The firm of former Clinton campaign general counsel Marc Elias has lost another election case in a spectacular fashion.
The Chief Judge of the Western District of Wisconsin, James Peterson, did not just reject but ridiculed the Elias Law Group challenge to a witness requirement for absentee voting.
Elias has been previously sanctioned in court and accused of lying in the Steele dossier scandal by journalists and others.
U.S. District Judge James Peterson ruled against the lawsuit brought by the Elias Law Group, arguing that the witness requirement violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and Civil Rights Act of 1964.
New York Times reporter Ken Vogel said at the time that Elias denied involvement in the anti-Trump dossier.
John Podesta, Clinton's campaign chairman, was questioned by Congress and denied categorically any contractual agreement with Fusion GPS. Sitting beside him was Elias, who reportedly said nothing to correct the misleading information given to Congress.
The court found that the map pushed by Elias "Subverts the will of those governed." Elias has been accused of making millions from gerrymandering and challenging election victories by Republicans.
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