When speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) detailed that an ongoing investigation into the 2020 election may need more subpoenas.
Vos, who launched the investigation by retired Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman, added that the work may extend into 2022.
Originally, Gableman was contracted to probe the election process by the end of the year, but Vos said that “it might have to go longer.”
Gableman has attempted to interview Wisconsin Elections Commission administrator Meagan Wolfe, but Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul sued to block the measure.
Unless Wolfe submits to an interview before, a judge is expected to rule on the issue on Dec. 23.
“It’s certainly possible if not likely that we will issue those prior to the Dec. 23 hearing,” Vos said of additional subpoenas, noted by the Wisconsin State Journal. “But in keeping with the judge’s ruling, we’ll ensure that we do it in a way that also gives an opportunity for those to move forward.”
Additionally, Vos said that documents will be held until the investigation is concluded after a liberal group filed an open records lawsuit.
Vos said, “They do not put out for public display, for everyone to read, who they’re talking to and who they’re investigating, giving an advantage to people who actually committed the crime to avoid prosecution.”
Recently, the Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau (LAB) released its findings of an audit on the state’s November 2020 election.
Based on its findings, the group recommended 30 suggestions to the Wisconsin Elections Commission for improving the election process, 18 of which are “issues for legislative consideration.”
“The LAB report confirms what The Amistad Project’s ongoing investigations have already revealed, which is that election officials in Wisconsin ignored and violated established state laws governing the administration of elections, usurping the state legislature’s constitutional authority to manage the election process,” said Phill Kline, director of The Amistad Project.
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