisan election review from start to finish ... At one point, Gableman refused to answer questions in a Wisconsin circuit court, and the judge held him in contempt for flouting the state's open records law ...

Eastman's lawyer argued to have Gableman admitted as an expert on election law. Roland ruled that he had no such expertise ...

https://thebrunswicknews.com/news/business/after-months-of-testimony-john-eastman-mounts-his-defense-in-california-state-bar-trial/article_5f3acebd-6fb1-553f-96ad-1596af719b52.html

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Eastman's defense in state bar trial (Original Post) struggle4progress Sep 2023 OP
I watched part of the cross and re-direct LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2023 #1
Locking JudyM Sep 2023 #2

LetMyPeopleVote

(179,869 posts)
1. I watched part of the cross and re-direct
Mon Sep 11, 2023, 06:47 PM
Sep 2023

I was not impressed with Gableman

JudyM

(29,785 posts)
2. Locking
Mon Sep 11, 2023, 10:01 PM
Sep 2023

No media. Can repost in General Discussion.

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