GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – Two new subpoenas were issued to city of Green Bay officials as part of a statewide investigation of last November’s election.
Those were issued as former state Supreme Court justice Michael Gableman, who is leading the probe, visited the city.
Gableman spoke to Green Bay’s city council Tuesday night and took questions from council members about his investigation.
“This is not an adversarial process,” said Gableman. “We are all citizens of the same country. We are all citizens of the same state. We wall want open, transparent, honest, and fair elections for which the administrators are accountable.”
Gableman told FOX 11 he wasn’t just in Green Bay to speak with the city council.
“I would just like to say that I was meeting with a number of really good and sincere citizens who have very serious concerns about how the election was run.”
State Assembly Republicans recently approved about $675,000 for Gableman to use on the investigation.
Gableman tells FOX 11 he plans to produce a report that will focus on what should have happened with the election, how outside money was used, the role the Wisconsin Elections Commission played, and his opinion on what went well, what went poorly, and what can be improved.
“This investigation has nothing to do with restoring a former President, President Trump, back into the White House.”
Gableman has issued similar subpoenas to Wisconsin’s five largest cities.
Last week, Green Bay Clerk Celestine Jeffreys was asked in a subpoena to produce election documents by October 15th. The documents requested mostly focus on money the city received from Center for Tech and Civic Life. The group gave more than $10 million to more than 200 Wisconsin communities to help cover election costs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
New subpoenas issued on Tuesday are for Mayor Eric Genrich to provide written election information and for his office to name a person with most knowledge about the city’s election and dealings with Center for Tech and Civic Life. That person will take part in a private deposition to be scheduled by October 22nd.
Gableman says he will likely work with city officials on a time and location that works for the deposition and for documents to be turned over.
FOX 11 asked Gableman if he believes the city did anything illegal based on the information he currently has.
“I’m going to keep my mind open until the end of the investigation. As a circuit court judge for six years presiding over trials, as a state supreme court justice for 10 years, I’ve always learned how important it is to listen to both sides carefully, very, very carefully.”
City officials have always maintained they did nothing wrong when administering the election last November.
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