The story goes on under the ad On Wednesday, Dane County Judge Valerie Bailey-Rihn ruled that both Vos and the Wisconsin State Assembly were contempt of court for failing to provide those records, despite a court ruling in November. Bailey-Rihn also ordered Vos and the State Assembly to pay the legal fees and expenses of American Oversight. In its ruling, the judge noted that the testimony had revealed that a Vos representative had taken “no reasonable steps to obtain records from any contractor”, “no measures to verify the records he purchased” and “absolutely no measure to prevent the loss or destruction of contractors’ files “. “Robin Boss and the assembly, after hearing and notifying, continue to deliberately violate a court order and therefore despise the court,” Bailey-Rin wrote. The story goes on under the ad According to the ruling, Vos and the State Assembly have 14 days to submit evidence that they have complied with Wisconsin public records legislation and have searched for files that were “deleted, lost, missing or otherwise unavailable” or to give an explanation of why a search would not make sense. After the 14-day period, they will be fined $ 1,000 a day until they comply. Boss and his lawyer did not immediately respond to requests for comment Thursday morning. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, taxpayers are likely to incur the cost of these sanctions, which could exceed $ 676,000 in public funding approved by Vos for the initial party inquiry. The story goes on under the ad In a statement, American Oversight noted that Bailey-Rihn’s decision was a response to only one of three lawsuits filed by the group against Wisconsin officials and lawmakers over the Republican-led investigation. “Speaker Vos and the Convention had ample opportunity to comply with the court order and produce records,” said Melanie Sloan, a senior adviser to American Oversight. “Maybe the threat of a $ 1,000 / day fine until the files are created will eventually encourage compliance and give the people of Wisconsin the answers they deserve.” Trump and his allies have been claiming for more than a year that the 2020 election was stolen from him, despite the fact that there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud that would change the outcome. In the weeks following the election, dozens of state and federal judges rejected Trump’s legal efforts to overturn the election results. The story goes on under the ad
