One of Wisconsin's top Republican lawmakers said Wednesday he is hiring retired police officers to investigate the presidential election won by President Joe Biden in the battleground state.
Getty Images Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (left) has hired three retired police officers to investigate ballots from the 2020 presidential election.
One of Wisconsin s top Republican lawmakers said Wednesday he is hiring retired police officers to investigate the presidential election won by President Joe Biden in the battleground state.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is joining Republicans across the country in their continued push for repeated examinations of ballots. Assembly Republicans passed a resolution in March authorizing an investigation, and they ve also ordered the state s nonpartisan audit bureau to look into the election.
Biden defeated Trump by about 20,600 votes in Wisconsin.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel first reported Wednesday on Vos hiring the retired police to do the investigation. Vos, in an interview with The Associated Press, said his intent was to get to the bottom of complaints Republicans have received.
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