Tag: Wisconsin

Pharmacist Who Tried to Destroy COVID Vaccines Believed They Could Change People’s DNA: Officials

A Wisconsin hospital pharmacist told police that he intentionally attempted to destroy hundreds of COVID-19 vaccine doses because he thought the shots would alter or mutate people’s DNA, said court documents. Advocate Aurora Health pharmacist Steven Brandenburg was arrested last week after about 60 vials of the Moderna CCP virus vaccine were removed from refrigeration,…


Jan. 6 Electoral College Challenge Will Protect Democratic Process: Sen. Ron Johnson

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) elaborated on an electoral vote challenge on Jan. 6 that he and about a dozen other senators, as well as House representatives, will launch. Several days ago, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said he would object to electoral votes unless an emergency audit in light of allegations of election fraud is carried…


Electoral College Challenge Will Protect Democratic Process: Sen. Johnson

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said an electoral vote challenge on Jan. 6 to the results from certain states planned by about a dozen other Republican senators, as well as a number of GOP House members, is a way to restore confidence in the process. Several days ago, a group of 11 senators led by Sen. Ted…


Hospital Worker Arrested After Tampering With COVID-19 Vaccine Doses

A hospital worker who was fired after admitting to intentionally causing the spoilage of some 500 doses of COVID-19 vaccines was arrested on Thursday. Advocate Aurora Health said the employee removed vials of Moderna’s vaccine from a pharmacy refrigerator at Aurora Medical Center in Grafton, Wisconsin. That caused most of the doses to expire. The now-former…


Trump Files Suit Against Winconsin Elections Commission in US Supreme Court

President Donald Trump on Wednesday filed an election-related appeal in the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the high court to declare the Wisconsin election unconstitutional and order the legislature to appoint a different slate of electors who would cast their votes for Trump. Citing “multiple violations of law,” the lawsuit (pdf) asks the Supreme Court to…


Trump Files Suit Against Wisconsin Elections Commission in US Supreme Court

President Donald Trump on Wednesday filed an election-related appeal in the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the high court to declare the Wisconsin election unconstitutional and order the legislature to appoint a different slate of electors who would cast their votes for Trump. Citing “multiple violations of law,” the lawsuit (pdf) asks the Supreme Court to…


Hospital Employee ‘Intentionally’ Removed COVID-19 Vaccine From Refrigeration, Causing Spoilage

A hospital worker in Wisconsin said they removed COVID-19 vaccine vials from refrigeration on purpose, causing spoilage of more than 500 doses. Advocate Aurora Health, which runs hospitals in Wisconsin and Illinois, learned earlier this week that 57 vials of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine were removed from a pharmacy refrigerator at Aurora Medical Center in Grafton….


Trump Campaign Asks Supreme Court to Set Aside Wisconsin’s Election

The Trump campaign announced Tuesday that it was asking the Supreme Court to set aside Wisconsin’s presidential election, and to allow the Republican-controlled legislature to choose how to cast its 10 electoral votes. The campaign asks in its filing (pdf) that the Supreme Court declare the state election “failed.” It also asks justices to allow…


Wisconsin Lawmakers Join Lawsuit to Block Certification of Presidential Electors

Two Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin have joined a federal lawsuit that seeks to block the counting of Electoral College votes from several contested states when Congress meets in a joint session on Jan. 6. Wisconsin state Reps. Jeff Mursau and David Steffen signed onto a suit filed on Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the District…


Federal Appeals Court Tosses Trump’s Election Lawsuit in Wisconsin

A federal appeals court on Thursday dismissed President Donald Trump’s lawsuit in Wisconsin that sought to declare that election officials had acted unconstitutionally during the 2020 presidential election. A three-judge panel in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled to uphold a lower court decision rejecting the president’s case that argues that the 2020 election in…