Trump supporters sue to stop Wisconsin, Michigan recounts

Supporters of President-elect Donald Trump filed a federal lawsuit trying to halt Wisconsin’s presidential recount, while Michigan’s attorney general sued to stop a recount from happening in his state. The Great America PAC, the Stop Hillary PAC, and a Wisconsin voter, Ronald R. Johnson, filed the Wisconsin lawsuit and motion for a temporary restraining order late Thursday in U.S. District Court in Madison. The legal filings contend the recount doesn’t satisfy equal protection requirements under the Constitution and might not be finished by the Dec. 13 federal deadline to certify the vote, putting Wisconsin’s electoral votes in jeopardy. Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette argued Green Party candidate Jill Stein, who requested the recount, was not “aggrieved” to the point at which a potential miscounting of votes could have cost her the election. She garnered 1 percent of the vote in Michigan.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.