GOP’s election inquiry: Courts, conspiracies and more costs

By MARC LEVY
Associated Press

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Republican inquiry into Pennsylvania’s 2020 presidential election spurred on by former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims of election fraud has spawned several court cases as it expands, grows in cost and shows signs it will drag well into 2022. The state Supreme Court has, for now, held up the downloading of digital data from voting machines in a heavily Republican county. A lower court last month rejected Democrats’ efforts to block a subpoena for information from state election officials. But the court didn’t greenlight the release of some information protected by privacy laws.