A Wisconsin judge held the Office of Special Counsel, which is tasked with investigating possible malfeasance during the 2020 election, in contempt of court on Friday.
Former state Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman, who helms the special counsel office, declined to answer questions about his approach to public records requests and scorned Dane County Circuit Court Judge Frank Remington during a fiery court appearance Friday."You don't have a right to act as an advocate for one party over the other. I want personal counsel. If you are putting jail on the table, I want a personal attorney to represent me.
"This judge has abandoned his role as a neutral magistrate and is acting as an advocate," he continued, according to WPR."All of a sudden, I somehow think that my personal rights are at stake here."— WISN 12 NEWS June 10, 2022 During a prior exchange with the watchdog, Gableman's office claimed it had been destroying unimportant documents, which American Oversight said is a flagrant violation of state open records laws, and filed a lawsuit in response. He has previously been ordered not to destroy documents such as emails and texts.
Gableman previously sought to quash the subpoena compelling his Friday testimony, including during a hearing Wednesday and Friday morning but was unsuccessful. Gableman's testimony was unnecessary because staffer Zakory Niemierowicz was the point man on records requests, his attorneys argued. Remington rebuffed that and encouraged Niemierowicz to consider hiring an attorney due to a looming threat of jail time for failure to comply with court orders.
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