A Trump-appointed federal judge in Georgia slapped down a lawsuit filed by the Republican National Committee on Tuesday, and gave the lawyers responsible a brutal dressing down while he did it.
Judge R. Stan Baker, who was nominated to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia by former President Donald Trump, tossed out a challenge filed by the RNC seeking to disqualify absentee ballots that were accepted in person by seven Democratic-leaning Georgia counties over the weekend it what they alleged was a violation of Georgia law.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger clarified several days ago that “under state law, election officials can receive absentee ballots in person at [government] facilities if the county chooses.”
In a scathing verbal reprimand documented by Lawfare, Baker told the attorneys that filed the lawsuit…
