Judge: No evidence of voter intimidation from workers

Published 9:33 am Friday, November 4, 2016

PHOENIX — A federal judge in Las Vegas said he hasn’t seen evidence that Donald Trump’s campaign is training people to intimidate voters in Nevada.

U.S. District Judge Richard Boulware said Thursday that he doesn’t expect to issue a restraining order that Democrats sought ahead of Tuesday’s election.

But Boulware said he won’t issue a final ruling until a hearing this afternoon about whether another defendant, Roger Stone Jr., and his group called “Stop the Steal” are encouraging what Democrats call “vigilante voter intimidation.”

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Similar claims have been made in lawsuits filed in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Arizona.

At a four-hour proceeding in Phoenix on Thursday, Stone’s attorney said Democrats have not produced evidence that his client or “Stop the Steal” is intimidating voters.