A judge in Cleveland on Friday issued a temporary restraining order against Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign and a GOP political operative, preventing them from harassing or intimidating Ohio voters.
U.S. District Judge James Gwin ruled in a lawsuit filed by the Ohio Democratic Party that anyone who engages in intimidation or harassment inside or near Ohio polling places would face contempt-of-court charges. Gwin dismissed the Ohio Republican Party as a defendant in the case.
The lawsuit claimed that the Ohio GOP, the Trump campaign, operative Roger Stone and his political action committee, Stop the Steal, were conspiring to suppress minorities in urban areas from casting ballots on Tuesday.
The legal challenge is one of several across the country filed by Democrats claiming Republicans and the Trump campaign are pushing supporters to intimidate and confront voters on election day.
Republicans on Thursday fought back against charges of wrongdoing before judges in Nevada and Arizona. Arguments are to be heard in Pennsylvania on Monday.
An attorney representing Democrats told a judge in Newark, N.J., on Friday that Trump has “repeatedly encouraged his supporters to engage in vigilante efforts” in the guise of ferreting out potential voter fraud. The attorney said that the Republican National Committee is participating in such efforts.
An attorney for Republicans told the judge that party volunteers are engaging in normal poll-watching, and that Democrats haven’t found one instance in which someone was intimidated or prevented from voting.
or atleast here in miami. the cubans are still riding with trump here heavy. Especially the ones 40 and over.
