Case Number: 21-2521

Records from the Wisconsin State Assembly Concerning Contracts with Entities Investigating the November 2020 Election

September 2, 2022
Records from the Wisconsin State Assembly in response to American Oversight’s records requests for records and communications regarding the legislature’s investigation of the November 2020 election, including contractual and policy documents from the offices of Speaker Robin Vos and Wisconsin Reps. Janel Brandtjen and Joe Sanfelippo. 

Court Rules Vos Violated Public Records Law, Orders Response to American Oversight’s Requests Within 20 Days

July 15, 2022
The judge issued a decision holding that Vos “not only untimely delayed responses to record requests, but that his responses have also failed to include countless records, either willfully or because of neglectful office-wide practices which might have caused the loss of records.”

Decision and Order: American Oversight v. Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Vos – Election Investigation Communications and Contract Records

July 15, 2022
Decision and court order in American Oversight's lawsuit against Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos for the release of records, including communications and contracts with contractors, concerning the investigation of the 2020 election. The court gave Vos 20 days to respond to American Oversight's record requests.

American Oversight Files Brief in Opposition to Speaker Vos’ Attempt to Block Release of Records

April 15, 2022
On April 12, American Oversight asked the court to deny Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Vos’ belated motion to keep private more than 20,000 public records that had been released to American Oversight days before.

American Oversight Obtains Previously Deleted Records from Wisconsin Election Investigation

April 8, 2022
Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Vos released more than 20,000 pages of documents in response to American Oversight’s litigation for records related to the ongoing partisan election investigation.

Wisconsin Assembly Previously Deleted Records Related to Election Investigation

April 6, 2022
The first set of previously deleted records released by the Wisconsin Assembly to American Oversight in response to litigation seeking records of the Assembly's inquiry into the 2020 election.

Wisconsin State Assembly Communications Between Speaker Vos’s Office and External Entities Investigating the 2020 Election

March 11, 2022
Records from the Wisconsin State Assembly in response to American Oversight’s request for communications between Speaker Robin Vos’s office and external entities investigating the 2020 election results.

American Oversight v. Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Vos – WI Supreme Court Denial of Stay of Deposition

January 11, 2022
Order from the Supreme Court of Wisconsin denying the request from Assembly Speaker Robin Vos to block the depositions scheduled for Jan. 12, 2022.

Update: Wisconsin Supreme Court Denies Vos’s Latest Efforts to Avoid Deposition in American Oversight Lawsuit

January 11, 2022
On Monday, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals denied State Assembly Speaker Robin Vos’s motion for a stay of his upcoming deposition, scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 12.