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Nov 17, 2020 4 tweets 1 min read
Judge Matthew Brann asks the Trump team: “At bottom, you’re asking this court to invalidate more than 6.8m votes, thereby disenfranchising every single voter in the commonwealth. Can you tell me how this result can possibly be justified?” Judge Brann to Giuliani, who based his remarks on allegations that GOP observers couldn't watch the count even though counts on this issue were removed from Trump's lawsuit: “The poll watching claims were deleted; they're now not before the court. So why should I consider them?”
Jul 14, 2020 5 tweets 3 min read
Thread on one case from our @washingtonpost video investigation wapo.st/protests-polic…

1/ This is 21-year-old Balin Brake of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Brake lost his right eye when he was shot in the face with a police gas canister at a protest in downtown Fort Wayne on May 30. 2/ Fort Wayne Police Department quickly blamed Brake for his own injury. It alleged that he was hit while bending down to grab a gas canister to throw it back at officers. It said a canister “skipped” before hitting him.