@realDonaldTrump Judge Stephen Simanek and his staff are in a courtroom and masked, all the attorneys are zooming in remotely
@realDonaldTrump Judge lays out expectations for the hearing today:
“It’s this court’s intention to wrap this thing up this morning.”
No time limits on the attorneys, but the judge says this:
“I expect people to be concise.”
@realDonaldTrump .@JoeBiden attorney John Devaney argues against Trump seeking to disqualify 221,000 ballots in Wisconsin:
“They’re asking you to throw out the votes of more than 220,000 Wisconsin citizens who voted in full compliance of the laws that were in effect at the time of the election."
@realDonaldTrump@JoeBiden Devaney says Trump campaign is asking the votes to be tossed despite no evidence of fraud, no evidence that anyone cast ballots illegally
Also notes that Trump only targets voters in the state's two most urban, nonwhite, Democratic counties of Milwaukee and Dane
Biden attorney says Trump lawsuit challenging election was filed too late and all the votes cast were done in accordance with the law:
“The people of Wisconsin have spoken, your honor.”
Judge Simanek is now ruling:
“The bottom line here is that the court should do everything to ensure that the will of the voters prevail. It was a hotly contested election in Wisconsin and the rest of the nation.”
Judge rules against Trump in Wisconsin recount lawsuit, appeal to Wisconsin Supreme Court expected immediately
Fast appeal to Wisconsin Supreme Court, which previously refused to hear the case before it went through this stage, is expected
Based on previous rulings, it does not appear that Trump has majority support on the court for tossing 221,000 votes as he is seeking
Here's the full rundown on what happened, for people who prefer to read actual stories.
For those who only read tweets, here's the lowdown:
Trump lost, the judge said election law was followed, rejected all Trump's claims. Trump is going to appeal
With time running out, and in the wake of a stinging defeat before the U.S. Supreme Court, @realDonaldTrump makes his case before the Wisconsin Supreme Court at 12 noon today
.@realDonaldTrump has asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to take his appeal over judge's ruling today against his lawsuit seeking seeking to overturn Wisconsin's election results
The court previously refused to take the case before it was first heard in circuit court
@realDonaldTrump Trump also filed an appeal in state appeals court
So the Supreme Court could deny his request or, in light of Monday's Electoral College vote, decide to take the case away from the lower appeals court and decide quickly
The court has yet to respond to Trump's request
@realDonaldTrump Trump asks for final resolution of the case not before Monday, when the Electoral College votes, but before Jan. 6, the date that Congress meets to accept the electoral votes cast by the states
Republican chair of committee holding an investigatory hearing into the presidential election releases list of witnesses who will testify tomorrow, led by conservative talk show host @DanODonnellShow and someone named Scott McDonald
@DanODonnellShow@samcdonell Others testifying include former conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman, Republican @WI_Elections commissioners Dean Knudson and Bob Spindell and "Concerned Wisconsin Residents"
Worth noting that the state's top elections official, Meagan Wolfe, is not on the invite list, nor is any other staff at the GOP-created @WI_Elections which administers elections
The board is bipartisan, but only 2 GOP members are on the invite list
@AP Federal court hearing, which the judge said yesterday he wanted to start promptly at 9 a.m., is delayed 15 minutes already after @realDonaldTrump attorneys can't connect to Zoom link
Federal court judge in @realDonaldTrump lawsuit in Wisconsin says he hopes hearing starting at 9 a.m. tomorrow will be over in the morning
That's important because a state court judge has a 1:30 p.m. hearing in Trump's other case that would be delayed if federal court isn't done
@realDonaldTrump The judge declines request from @GovEvers attorney to first rule on whether he has jurisdiction to hear the case before proceeding with the hearing
The same issue is at play in another federal lawsuit brought by allies of Trump in Wisconsin that is pending
@realDonaldTrump@GovEvers Judge Brett Ludwig tells @realDonaldTrump and defense attorneys that he wants to rule quickly following tomorrow's hearing on Trump lawsuit seeking to overturn election results: