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Capitol Notes: Trump Lawsuit Challenging Wisconsin Election Results Expected In Next 48 Hours

Becca Schimmel
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WUWM
Wisconsin election workers verify ballots, as an observer watches the recount at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee.

Milwaukee and Dane counties have finished their presidential recounts. It turns out President-elect Joe Biden netted 87 additional votes between the two counties. Unofficial results show Biden maintains a roughly 20,000 vote lead in Wisconsin.

Meanwhile, President Donald Trump says he’ll file a lawsuit by Tuesday disputing the validity of about 240,000 ballots. He claims early in-person absentee voting was conducted illegally, among other arguments. Trump wants to overturn the election results by getting those ballots thrown out.

In this week’s Capitol Notes conversation, WUWM’s Marti Mikkelson asked JR Ross of wispolitics.com what happens next.

Marti was a reporter with WUWM from 1999 to 2021.