Head of Wisconsin election probe accuses two big-city mayors of cover-up, stonewalling
QUOTE: A former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice who is leading one of the investigations into the state's 2020 elections says it's clear to him there is a cover-up going on.
Former Justice Michael Gableman told the Assembly's Committee on Elections on Wednesday that the state's Elections Commission, its administrator, and the mayors of Madison and Green Bay have refused to answer any of his questions about the Mark Zuckerberg-funded Center for Tech and Civic Life, and continue to refuse to cooperate with the subpoenas issued in the case.
Green Bay and Madison, along with Milwaukee, Racine, and Kenosha accepted nearly $9 million from the CTCL in 2020, ostensibly for coronavirus safety operations.
"Reasonable minds might wonder whether the millions of dollars each of these mayors received from the Zuckerbergs may have induced them to do something other than treat all candidates fairly and impartially. And whether those mayors used the Zuckerberg money to get out the vote for Joe Biden," Gableman said.
"They are trying to run and hide from accountability to the citizens they are supposed to serve," Gableman told lawmakers. "Why go through all of this legal evasion, maneuvering, and expense unless they do not want the public to know what they have done?"
Gableman is facing a lawsuit from Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul that seeks to stop his investigation. Specifically it seeks to stop him from asking questions of Elections Commission administrator Meagan Wolfe. That case is due before a judge on December 23rd.