As false claims about election fraud continue to reverberate around the country, a Wisconsin judge raised concerns that the state’s election inquiry is out of control.
American Oversight’s investigation of efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election resulted in the release of false electoral vote certificates that were submitted by Trump supporters in seven swing states.
There is a high price for all the election investigations and “audits” — from undermining democracy and suppressing the vote to the actual financial costs.
“I’m frankly amazed that I have to say don’t destroy records that are subject to an open records request or order that to occur,” the judge said on Wednesday.
Records from the Office of the Governor in response to American Oversight’s request for recent Wickr communications since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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.