Wisconsin Supreme Court to Hear Trump Recount Appeal on Saturday

The Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal by the campaign of President Donald Trump over a challenge to the result of the presidential election recount in Milwaukee and Dane counties. With the Dec. 14 deadline for the Electoral College vote looming, the conservative-majority court set a hearing for noon on Saturday. The court agreed to take the case hours after a circuit court judge sided with the defendants and affirmed the results of the election in the state. The Trump campaign challenged roughly 220,000 ballots recounted in Milwaukee and Dane counties last month. The ballots fall into four different groups, including absentee ballots cast by voters who did not fill out a ballot request application, and ballot envelopes that had missing witness address information filled by election clerks. Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge Stephen Simanek adopted all of the arguments proposed by the defendants, explaining that in deciding so he …