State Judge throws out Trump’s lawsuit in Michigan

A state judge has thrown out Trump’s lawsuit in Michigan asking for meaningful access to the vote counting:

THE HILL – A state judge on Thursday dismissed the Trump campaign’s lawsuit seeking to halt the counting of absentee ballots in Michigan.

Court of Claims Judge Cynthia Stephens said during a hearing she would be rejecting the campaign’s lawsuit, filed the previous day, that alleged Republican officials had been denied access to video of ballot drop boxes.

Stephens said she aims to issue a written decision on Friday afternoon.

The judge said the lawsuit, filed against Michigan’s secretary of state, was insufficient in part because that office is not involved with the local counting process at the heart of the Trump campaign’s complaint.

She also said there would be little recourse available for the campaign at this stage because the vote-counting process was nearly complete.

The Trump campaign wasn’t simply asking for meaningful access to see what’s being counted now, but also what has been counted. But this judge doesn’t seem to think it’s all that important. In fact she’s going to wait another whole day before she even pens her decision.

I should note that, according to Wikipedia, Stephens is the same judge who “issued an opinion upholding Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s executive orders during the COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan.”


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