Majority Leader of Wisconsin Senate Rejects Calls to Rescind Appointment to the State Elections Commission

Wednesday, December 13th, 2023 -- 1:01 PM

(AP) The majority leader of the Wisconsin Senate on Monday rejected Democrats' calls to rescind his appointment to the state elections commission, who was one of the Republicans who served as fake electors for former President Donald Trump in 2020.

Republican Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu said in a statement that his appointee Bob Spindell and the other fake electors had invoked a “failed legal strategy” and “not a sinister plot to overturn an election.”

For that reason, LeMahieu said he will not rescind his appointment of Spindell to the nonpartisan elections commission. Spindell was one of 10 Republicans who signed certificates in 2020 falsely stating that Trump had won Wisconsin. President Joe Biden won the battleground state.

Spindell and other nine fake electors conceded in a legal settlement last week that Biden had won the state and agreed to not serve as electors in next year's election or in any in which Trump is running.

They also agreed that their actions were “part of an attempt to improperly overturn the 2020 presidential election results.” But they also avoided paying any damages and didn't accept any liability or admit any wrongdoing for their actions.

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