FRIDAY 1/21/2022 3:30 p.m.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-hired investigator looking into Wisconsin’s 2020 election is no longer seeking to jail the mayors of Green Bay and Madison for allegedly not complying with a subpoena he issued last year.
A judge on Friday said he needed more facts before deciding whether to compel the mayors to testify.
Waukesha County Circuit Judge Ralph Ramirez asked both sides to submit their arguments over the next 10 weeks and set a hearing for April 22.
Meanwhile, the attorney representing investigator Michael Gableman said he is no longer seeking to jail the mayors for noncompliance as originally requested.
UPDATE: Green Bay mayor seeks sanctions against head of GOP probe
WEDNESDAY 1/5/2022 2:55 p.m.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An attorney for Green Bay Mayor Eric Genrich is asking a judge to impose sanctions on the special investigator leading the Republican-ordered investigation into the 2020 election.
Genrich attorney Jeffrey Mandell says that Michael Gableman has made incorrect statements and should take out full-page newspaper ads to correct the record.
Mandell made the request in a filing Tuesday in a case brought by Gableman in Waukesha County Circuit Court.
Gableman is trying to force Genrich and Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway to answer questions behind closed doors related to the ongoing investigation.
He asked the judge to jail them if they did not comply.
UPDATE: Election lawsuit targeting Green Bay Mayor delayed
FRIDAY 12/10/2021 4:10 p.m.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge has delayed until at least next month any action in a lawsuit that seeks to force the mayors of Madison and Green Bay to face jail or sit for depositions with the attorney hired by Republicans to investigate the 2020 election.
Waukesha County Circuit Judge Ralph Ramirez on Friday set the next hearing in the case after a Dane County judge hears arguments in a separate case filed by Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul.
A ruling in that case would likely affect the lawsuit targeting the mayors.
The mayors were subpoenaed by former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman, who is leading the GOP-ordered investigation.
Original Story: Head of GOP-led election probe says Green Bay Mayor could be jailed
FRIDAY 12/3/2021 / 5:53 a.m.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A retired state Supreme Court justice hired by Republicans to investigate Wisconsin’s 2020 election says the mayors of Madison and Green Bay should face punishment and possibly jail time if they don’t meet with him.
Michael Gableman filed lawsuits Monday seeking to force Green Bay Mayor Eric Genrich and Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway to submit to depositions because they have “simply failed without reason or excuse to appear.”
Gableman said he tried to arrange the meeting on Nov. 15.
Although online court records do not list the lawsuits, copies of them were obtained by Wisconsin Public Radio and posted online on Thursday.
Gableman’s petition asks for a subpoena that if ignored would constitute contempt of the legislature and be subject to punishment, including imprisonment.
