MADISON (WTAQ-WLUK) — Wisconsin’s Republican Assembly leader on Friday withdrew subpoenas submitted as part of a GOP-led investigation into the 2020 election, marking the end of a 14-month endeavor that yielded no evidence of election fraud.
Speaker Robin Vos withdrew subpoenas that Michael Gableman, the former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice he hired to look into the results of the 2020 election, submitted to mayors and other officials across the state. Vos, the state’s most powerful Republican, fired Gableman two weeks ago after narrowly winning a primary election against a Donald Trump-backed political newcomer.
On Saturday, Green Bay Mayor Eric Genrich’s chief of staff forwarded FOX 11 the notice of withdrawal subpoena that was sent to Genrich.
Vos also withdrew subpoenas issued to the Wisconsin Elections Commission, its administrator and two commission members.
Ann Jacobs, a member of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, posted her notice on Twitter with the caption “Ends with a whimper, not with a shout.”
The notice Jacobs posted says the “subpoena is withdrawn and all obligations for compliance are terminated.”
Gableman sought to jail Genrich, alongside Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway, with a lawsuit filed last December that alleged they had failed to comply with his subpoenas.
A hearing in Gableman’s suit against Genrich is scheduled for next Tuesday. Genrich’s legal team has requested the suit be dismissed as a result of Gableman’s dismissal.
Genrich and city officials have maintained the November 2020 election was held fairly and legally.
Gableman’s attorney, James Bopp, told The Associated Press that Vos withdrew all of the subpoenas that Gableman had submitted.
“The last part of the investigation was seeking compliance with the subpoenas and now they’ve been withdrawn, so the investigation is over,” Bopp said.
President Joe Biden’s victory in Wisconsin by nearly 21,000 votes has withstood recounts, multiple state and federal lawsuits and several reviews, including Gableman’s investigation, which drew bipartisan criticism for the way it was conducted.
