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AG @JoshKaulWI tells reporters there are several flaws with former Justice Michael Gableman's subpoenas to election officials.

He says lawmakers are purporting to act as prosecutors, which they are not allowed to do.

@JoshKaulWI Kaul says Gableman can't interview officials in private, as he has suggested he would. Kaul says Gableman has to conduct interviews in front of the Assembly Elections Committee.

Kaul calls the subpoenas "dramatically overbroad."

@JoshKaulWI Kaul says Gableman's investigation is not serious and consists of glaring flaws.

@JoshKaulWI "This investigation does not have any credibility," Kaul says.

It is tainted by bias in part because major components of it were announced at @wisgop's convention.

@JoshKaulWI @wisgop Kaul blasts Gableman for not revealing all of his staff.

He specifically criticizes Gableman team member @ARKloster for saying conservatives need prosecutors who are biased toward them.

@JoshKaulWI @wisgop @ARKloster "That kind of bias is not compatible with a fair investigation," Kaul says.

He says the investigation is not being run competently, noting Gableman recently acknowledge he does not understand how election processes work.

@JoshKaulWI @wisgop @ARKloster Kaul also criticizes Gableman for having his office sending an email to clerks under a pseudonym.

The email came from "John Delta."

@JoshKaulWI @wisgop @ARKloster "What we are seeing is corrosive to our democracy," AG @JoshKaulWI says of the Assembly Republicans' election review.

@JoshKaulWI @wisgop @ARKloster Kaul represents @WI_Elections, which is run by three Republicans and three Democrats.

The commission's executive director, Meagan Wolfe, has been subpoenaed. Gableman wants to speak with her as soon as Friday.

@JoshKaulWI @wisgop @ARKloster @WI_Elections "We know Wisconsin's elections were freely and fairly conducted," Kaul says, noting recounts and court rulings repeatedly found @JoeBiden won the state.

@JoshKaulWI @wisgop @ARKloster @WI_Elections @JoeBiden Kaul says he has a request to @repvos -- "Shut this fake investigation down."

@JoshKaulWI @wisgop @ARKloster @WI_Elections @JoeBiden @repvos Kaul says Gableman's subpoena to Wolfe is invalid.

Whether she will show up on Friday for an interview will depend on what happens between now and then, Kaul says.

@JoshKaulWI @wisgop @ARKloster @WI_Elections @JoeBiden @repvos Kaul says it's possible there will be court action to quash the subpoenas.

He says he hopes to work out a deal with Gableman for how to provide records and testimony.

@JoshKaulWI @wisgop @ARKloster @WI_Elections @JoeBiden @repvos "It's not even clear who's running this investigation," Kaul says, noting @RepJanel says she hasn't been consulted on it.

Her committee is purportedly in charge of the review.

@JoshKaulWI @wisgop @ARKloster @WI_Elections @JoeBiden @repvos @RepJanel Kaul says Gableman is making it up when he says he will grant immunity to those who talk to him.

Kaul notes there is an immunity provision in state law for legislative subpoenas.

But Gableman isn't the one who can give it because he's not a prosecutor, Kaul says.

@JoshKaulWI @wisgop @ARKloster @WI_Elections @JoeBiden @repvos @RepJanel "This is not a professional process that we're seeing," Kaul says in arguing that the review should be shut down.

@JoshKaulWI @wisgop @ARKloster @WI_Elections @JoeBiden @repvos @RepJanel "The current request is not a lawful request," Kaul says.

He says Meagan Wolfe of @WI_Elections is happy to talk about the election but should do so in public.

@JoshKaulWI @wisgop @ARKloster @WI_Elections @JoeBiden @repvos @RepJanel "It's our view that it's unlawful to have her testify in the Brookfield location rather than before the committee," @JoshKaulWI says of Meagan Wolfe's potential interview with Gableman.

"This should happen before the whole committee."

@JoshKaulWI @wisgop @ARKloster @WI_Elections @JoeBiden @repvos @RepJanel Kaul's news conference just ended. Story coming soon.

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