Assembly has spent $160K on election investigation lawsuits
2 years, 8 months ago

Assembly has spent $160K on election investigation lawsuits

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The state Assembly has spent more than $160,000 in taxpayer dollars to fight lawsuits stemming from a Republican-ordered investigation of the 2020 election. The Wisconsin State Journal reported Friday that it had obtained invoices through an open records request that detail payments to attorneys representing the Assembly and Speaker Robin Vos in lawsuits related to former state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman’s review. Libera government watchdog group American Oversight has filed three separate lawsuits seeking public records related to the probe. Dane County Circuit Judge Valerie Bailey-Rihn this week found Vos and the Assembly in contempt for failing to produce records for American Oversight.

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Wisconsin GOP leader Vos fires 2020 election investigator
2 years, 4 months ago

Wisconsin GOP leader Vos fires 2020 election investigator

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s Republican Assembly leader on Friday ended a 14-month, taxpayer-funded inquiry into the 2020 election by firing his hand-picked investigator. Gableman, who has repeated Trump’s lie that the 2020 presidential election was “stolen,” has said that Vos “never wanted a real investigation.” He and his attorney, James Bopp, did not immediately respond to emails seeking comment. It …

Judge awards $163,000 in fees in GOP election probe
2 years, 4 months ago

Judge awards $163,000 in fees in GOP election probe

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A judge Monday awarded about $163,000 in fees to attorneys for the liberal watchdog group American Oversight in an open records lawsuit it brought against the investigator hired by Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos to investigate the 2020 election. Dane County Circuit Judge Frank Remington’s order was the second against Vos and the investigator he hired, former …

Judge: Wisconsin probe found ‘absolutely no’ election fraud
2 years, 4 months ago

Judge: Wisconsin probe found ‘absolutely no’ election fraud

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin judge said Thursday that a Republican-ordered, taxpayer-funded investigation into the 2020 election found “absolutely no evidence of election fraud,” but did reveal contempt for the state’s open records law by Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and a former state Supreme Court justice he hired. “I don’t think it does anyone any good to have punitive damages …

Wisconsin election investigation paused amid legal fights
2 years, 7 months ago

Wisconsin election investigation paused amid legal fights

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — An investigation into the 2020 election in battleground Wisconsin will be paused while five lawsuits play out, and the former state Supreme Court justice leading it will be paid half as much going forward, the Assembly speaker said Wednesday. However, the investigation could be revived if courts rule that elections officials and others must comply with the …

Wisconsin’s GOP-ordered election investigation will continue
2 years, 7 months ago

Wisconsin’s GOP-ordered election investigation will continue

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The Republican-ordered investigation into the 2020 election in Wisconsin that was supposed to wrap up this week will continue just as Donald Trump urged, but with no more taxpayer money to pay for it, the state’s top Republican said Tuesday. Vos hired former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman at $11,000 a month and launched the probe …

Wisconsin GOP-ordered election probe extended through April
2 years, 9 months ago

Wisconsin GOP-ordered election probe extended through April

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s Republican Assembly speaker signed a new contract Tuesday with Michael Gableman, the former state Supreme Court justice he hired to investigate the 2020 election, extending his review through the end of April. “We’re just trying to complete the investigation on many of the issues that were raised in the report.” Former President Donald Trump issued a …

Judge rules against Vos, Gableman in open records lawsuit
2 years, 9 months ago

Judge rules against Vos, Gableman in open records lawsuit

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin judge on Wednesday ruled that Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and former state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman denied or delayed access to requested public records related to the investigation into the 2020 presidential election. “This is the sort of ‘unconsidered and irrational’ conduct deserving of punitive damages.” Remington said in his ruling Wednesday that …

Supreme Court denies speaker’s attempt to block deposition
2 years, 11 months ago

Supreme Court denies speaker’s attempt to block deposition

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court has denied a request from Assembly Speaker Robin Vos to block a Dane County judge’s order directing him to sit for a deposition with attorneys for a liberal watchdog group seeking records related to the GOP-ordered investigation into the 2020 election. The depositions were ordered last week by Circuit Judge Valerie Bailey-Rihn, who …

Vos says more subpoenas, longer election probe possible
3 years, 1 month ago

Vos says more subpoenas, longer election probe possible

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The top Republican in the Wisconsin Assembly, who ordered an investigation into the 2020 presidential election, said Tuesday that more subpoenas may be needed and that the work could stretch into 2022. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos also said it was possible he would try to force the state’s top elections official to submit to an interview with …

Wisconsin election probe includes $325,000 for data analysis
3 years, 3 months ago

Wisconsin election probe includes $325,000 for data analysis

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Nearly half of the money being spent on a Republican-ordered investigation into Wisconsin’s 2020 presidential election is earmarked for data analysis related to voting machines, a contract released Wednesday spelling out how the $676,000 in taxpayer money will be spent shows. Vos has said that in addition to voting machines, he expects the probe to look closely …

Wisconsin GOP to spend 'at least' $680,000 in hunt for proof of Trump’s bogus election claims
3 years, 3 months ago

Wisconsin GOP to spend 'at least' $680,000 in hunt for proof of Trump’s bogus election claims

Raw Story  

On Wednesday dueling releases from the Republican and Democratic leaders of the state Assembly addressed the election audit that Speaker Robin Vos assured former President Donald Trump, who lost the 2020 election, he would perform while riding on Trump's plane to a rally on Saturday. The so-called audit is part of the project for which Vos hired former Wisconsin Supreme …

Wisconsin GOP to spend 'at least' $680,000 in hunt for proof of Trump’s bogus election claims
3 years, 3 months ago

Wisconsin GOP to spend 'at least' $680,000 in hunt for proof of Trump’s bogus election claims

Raw Story  

On Wednesday dueling releases from the Republican and Democratic leaders of the state Assembly addressed the election audit that Speaker Robin Vos assured former President Donald Trump, who lost the 2020 election, he would perform while riding on Trump's plane to a rally on Saturday. The so-called audit is part of the project for which Vos hired former Wisconsin Supreme …

Former Wisconsin GOP head: Election probe will cost $680,000
3 years, 3 months ago

Former Wisconsin GOP head: Election probe will cost $680,000

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A Republican-ordered investigation into Wisconsin’s 2020 election could cost taxpayers at least $680,000, more than nine times the original cost of contracts signed earlier this summer, according to Reince Priebus, the former state and national head of the Republican Party. Democrats and other critics of Gableman’s investigation have said his time would be better spent in Wisconsin …

Gableman will get $44K to lead GOP’s election investigation
3 years, 5 months ago

Gableman will get $44K to lead GOP’s election investigation

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Assembly Speaker Robin Vos plans to pay former state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman $44,000 to lead a probe of 2020 presidential election results in Wisconsin. The Assembly chief clerk’s office on Friday released a contract between Gableman and Vos that calls for paying Gableman $11,000 in taxpayer dollars every month between July and October. In addition …

Contracts call for probe into Wisconsin vote ‘illegalities’
3 years, 6 months ago

Contracts call for probe into Wisconsin vote ‘illegalities’

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Retired police officers hired by Wisconsin Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos are being paid $3,200 a month to investigate “potential irregularities and/or illegalities” in the 2020 presidential election, contracts obtained by The Associated Press show. Vos last month announced plans to have officers investigate the election results as part of the Republican response to former President Donald …

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