Michael Gableman, the former state Supreme Court justice who led the GOP review of the 2020 election, delivers a report during an informational hearing of the Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at the Capitol in Madison.
A long-awaited report from a former Supreme Court justice hired by Assembly Republicans to review the 2020 election sought to give legitimacy to a legally debunked idea the same lawmakers have been trying stomp out for months: decertifying Wisconsin’s electoral votes cast for President Joe Biden more than a year ago.
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