INTERVIEW – HANS VON SPAKOVSKY (HAHNZ VON SPAH-KOV-SKEE)

– A former counsel to the assistant attorney general for civil rights in the Justice Department

– former commissioner for the Federal Election Commission from 2006 to 2007

– senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation

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TOPICS:

>> Jill Stein raises $6 million for recounts in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. (Christian Science Monitor) — Former Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein has raised almost $6 million to petition the states of Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan to recount votes in order to determine if hacking skewed the election away from the expected victor, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. In all three states, President-elect Donald Trump won an upset victory with a tiny margin. If the trio had gone blue, as was expected, Mrs. Clinton would have earned enough electoral votes to secure the election. Proponents of the recount have compared it to instant replay in a sporting event, but critics say it undermines confidence in the electoral process. While Clinton supporters are holding on to their last hope to see her in the White House, the Obama administration has announced that the election was not hacked, by Russians or anyone else.