"it is clear that the only beneficiaries of jill stein<u+2019>s recount are hillary clinton and wisconsin democrats," the complaint reads. | ap photo by daniel strauss 11/30/16 02:12 pm est the wisconsin republican party filed a federal elections committee complaint alleging that green party presidential candidate jill stein is pushing a recount in the state only to help former secretary of state hillary clinton. "it is clear that the only beneficiaries of jill stein<u+2019>s recount are hillary clinton and wisconsin democrats. by raising and spending at least $3.5 million on this recount, it has allowed hillary clinton<u+2019>s campaign to oversee the recount, join relevant lawsuits and become the sole benefactor of this effort while bearing none of the cost or public scrutiny," the wisconsin republican party said in a statement wednesday. "this obvious coordination is in clear violation of federal law governing coordinated expenditures and is a blatant attempt to undermine the transparency of our election process. the republican party of wisconsin filed a complaint with the fec." story continued below the fec complaint argues that despite stein's claims that her efforts to trigger a recount in the state are only to establish that the election results weren't tainted by tampering or fraud, stein is really hoping to flip the election for hillary clinton. <u+201c>after being soundly rejected by the voters both in wisconsin and around the united states, clinton stands as the only actor that would benefit from a recount taking place in wisconsin or elsewhere,<u+201d> the complaint reads . the complaint comes a day after stein paid the $3.5 million fee and filed for a recount in wisconsin, one of three states her campaign is currently pushing for a recount in. the other states, pennsylvania and michigan, are also ones democrats expected clinton to handily defeat president-elect donald trump in. trump won all three. a stein spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment. by thomas wright by bill scher by joshua zeitz by jack shafer
wisconsin gop alleges jill stein coordinating with hillary clinton in recount - politico
daniel strauss jack shafer