Wisconsin: far-right group bids to recall speaker for resisting Trump’s big lie Local election-denying activists target Republican Robin Vos for removal from assembly speaker role The Guardian - US · Jan 11, 2024
Leonard Leo's strategy becomes clear Leonard Leo helped elect a judge in Wisconsin. Without him, the GOP feared their agenda would be “toast" Salon · Oct 27, 2023
Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates often speak out on hot topics. Only one faces impeachment threat The Wisconsin Supreme Court justice who Republicans are threatening to impeach over comments she made on the campaign trail about abortion and redistricting isn’t the first member of the court to offer public opinions about major issues of the day The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2023
Wisconsin judge: Don't delete records from probe into 2020 Trump loss A Wisconsin judge has declined to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to ensure that no records are deleted from a now-closed state office created to investigate former President Donald Trump’s loss in 2020 The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2023
Wisconsin lawmaker sues to sequester military ballots The Republican chair of the Wisconsin Assembly’s elections committee along with a veterans group and other voters have filed a lawsuit seeking a court order requiring the sequestering of military absentee and mail-in ballots in the battleground state The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2022
Gableman represents man charged with false ballot requests The former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice who led a fruitless 14-month investigation into the state's 2020 election results has appeared in court to represent a man accused of fraudulently requesting absentee ballots The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2022
Wisconsin GOP leader fires 2020 election investigator A Republican legislative leader from Wisconsin has fired the former state Supreme Court justice he hired to investigate the 2020 election, just three days after the lawmaker beat a primary opponent the investigator had endorsed and campaigned for The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2022
Election-denial fight spreads to Wisconsin with Trump ally’s win Wisconsin Republicans nominated for governor Tim Michels, who still questions the results of the 2020 election and won’t say whether he will certify the 2024 presidential election, adding to the number of key battleground states where election results are at risk of interference. Tribune News Service · Aug 10, 2022
Trump ties may come back to haunt in swing state Wisconsin Donald Trump reasserted his grip on Republicans in Wisconsin’s primary, but both Democrats and Republicans say that the former president’s involvement in the state’s key races for governor and U.S. Senate could come back to hurt them in the swing state The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2022
Wisconsin Assembly leader Vos beats Trump-backed challenger Wisconsin’s most powerful Republican narrowly survived being targeted by Donald Trump in Tuesday’s primary, then said his win proved that lawmakers “don’t have to be a lapdog to whatever Donald Trump says.” The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2022
Trump-aligned challengers ousting GOP legislative incumbents Republican state lawmakers this year have been losing in primaries at nearly twice the average rate of the past decade The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2022
Investigator who floated decertification later backed off The special investigator hired by Republicans in Wisconsin to review the 2020 election told lawmakers publicly they should consider decertifying President Joe Biden’s win, but later said in a private memo that such a move would be a “practical impossibility.” The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2022
Wisconsin election investigator says he deleted records The former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice hired to investigate President Joe Biden’s victory in the battleground state testified that he routinely deleted records, and deactivated a personal email account, even after receiving open records requests The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2022
Wisconsin "auditor" may lose law license Ex-Judge Michael Gableman was held in contempt after throwing "tantrum" and accusations at judge Salon · Jun 16, 2022
The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2022 Wisconsin election investigator fined $2K daily for contempt A Wisconsin judge has ordered the investigator hired by Republicans to look into the 2020 election in Wisconsin be fined $2,000 a day until he complies with court orders related to open records requests
The Independent UK · Jun 10, 2022 Wisconsin judge finds GOP election investigator in contempt A Wisconsin judge has found the investigator hired by Republicans to look into former President Donald Trump’s 2020 loss in the battleground state in contempt because of how his office responded to open records requests
Salon · May 24, 2022 Wisconsin's bizarre election fraud hunt Obscure retiree Jay Stone played a crucial role in making Wisconsin a hotbed of conspiracy theories
The Independent UK · May 11, 2022 Wisconsin election investigator's salary cut in half The former state Supreme Court justice hired to investigate the 2020 election in battleground Wisconsin will receive only half of his taxpayer-funded salary while he pauses the review to fight five lawsuits
Chicago Sun-Times · May 2, 2022 Wisconsin legislators calling it quits at a pace that might top WWII’s modern-day high The mass exodus comes amid uncertainty over legislative boundaries due to a redistricting fight, an ever-more partisan political environment and years of animosity between majority Republicans and minority Democrats.
The Independent UK · Apr 26, 2022 Wisconsin election investigation may be nearing end, or not One of a handful of 2020 election reviews pushed by Republicans could be nearing an end in Wisconsin — or not
Salon · Apr 12, 2022 Eastman "coup attempt" is still ongoing Eastman pushed top Wisconsin Republican Robin Vos to "nullify" results and “reclaim" electors awarded to Biden
The Independent UK · Mar 15, 2022 Wisconsin GOP leader Vos to meet with election fraud backers Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says 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
The Independent UK · Mar 8, 2022 New contract reached for Republican Wisconsin election probe Wisconsin’s Republican Assembly speaker has signed a new contract with Michael Gableman, the former state Supreme Court justice he hired to investigate the 2020 election
The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2022 Wisconsin election officials push back against 2020 probe Wisconsin election officials are pushing back against a Republican-hired investigator's review of the 2020 election
The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2022 AP FACT CHECK: Wisconsin election probe ignores some facts An AP Fact Check has examined claims about election fraud in a report by an investigator who voted for Donald Trump and was hired by the Republican speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly