'Alternate' Trump electors can face civil lawsuit in Wisconsin, judge rules
Posted on AllSides August 13th, 2023
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Ten so-called "alternate electors" for former President Donald Trump and two of the former president's attorneys are facing a civil lawsuit in Wisconsin after a judge rejected a motion to dismiss the case. Two Democratic electors and a voter filed the case seeking $2.4 million from the two attorneys and the alternate GOP electors, arguing that the defendants were part of a pro-Trump conspiracy to overturn his 2020 presidential loss and seeking to disqualify the Republicans from serving as electors again. Dane County Circuit Judge Frank Remington scheduled the case...