Wisconsin
Wisconsin Assembly speaker: Trump called me last week to decertify vote
Former President Donald Trump has not given up on attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election, in accordance Wisconsin’s Meeting speaker.
What You Want To Know
- Wisconsin Meeting Speaker Robin Vos informed WISN-TV in Milwaukee on Tuesday that Trump known as him final week asking him once more to decertify Joe Biden’s victory within the state
- Trump, Vos stated, was spurred to name him by the state Supreme Court docket’s ruling earlier this month that absentee poll drop packing containers can solely be positioned in election places of work
- Vos stated he informed Trump decertifying vote shouldn’t be allowed by the state structure and added that the Supreme Court docket ruling didn’t apply to the 2020 election
- Trump’s efforts to strain state officers into overturning the election outcomes is without doubt one of the matters on which the Home Jan. 6 committee has centered
Republican Speaker Robin Vos informed Milwaukee ABC affiliate WISN-TV on Tuesday that Trump known as him final week asking him once more to decertify Joe Biden’s victory within the state.
Trump, Vos stated, was spurred to name him by the state Supreme Court docket’s ruling earlier this month that absentee poll drop packing containers can solely be positioned in election places of work.
After Trump misplaced the state, he and Republicans alleged that drop packing containers facilitated dishonest, despite the fact that they provided no proof.
Biden defeated Trump by fewer than 21,000 votes. His victory has survived two recounts, a number of lawsuits, a nonpartisan audit and a overview by a conservative legislation agency.
“It’s very constant,” Vos stated of Trump’s name. “He makes his case, which I respect. He would love us to do one thing completely different in Wisconsin. I defined it is not allowed below the structure. He has a unique opinion.
“The court docket case, as you learn it, doesn’t return and say what occurred in 2020 was unlawful,” Vos stated. “It simply says going ahead it will possibly’t occur.”
After Vos’ refusal, Trump attacked the Meeting speaker in a submit on his Fact Social platform.
“Appears like Speaker Robin Vos, a very long time skilled RINO all the time seeking to guard his flank, can be doing nothing in regards to the superb Wisconsin Supreme Court docket choice stating loud and clear that the unattainable to manage Poll ‘Unlock’ Packing containers within the State are ILLEGAL,” Trump wrote. “What a waste of an excellent and brave choice by Wisconsin’s Highest Court docket. The Democrats want to sincerely thank Robin, and all of his fellow RINOs, for letting them get away with ‘homicide.’ A Rigged & Stolen Election!”
RINO is a favourite Trump time period that stands for “Republican in identify solely.”
Trump went after Vos once more Tuesday, posting that he believes Vos’ major opponent subsequent month, Adam Steen, “will do properly if Speaker Vos doesn’t transfer with gusto.” The previous president has not formally endorsed a candidate within the race.
Trump’s efforts to strain state officers into overturning the election outcomes is without doubt one of the matters on which the Home committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol rebel and the occasions that led as much as it has centered. In a June 21 listening to, Arizona Home Speaker Rusty Bowers and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, each Republicans, testified Trump and his allies pushed them to declare Trump the winner regardless of him shedding the vote rely and there being no proof of fraud.
“And after they would not embrace the massive lie and substitute the need of the voters with Donald Trump’s will to stay in energy, Donald Trump labored to make sure they’d face the implications, threats to individuals’s livelihood and lives, threats of violence that Donald Trump knew about and amplified,” committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., stated in the course of the listening to.
In Georgia, Fulton County District Legal professional Fani Willis is investigating Trump’s makes an attempt to overturn the election, and the Jan. 6 committee has stated it has sufficient proof to recommend Trump engaged in a legal conspiracy to defraud america and obstructed an official continuing, the joint session of Congress the place the Electoral School votes are licensed.
In June 2021, a day after Trump threatened to help a major opponent towards him, Vos employed former Wisconsin Supreme Court docket Justice Michael Gableman to analyze the previous president’s loss to Biden in Wisconsin.
Gableman has issued two interim reviews, however his work has confronted a barrage of bipartisan criticism. The probe has not discovered proof the election was incorrectly known as for Biden, though in March Gableman stated the state Legislature ought to “take a really exhausting have a look at the choice of decertification of the 2020” presidential election. Nonpartisan attorneys say such a transfer could be unlawful.
Even when Trump had gained Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes, he wouldn’t have gained the presidency.
Neither Trump nor the Jan. 6 committee responded Wednesday to Spectrum Information’ requests for remark.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
Wisconsin
Missing Wisconsin kayaker might have faked death, fled country: Authorities
MADISON, Wisc. (FOX 9) – When Ryan Borgwardt didn’t return home from a fishing trip on Green Lake in southeastern Wisconsin in early August, local authorities believed he had drowned.
But now they believe he is alive and well, instead of at the bottom of the lake.
“This one tops my 18-and-a-half-years of being sheriff. It didn’t turn out the way we thought it was going to turn out. It turned out completely different,” Green Lake County Sheriff Mark Podell told FOX 9.
After Borgwardt disappeared, sheriff’s deputies found his van and trailer in a nearby park and then his capsized kayak in the lake, as well as his fishing pole and tackle box with his wallet, keys and ID inside.
But after scouring that section of the lake that is over 200-feet deep in some parts dozens of times over 54 days, investigators decided to look in a different direction.
“The pieces started adding up more and more that he is definitely not in our lake,” said Podell.
Investigators discovered Borgwardt had recently transferred money to a foreign bank account, replaced the hard drive on his computer and communicated with a woman in Uzbekistan.
He had also gotten a new passport, which was checked by Canadian authorities the day after he was reported missing, and had taken out a $375,000 life insurance policy earlier in the year, leading investigators to believe Borgwardt faked his death and fled the country.
“You don’t see this happening every day. It’s not normal to all of a sudden just leave your family,” said Podell.
Investigators believe Borgwardt is in Eastern Europe, but they aren’t sure where.
They say they won’t stop looking for him until they find him.
“We’re going to continue to follow through on this case until we can’t turn over any more leads,” said Podell.
Podell says he wants restitution for the resources they spent looking for Borgwardt.
He is also looking at whether Borgwardt broke any laws, but so far he hasn’t been charged with any.
Wisconsin
Sandhill crane committee poised to discuss findings, potential legislation in Wisconsin
The Legislative Study Committee on Sandhill Cranes will meet Wednesday in Madison to begin discussing potential bills to address crane-caused crop damage in Wisconsin.
But first it will likely talk about a pair of documents titled “SHC Findings of Fact” and “SHC Conclusions.” The items were emailed Nov. 1 to committee members by legislative council staff on behalf of committee chairman Rep. Paul Tittl (R-Manitowoc).
The email said the documents were “prepared by Rep. Tittl” but didn’t mention the author for both was Bruce Ross, executive director of the Wisconsin Waterfowl Association. Ross is not on the committee but testified before it and is a strong advocate for a crane hunting season in the state. The species is currently protected by state law.
The lack of transparency about the origin of the documents heightened tensions between those perceived to be working mostly to secure a committee vote in favor of a crane hunting season and those working to provide relief to farmers, according to several committee members.
“These documents were developed by someone who is not a scientist or a lawyer and who has a clear bias,” said committee member Meleesa Johnson, executive director of Wisconsin’s Green Fire. “I think it’s not a good look for the committee. I would hope we could do better.”
Tittl also has a record of supporting crane hunting in Wisconsin. He authored a 2021 bill to open a crane hunt in the state; it failed to get approved by the Legislature.
Tittl said Ross submitted the documents “unsolicited” and “aimed at helping the committee arrive at some agreed upon facts.”
“As I reviewed the documents I thought the approach would be a helpful first step for the committee to find areas of agreement, develop possible solutions and gain consensus on an appropriate path forward,” Tittl said in a statement. He did not say why he didn’t make it clear to committee members or legislative council staff that Ross had authored the documents.
Tittl said he has allocated a significant amount of time at Wednesday’s meeting to review the documents and suggest changes.
Ross said he submitted the documents as a “strawman” of items intended for discussion by the committee.
“It was my hope the committee will understand the logic, modify or create documents as they see fit, decide what they collectively can agree on, and make their final conclusions a part of the committee’s record,” Ross said.
The committee has become a stage for debate over sandhill crane management in Wisconsin, especially for providing relief to farmers for crane-caused crop damage and a potential crane hunting season.
The committee was formed in late spring and met Aug. 1, Sept. 4 and Oct. 1. Its goal is to “examine population trends and determine whether any changes to state law would effectively address the incidence and consequences of crop damage caused by sandhill cranes in this state,” according to the committee description.
Sandhill cranes were once threatened in Wisconsin but have recovered over the last century. Sandhills in Wisconsin are part of the Eastern Population which was estimated at 110,000 in 2023, according to a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources report.
Three states in the Mississippi Flyway offer crane hunting seasons. Two previous attempts to allow sandhill hunting in Wisconsin (2011 and 2021) failed to garner support in the Legislature.
The agendas of the first three committee meetings were heavily weighted with presentations related to crane hunting.
However in the first meeting, Kent Van Horn, a retired Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources waterfowl ecologist who helped write the 2010 sandhill crane management plan for Mississippi and Atlantic Flyway Council, said while the sandhill population in Wisconsin is large enough to support a limited hunting season, such a hunt would be designed to have a small, if any, impact on the crane population.
“It’s structured to be sustainable, so you’re not going to lower the population in Wisconsin by adding a hunting season,” Van Horn said to the committee.
No scientific study has shown hunting has reduced crane-caused crop damage in any of the hunted populations in North America.
The crane study committee includes four legislators and eight public members. In addition to Tittl, the legislators are Sen. Romaine Quinn (R-Cameron), Sen. Mark Spreitzer (D-Beloit) and Rep. Dave Considine (D-Baraboo).
Public members include representatives of agricultural and conservation organizations, including the Wisconsin Corn Growers Association, Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association, Delta Waterfowl, International Crane Foundation, Wisconsin’s Green Fire and Wisconsin Waterfowl Association.
The restored population of sandhills in Wisconsin provides enjoyment for wildlife watchers and others but also causes an estimated $1.9 million in crop damage annually in the state, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Most of the crop damage occurs in spring when cranes eat newly-planted corn. Other losses occur later in the year to crops including peas and potatoes.
Those seeking solutions for farmers are frustrated with the amount of time the committee has spent discussing hunting.
“Advocates for a (sandhill crane) hunting season have long promoted it as the solution to crop damage, but we know a hunting season is not going to help farmers,” said Rich Bielfuss, president and CEO of the International Crane Foundation, in a statement. “The science presented in this legislative committee has made clear that hunting will not provide meaningful assistance to farmers, not by way of population management, nor financially.”
If hunting for cranes were approved, it would allow farmers to file for compensation through the state’s wildlife damage abatement fund.
In 2021 the DNR estimated that as many as 200 sandhill damage claims, with an appraised value of $1.6 million, could be filed annually in Wisconsin, more than all other wildlife damage claims made to the program. Annual revenue to the fund from hunting would likely be less than $50,000. Thus the added burden from sandhill damage claims could soon make the fund insolvent, pointing to the need for other means to provide lasting relief to the state’s agricultural producers.
“We all need to roll up our sleeves and work together to find real solutions for Wisconsin farmers,” Bielfuss said.
Wednesday’s meeting of the Legislative Study Committee on Sandhill Cranes begins at 10 a.m. in Room 412 East at the Capitol.
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