Liberal Group Awarded Legal Fees In WI Election Suit

The Associated Press reports:

A Wisconsin judge said Thursday that a Republican-ordered, taxpayer-funded investigation into the 2020 election found “absolutely no evidence of election fraud,” but did reveal contempt for the state’s open records law by Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and a former state Supreme Court justice he hired.

Dane County Circuit Judge Valerie Bailey-Rihn awarded about $98,000 in attorneys’ fees to the liberal watchdog group American Oversight, bringing an end in circuit court to one of four lawsuits the group filed. Vos’s attorney, Ron Stadler, said he was recommending that Vos appeal the ruling.

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The total cost to the public is over $1 million, plus the fees to be paid to American Oversight.

Earlier this month Trump called Vos to demand that he decertify the 2022 election.

A Wisconsin judge said Thursday that a Republican-ordered, taxpayer-funded investigation into the 2020 election found “absolutely no evidence of election fraud,” but did reveal contempt for the state’s open records law by @SpeakerVos, othershttps://t.co/Ftw7u9FhF0

— Scott Bauer (@sbauerAP) July 28, 2022