Sen. Ron Johnson acknowledges Biden victory, leads election fraud investigation

Sen. Ron Johnson acknowledged Joe Biden’s electoral victory Tuesday, while still forging ahead with a Wednesday hearing to examine “irregularities” with the 2020 election.“It’s kind of the first in what might be a series of hearings into our next Congress,” Johnson said during an appearance on Fox Business. “Regardless of the outcome of this election – and the Electoral College has spoken – I think the result is pretty inevitable.” Wednesday’s hearing is scheduled before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which Johnson chairs. It is expected to take testimony from a number of individuals including Kenneth Starr and Jim Troupis, a Wisconsin attorney who has represented President Donald Trump in numerous lawsuits in their now failed attempt to throw out more than 220,000 absentee ballots. “We have all kinds of examples of fraud, and we know a large percentage of the American public just simply don’t think this was a legitimate election,” Johnson said on Fox Business. “That’s an unsustainable state of affairs for our country.” Democrats on the committee plan to call Christopher Krebs, the former cybersecurity official fired by President Trump after refuting his claims of voter fraud.In an interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Johnson said he’ll welcome the appearance, adding broadly he has no current plans to challenge the election results when Congress ratifies the Electoral College vote on Jan 6.

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