THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL RACE, THAT
ELECTION IS STILL BEING
SCRUTINIZED BY AN INCREASINGLY
VOCAL GROUP OF WISCONSIN
CONSERVATIVES.
REPORTER WILL KENNEALLY DETAILS
WHERE THE TWO COMPETING
INVESTIGATIONS STAND.
>> WE, THE PEOPLE, MUST NEVER
SURRENDER OUR RIGHT TO
SCRUTINIZE ELECTION RESULTS.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING
HERE.
>> THE DEBATE OVER HOW TO
INVESTIGATE THE 2020 ELECTION IS
CAUSING A RIFT AMONG STATE
REPUBLICANS AND HAS SPILLED OUT
ON TO THE NATIONAL STAGE.
ON ONE SIDE, ASSEMBLY SPEAKER
ROBIN VOS.
HE TAPPED FORMER SUPREME COURT
JUSTICE MICHAEL GABLEMAN TO
INVESTIGATE CLAIMS OF ELECTION
IRREGULARITIES.
ON THE OTHER SIDE --
[CHANTING USA]
>> STATE REPRESENTATIVE JANEL
BRANDTJEN, CHAIR OF THE ASSEMBLY
ELECTIONS COMMITTEE.
SHE IS THE STANDARD BEARER FOR
THE ULTRACONSERVATIVE WING OF
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT SAYS
VOS IS NOT DOING ENOUGH.
>> NOW ON THE ISSUE OF A NEED
FOR A FULL CYBER FORENSIC AUDIT,
THIS IS BEING THWARTED BY
ASSEMBLY SPEAKER ROBIN VOS.
>> LATE THIS WEEK, EVEN FORMER
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WEIGHED
IN ON THE SPLIT.
SAYING IN A STATEMENT, QUOTE,
ALL EYES ARE ON WISCONSIN AS
THEY BEGIN THEIR ELECTION AUDIT.
HOPEFULLY REPUBLICAN SPEAKER
ROBIN VOS HAS THE INTEGRITY AND
STRENGTH WISCONSIN NEEDS TO
SUPPORT REPRESENTATIVE BRAN
BRANDTJEN'S EFFORTS.
>> WHAT WE WANT IS FOR SOMEBODY
TO LOOK AT THE MACHINES.
>> BRANDTJEN IS PUSHING FOR WHAT
SHE'S CALLING A FORENSIC AUDIT
OF THE 2020 ELECTIONS IN
WISCONSIN, AFTER VISITING
ARIZONA TO WITNESS THE REVIEW
THERE.
>> LISTEN, WHY IS THIS BETTER,
RIGHT?
>> WHILE THERE IS NO WIDELY
UNDERSTOOD DEFINITION OF
FORENSIC, SUPPORTERS SAY IT
MEANS TO BRING A HIGHER,
SCIENTIFIC BAR OF SCRUTINY TO
THE INVESTIGATION.
DEMOCRATS CALL THAT LAUGHABLE
AND SLAM THE INVESTIGATIONS.
GOVERNOR TONY EVERS CALLS THEM A
CLOWN SHOW.
BUT BRANDTJEN IS ALL IN.
>> THE CLOCK IS GETTING TIGHT
HERE AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT I'VE EXHAUSTED EVERYTHING
THAT I CAN AS CHAIR TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE CAN REBUILD CONFIDENCE
AND TRUST IN THE STATE OF
WISCONSIN'S ELECTIONS.
>> VOS DEFENDS HIS OWN
INVESTIGATION AND BROUGHT HEFT
TO IT BY HIRING GABLEMAN.
HE ALSO INVOKED A FORMAL
EXAMINATION OF THE ELECTION BY
THE LEGISLATIVE AUDIT BUREAU.
>> WE'RE ALREADY DOING A
FORENSIC AUDIT, SO JUST LIKE
PERHAPS PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS
MISINFORMED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE
ACTUALLY DOING IN WISCONSIN, I
FEEL LIKE MY COLLEAGUE
REPRESENTATIVE BRANDTJEN IS
MISFORMED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING
IN WISCONSIN.
>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THERE
IS NO EVIDENCE OF WIDESPREAD
VOTER FRAUD IN WISCONSIN.
FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S
CHALLENGES TO THE ELECTION WERE
REJECTED MULTIPLE TIMES BY BOTH
STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS,
INCLUDING BY A TRUMP-APPOINTED
FEDERAL JUDGE IN MILWAUKEE.
OUT OF MORE THAN 3 MILLION VOTES
CAST IN THE STATE LAST NOVEMBER,
ONLY 27 WERE IDENTIFIED FOR
POSSIBLE FRAUD.
MEANWHILE, WISCONSIN'S DUELING
INVESTIGATIONS ARE TREADING INTO
UNCHARTERED TERRITORY.
GABLEMAN RAISED EYEBROWS THIS
WEEK WHEN HE ATTENDED A
CONSPIRACY-LADEN EVENT IN SOUTH
DAKOTA HOSTED BY MY PILLOW
C.E.O. MIKE LINDELL.
LINDELL CALLS RESULTS OF THE
2020 ELECTION "THE BIG LIE."
>> HERE IS WISCONSIN.
LOOK AT THAT.
20,000 VOTES BY -- WON BY.
>> FOR HER PART, BRANDTJEN
ISSUED SUBPOENAS FOR ACCESS TO
BALLOTS AND VOTING MACHINES,
HOWEVER, ATTORNEYS HAVE ADVISED
THOSE SUBPOENAS ARE INVALID
UNDER STATE LAW.
BRANDTJEN SAYS SHE JUST WANTS TO
AFFIRM THE ACCURACY OF ELECTION
RESULTS AND NEEDS SUBPOENAS TO
DO IT.
>> THIS IS BASICALLY TRYING
TO -- FROM YOUR RECORDS, DO YOU
HAVE EVERYTHING WE COULD
RE-CREATE THE ELECTION AND GET
TO THOSE FINAL NUMBERS?
>> BEYOND THAT, BRANDTJEN SAYS
SHE WANTS TO MAKE A FUTURE CASE
FOR CHANGES TO THE ELECTION
PROCESS.
IN FACT, THE STATE LEGISLATURE
ALREADY PASSED A SLATE OF
ELECTION BILLS IN JUNE THAT
WOULD MAKE CHANGES TO THE
ELECTION PROCESS, LIKE ADDING
MORE REQUIREMENTS FOR ABSENTEE
VOTERS TO REQUEST BALLOTS.
GOVERNOR TONY EVERS VETOED THOSE
BILLS THIS WEEK.
>> WE'VE WATCHED REPUBLICAN
GOVERNORS AND LEGISLATORS AROUND
OUR COUNTRY WORK QUICKLY TO ADD
MORE LUR DELLS TO VOTING, TO
DISCREDIT THE GOOD WORK OF OUR
ELECTION OFFICIALS AND TRY AND
CAST DOUBT ON THE ELECTION JUST
BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WIN.
IT'S TIME FOR THOSE THAT HAVE
STIRRED THE POT TO SAY THERE'S
NOTHING THERE.
>> ANY REPUBLICAN EFFORTS TO
CHANGE HOW WISCONSIN CONDUCTS
ITS ELECTIONS WILL ALMOST
CERTAINLY FACE A VETO FROM
EVERS.
AS TO THE VOS AND BRANDTJEN
INVESTIGATIONS, THEY COULD
EXTEND WELL INTO 2022.
THE AUDIT BUREAU ANTICIPATES ITS
REPORT TO BE RELEASED LATER THIS
FALL.
REPORTING FOR "HERE AND NOW,"
I'M WILL KENNEALLY IN MADISON.
>> FORMER JUSTICE GABLEMAN TELLS
REPORTERS THAT HE TRAVELED ON
TAXPAYER MONEY TO ARIZONA LAST
WEEK TO SEE THE REVIEW OF BO
LOLBALLOTS THIS WEEK AND THIS WK