Thread by @weareoversight

We uncovered records that showed Michael Gableman, the attorney leading Wisconsin’s election review, billed taxpayers for his trips to the Arizona “audit” and Mike Lindell’s “cyber symposium.”

Now, the assembly says it will subtract money from future payments to Gableman.

https://twitter.com/AJBayatpour/status/1502397274646851586

Gableman traveled to the Arizona “audit” and to election conspiracy promoter Mike Lindell's "cyber symposium" last summer.

Records we obtained show taxpayers paid for the trips, even though Speaker Vos said they wouldn’t.
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Records we uncovered in November show that taxpayers also footed the bill for Gableman’s hotels during his August trip to South Dakota to attend a “cyber symposium” hosted by My Pillow CEO and prominent election denier Mike Lindell.
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Taxpayers shelled out more than $2,700 for the travel, despite Vos having said that Gableman would cover those expenses out of his $11,000-a-month salary, records we obtained show.

And documents we recently obtained, reported on by @patrickdmarley, show taxpayers covered the cost for Gableman to address a partisan, political event, where he promoted the partisan election review he is leading.
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Days before the trip to the political event in Chippewa Falls, Vos said Gableman would have to go “during his off time.”

Instead, Wisconsin taxpayers reimbursed Gableman for his trip expenses.

Now, thanks to public attention on the records we uncovered, the state might get that money back by withholding some of the $11,000 the Assembly is paying Gableman each month.

Learn more about our ongoing investigation into the election review here:
americanoversight.org/investigation/…