President Trump has filed his own lawsuit challenging the results of the election he lost in Wisconsin. Unlike other cases, this one is brought in his name.
Trump wants a federal district court to "uphold the exclusive authority of the Wisconsin Legislature," rule that various state laws were violated thereby also violating the U.S. Constitution and "remand this matter to the Wisconsin Legislature." Don't see that often.
This suit is going to run into the same laches problem that has befallen others. Trump is complaining about Wisconsin's expansion of absentee voting, which he says is unlawful. But that happened in March and he waited until after the election and people voted that way to sue.
Trump's suit doesn't allege fraud. It says Wisconsin officials usurped legislative power by expanding mail-in voting, "a recipe for chaos." But it doesn't allege that any of the chaos actually happened. It's a far cry from what Trump and his lawyers are saying publicly.
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Meanwhile in Wisconsin, the state Supreme Court won't allow a conservative group to file a new challenge to the results of the election Trump lost there.
There's a concurrence from Justice Hagedorn, a frequent swing vote, expressing dismay at overturning an election. "We are invited to invalidate the entire presidential election in Wisconsin by declaring it “null”—yes, the whole thing."
Hagedorn's concurrence probably doesn't bode well for President Trump's own state lawsuit in Wisconsin that also seeks to invalidate the results of the presidential election he lost.
A Nevada state court just shot down Trump's effort to overturn the election he lost there. The plaintiffs "failed to meet their burden to provide credible and relevant evidence to substantiate any" of their claims.
The judge said a lot of the Trump electors' evidence was inadmissible because it was hearsay and was submitted in the form of written declarations. But the judge considers it anyway and Trump still loses.
Trump's lawyer to a federal judge just now: "It's been a long time since my civil procedure class."
The judge asks why, if Trump's lawyers say only the legislature can redress violations of the Electors Clause, are we here at all? Why didn't you just ask them?
Judge: "I have a very, very hard time seeing how this is justiciable in the federal court."
Judge Ludwig: Trump's request to have the case remanded to the state legislature is "a little bizarre."
A new report to the FEC shows President Trump's campaign has dumped about $8.8 million into its flailing efforts to overturn the results of the November election he lost. That includes about $2.3 million for legal services.
That's obviously a lot less than the $207 million Trump raised after the election, as he launched a blizzard of messages to his supporters seeking their help to overturn its outcome.
The details are interesting:
Trump's campaign paid $30k to Jenna Ellis. There's no record of money going to Giuliani, who reportedly wanted to be paid quite a lot.