Public records request to the Wisconsin Office of Special Counsel seeking additional communications regarding the legislature's investigation of the November 2020 election.
A Wisconsin court has ordered the state Assembly’s election investigation to stop deleting records. Meanwhile, new details have emerged about congressional leaders’ initial response to the Jan. 6 attack.
A Dane County Circuit Court judge ordered the Assembly’s Office of Special Counsel, which is overseeing the partisan investigation of the 2020 election, “not to delete or destroy any record” that could be responsive to American Oversight’s public records requests.
Records posted to the investigation’s website include certain contract and payment information, as well as indications of the investigation’s overt partisanship.
In a recent letter, the Wisconsin Assembly’s office conducting its partisan election review admitted that it “routinely deletes” public records, maintaining — incorrectly — that it is not subject to the state’s public records retention law.
Public records request to the Wisconsin Office of Special Counsel seeking ethics waivers or waivers of conflict for individuals assisting in the Office of Special Counsel's investigation of the November 2020 election.
Public records request to the Wisconsin Office of Special Counsel seeking timesheets for individuals assisting in the Assembly's investigation of elections.
Last week, the Wisconsin Assembly’s Office of Special Counsel (OSC) released records — including previously unseen contract agreements — related to the ongoing partisan review of the 2020 election.
Records from the Wisconsin Assembly’s Office of Special Counsel relating to the investigation of the 2020 election, released to American Oversight following an order from the Dane County Circuit Court on March 8, 2022.
Public records request to Wisconsin Office of Special Counsel seeking additional records regarding the second amended contract with the Office of Special Counsel.