Gableman subpoenas immigrant group for election records
2 years, 11 months ago

Gableman subpoenas immigrant group for election records

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The immigration rights group Voces de la Frontera Action headed to court Wednesday to try to block a subpoena issued by the former state Supreme Court justice who Republicans hired to investigate the 2020 presidential election. “Gableman’s subpoena is modern-day McCarthyite political theater designed to perpetuate lies about the 2020 election and silence and intimidate voters of color from exercising their right to free speech and their right to vote,” Christine Neumann-Ortiz, the group’s executive director, said in a statement. The motion was filed as part of a lawsuit Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul has filed that seeks to block another subpoena Gableman issued to Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe compelling her to submit to questioning at his Brookfield office. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos hired Gableman last summer to look into the 2020 election after former President Donald Trump complained that Wisconsin Republicans weren’t doing enough to show Joe Biden stole the state from him.

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Wisconsin election chair certifies Trump’s victory in back-to-the-routine teleconference
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Wisconsin election chair certifies Trump’s victory in back-to-the-routine teleconference

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s election commission leader quietly certified Donald Trump ’s victory on Friday, moving past the chaos that surrounded the 2020 election results in the battleground state. Commission Chair Ann Jacobs certified results that show Trump won the state with 1,697,626 votes compared to Democrat Kamala Harris’ 1,668,229 votes during a morning Zoom teleconference that lasted six minutes. …

Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos targeted for recall for not supporting Trump
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos targeted for recall for not supporting Trump

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Backers of former President Donald Trump filed a petition Wednesday seeking to recall Wisconsin Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos from office, citing Vos’ opposition to Trump and his not moving forward with impeaching the state’s top elections official. Vos faced a primary challenge in 2022 from Adam Steen, who was backed by Trump and argued that Vos …

Vos withdraws subpoenas, ending Wisconsin election inquiry
2 years, 3 months ago

Vos withdraws subpoenas, ending Wisconsin election inquiry

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s Republican Assembly leader on Friday withdrew subpoenas submitted as part of a GOP-led investigation into the 2020 election, marking the end of a 14-month endeavor that yielded no evidence of election fraud. Speaker Robin Vos withdrew subpoenas that Michael Gableman, the former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice he hired to look into the results of the 2020 …

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 …

Wisconsin 2020 election Trump audit: Michael Gableman may be disbarred.
2 years, 6 months ago

Wisconsin 2020 election Trump audit: Michael Gableman may be disbarred.

Slate  

On Wednesday, Republicans’ fake investigation into Wisconsin’s 2020 election fell apart in the most spectacular manner possible. I’m not gonna be railroaded.” With a “raised voice,” “accusatory tone,” and “twisted facial expression,” Gableman “pointed and shook his finger at the judge” while accusing him of engaging in a “fishing expedition.” Here is part of Michael Gableman’s meltdown on the witness …

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 …

Judge orders Wisconsin investigator to stop deleting records
2 years, 8 months ago

Judge orders Wisconsin investigator to stop deleting records

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The work of an investigator looking into the 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin generated fresh criticism Thursday after newly posted documents included a memo describing one elections worker as “probably” a Democrat in part because she loves nature and “has a weird nose ring.” Also on Thursday, a judge ordered Michael Gableman to stop deleting records, the …

Wisconsin GOP leader Vos to meet with election fraud backers
2 years, 9 months ago

Wisconsin GOP leader Vos to meet with election fraud backers

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Tuesday he is meeting with advocates for decertifying President Joe Biden’s win in the battleground state, hours before he and the state Senate’s top Republican were to discuss the topic with county GOP leaders. Trump said last week that he was “confident that Robin will exercise his moral duty” and follow …

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 …

Gableman wants to jail mayors again in elections probe
2 years, 10 months ago

Gableman wants to jail mayors again in elections probe

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The former state Supreme Court justice leading a review of Wisconsin’s 2020 elections is changing course, saying he now wants to jail Madison and Green Bay’s mayors and other officials if they don’t comply with his subpoeans. Gableman issued subpoenas in October seeking election records from Wisconsin’s five largest cities and demanding their mayors submit to questioning, …

Wisconsin immigrant rights group allowed to join legal fight
2 years, 10 months ago

Wisconsin immigrant rights group allowed to join legal fight

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin judge on Wednesday allowed an immigrants rights group to join a pending lawsuit challenging subpoenas issued by a Republican-hired attorney investigating President Joe Biden’s 2020 election win in the battleground state. Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos ordered the investigation last summer after former President Donald Trump complained that Wisconsin Republicans weren’t doing enough to show …

Voting machine company won’t comply with Wisconsin subpoena
2 years, 10 months ago

Voting machine company won’t comply with Wisconsin subpoena

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A Nebraska-based voting machine company told the Republican-hired attorney leading an investigation into the 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin that it will not comply with subpoenas issued seeking a broad array of information. Attorneys for Election Systems & Software told former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman in a letter dated Jan. 21 that it would not …

Vos attorney says he didn’t review Gableman records
2 years, 11 months ago

Vos attorney says he didn’t review Gableman records

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The attorney for Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos testified Monday that he didn’t review records turned over by the investigator Vos hired to look into the 2020 election to determine if they complied with the state open records law. Vos attorney Steve Fawcett’s testimony came in one of three lawsuits brought by the liberal watchdog group American …

Milwaukee prosecutor suggests state and federal DOJ investigate fake GOP electors
2 years, 11 months ago

Milwaukee prosecutor suggests state and federal DOJ investigate fake GOP electors

Raw Story  

The Milwaukee District Attorney’s office has referred a request for criminal action against 10 Wisconsin Republicans to the state Department of Justice. Mandell last February had sent a criminal referral asking the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s office to investigate the 10 Republican “fraudulent electors who met here and tried to hijack Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes,” by certifying that Donald Trump …

Wisconsin judge rejects attempt to block election subpoena
2 years, 11 months ago

Wisconsin judge rejects attempt to block election subpoena

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin judge on Monday rejected an attempt by the state’s Democratic attorney general to block a subpoena issued by a Republican-hired attorney seeking to interview the state’s chief elections administrator and obtain election-related documents and data as part of a GOP-ordered investigation. The ruling from Dane County Circuit Judge Rhonda Lanford is a partial victory for …

Green Bay mayor seeks sanctions against head of GOP probe
2 years, 11 months ago

Green Bay mayor seeks sanctions against head of GOP probe

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — An attorney for Green Bay Mayor Eric Genrich is asking a judge to impose sanctions on the special investigator leading the Republican-ordered investigation into the 2020 election, saying Michael Gableman has made incorrect statements and should take out full-page newspaper ads to correct the record. Genrich attorney Mandell said in Tuesday’s court filing that Gableman’s attempt to …

Fresh turmoil hits Wisconsin vote 'audit' after top 'investigator' calls on GOP senator to resign
3 years ago

Fresh turmoil hits Wisconsin vote 'audit' after top 'investigator' calls on GOP senator to resign

Raw Story  

On Thursday, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinelreported that Michael Gableman, the former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice turned pro-Trump elections "investigator," is calling for the resignation of a Republican state senator who criticized his purported probe into election security. "Republican state Sen. Kathleen Bernier of Lake Hallie this month referred to Gableman’s work as a charade and said he should wrap up …

Attorneys spar in fight to block Wisconsin election subpoena
3 years ago

Attorneys spar in fight to block Wisconsin election subpoena

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A state attorney representing Wisconsin’s chief elections administrator worked Thursday to persuade a judge to block a subpoena demanding she turn over reams of documents and submit to a private interview with a former state Supreme Court justice investigating the 2020 elections for Assembly Republicans. Gableman has subpoenaed the mayors of Wisconsin’s five largest cities along with …

Vos: Wisconsin GOP election probe to go longer, cost more
3 years ago

Vos: Wisconsin GOP election probe to go longer, cost more

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Republican Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos on Tuesday said the investigation he ordered into the 2020 presidential election will spill into next year and cost more money, factors he blamed on Democrats who are fighting subpoenas. But that’s on the Democrats, not on us.” Dragging out the investigation is in the best interest of Republicans because it …

Wisconsin lawmakers get update on election investigation
3 years, 1 month ago

Wisconsin lawmakers get update on election investigation

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The leader of the Republican-ordered investigation into the 2020 presidential election told Wisconsin lawmakers on Wednesday that his probe is expanding and claimed some were trying to obstruct his work. Gableman told lawmakers that his investigation will now include allegations brought last month from the Racine County sheriff that the state elections commission failed to follow the …

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 GOP leader defends keeping election records secret
3 years, 2 months ago

Wisconsin GOP leader defends keeping election records secret

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos on Tuesday defended not releasing documents related to an ongoing investigation he ordered into the 2020 election, saying putting them out now would be like police revealing details of a murder probe. “They do not put out for public display, for everyone to read, who they’re talking to and who they’re …

Wisconsin attorney general calls for election probe to end
3 years, 2 months ago

Wisconsin attorney general calls for election probe to end

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s Democratic attorney general who represents the state elections commission on Monday called for a Republican-ordered investigation into the 2020 presidential election to be shut down, saying it is a partisan political effort that lacks credibility, wastes taxpayer money and is not serious. Evers, a Democrat, told local election officials they should be “lawyered up” and called …

Judge orders Vos to turn over election probe records
3 years, 2 months ago

Judge orders Vos to turn over election probe records

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A judge on Friday ordered Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos to turn over records related to an investigation he started into the 2020 presidential election, saying the Republican “unjustifiably withheld” them. In an interview on “The Dan O’Donnell Show,” Gableman said coverage of his work so far has been unfair, particularly from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “What …

Wisconsin election investigator cancels mayors’ interviews
3 years, 2 months ago

Wisconsin election investigator cancels mayors’ interviews

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The retired Wisconsin Supreme Court justice leading a Republican-ordered investigation into the 2020 presidential election in the battleground state on Thursday canceled plans to interview mayors and election officials from the state’s five largest cities, days after he subpoenaed them. Madison city attorney Mike Haas said he got a call Thursday afternoon from Andrew Kloster, who is …

Wisconsin’s largest cities targeted in 2020 election probe
3 years, 2 months ago

Wisconsin’s largest cities targeted in 2020 election probe

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The mayors of Wisconsin’s five largest and most Democratic cities were subpoenaed this week as part of a Republican-ordered investigation into the 2020 presidential election being led by a retired state Supreme Court justice. Madison Mayor Rhodes-Conway, also a Democrat, called the investigation a “mockery,” saying there’s simply no reason to believe there was any fraud involved …

Gableman sends subpoenas to Milwaukee, Green Bay officials
3 years, 2 months ago

Gableman sends subpoenas to Milwaukee, Green Bay officials

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The former state Supreme Court justice leading Assembly Republicans’ probe of the 2020 election has sent subpoenas to election officials in Wisconsin’s five largest cities and the state elections administrator demanding information about private donations used to run voting operations. Michael Gableman sent subpoenas to election officials in Milwaukee, Green Bay, Madison, Kenosha and Racine as well …

Wisconsin election investigator warns of subpoenas
3 years, 3 months ago

Wisconsin election investigator warns of subpoenas

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The retired conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court justice leading a Republican-ordered investigation into the 2020 presidential election released a video Monday threatening to subpoena election officials who don’t comply and saying the intent was not to overturn President Joe Biden’s narrow victory in the battleground state. Gableman said Monday that if the state’s 1,900-plus municipal and county election …

Wisconsin GOP leaders pressured to sign election subpoenas
3 years, 3 months ago

Wisconsin GOP leaders pressured to sign election subpoenas

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — About 100 people who believe ongoing Republican-ordered investigations into the 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin aren’t broad enough pressured the state’s GOP legislative leadership on Friday to approve a more expansive review. The group backing a “full forensic physical and cyber audit” includes the Republican chair of the Assembly elections committee, Rep. Janel Brandtjen, and Republican Rep. …

Milwaukee County prepared to reject election subpoena
3 years, 3 months ago

Milwaukee County prepared to reject election subpoena

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Milwaukee County’s chief elections clerk indicated Thursday that he was not going to comply with a subpoena issued by a Republican lawmaker requiring him to turn over ballots and voting machines to a GOP-controlled legislative committee next week. Vos has said he won’t sign them but would support subpoenas sought by former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael …

Wisconsin Republican election probe hits roadblocks
3 years, 4 months ago

Wisconsin Republican election probe hits roadblocks

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — A GOP-led effort to force two county election clerks to turn over ballots and voting machines is running into resistance among Republicans as well as legal hurdles, with attorneys for the Legislature saying subpoenas issued so far are not valid. Rep. Janel Brandtjen, the Republican chairwoman of the Assembly Elections Committee, is pursuing an investigation into the …

Republican issues subpoenas for Wisconsin election info
3 years, 4 months ago

Republican issues subpoenas for Wisconsin election info

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The leader of the Wiscocnsin Assembly’s elections committee issued subpoenas Friday demanding extensive election materials, including all ballots and voting machines from two counties in what she called a “top-to-bottom” investigation of the state’s 2020 presidential results. But Wisconsin residents have objected to the audit bureau review because it’s taking too long and she wants to give …

Head of Wisconsin’s election review says probe is warranted
3 years, 4 months ago

Head of Wisconsin’s election review says probe is warranted

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — The retired Wisconsin Supreme Court justice who is leading a review of the 2020 presidential election says a very thorough examination of the election is warranted, but the purpose of the investigation is not to overturn the results. Retired Justice Michael Gableman made his comments Sunday on WISN-TV’s “Upfront.” It was one of the first times he’s …

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 …

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