Attorney John Birke challenges electoral college votes

Published November 21, 2016 9:25 AM PST

Millions of people have signed petitions to encourage members of the Electoral College to cast their votes for Hillary Clinton when they meet on December 19th.

A civil attorney from L.A. went beyond that. He filed a federal complaint.

John Birke is seeking an judicial order to prevent electoral members from violating his 5th amendment rights. He wants his vote for Clinton counted as equal to a vote for Donald Trump.

The man who filed the lawsuit was here with us - civil attorney, John Birke.

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