Questions Remain About GOP’s Election ‘Investigation’

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Many questions remain unanswered as to what Republicans in Pennsylvania’s Senate can accomplish from what they call a “forensic investigation” into last year’s presidential election now that they have hired a contractor that has not pointed to any experience in elections. Senate Republicans hired the Iowa-based Envoy Sage onto a $270,000 contract to help carry out the undertaking. In a brief conference call with reporters Tuesday, Steve Lahr, Envoy Sage’s president, said the company could hire people or subcontractors with expertise, if necessary. Republican-controlled committees in both the House and Senate have already held hearings throughout last spring and produced reports, as well as legislation that Democrats opposed.