AFTERNOON HELD A HEARING RELATED
TO THE COMPELLING OF TESTIMONY
FROM THE MAYORS OF MADISON AND
GREEN BAY UNDER THREAT OF JAIL
TIME.
THE CASE STEMS FROM FORMER
JUSTICE MICHAEL GABLEMAN INTO
THE 2020 ELECTION.
>> WHY ARE WE HERE?
WE'RE HERE BECAUSE THE MAYORS
-R7 SUBPOENAED.
THEY FAILED TO APPEAR FOR THE
DEPOSITIONS.
THIS IS JUST A OUTRAGEOUS ABUSE
OF PROCESS AND VIOLATION OF THE
LAW.
>> THE MAYOR OF MADISON, SATYA
RHODES-CONWAY, ALONG WITH THE
MAYOR OF GREEN BAY, ARE IN THE
CROSSHAIRS OF THE GABLEMAN
INVESTIGATION. IT'S BEEN A BUMP
RIDE. MAYOR RHODES-CONWAY JOINS
US NOW WITH HER REACTION, AND
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US
>> IT'S MY PLEASURE, FREDERICA.
>> SO, WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO
BEING SUBPOENAED TO APPEAR AND
TESTIFY BEFORE FORMER JUSTICE G
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, I THINK I'M
ALWAYS HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT
A GOOD JOB OUR CLERK'S OFFICE
HAS DONE IN OUR ELECTIONS, BUT
THINK IT'S REALLY INAPPROPRIATE
FOR THIS INVESTIGATION TO BE
TAKING PLACE BEHIND CLOSED
DOORS, AND IT'S BEING PAID FOR
WITH TAXPAYER DOLLARS. THE
SUBPOENA THAT THEY USED IS ONE
THAT YOU USE TO COMPEL PEOPLE T
TESTIFY BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE.
AND I THINK THAT THIS NEEDS TO
BE OUT IN PUBLIC. I AM HAPPY TO
GO TALK TO A LEGISLATIVE
COMMITTEE ABOUT THE ELECTIONS
PROCESS HERE IN MADISON. AND
REALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BLOCK
AWAY. I'M HAPPY TO WALK UP THE
STREET. ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS
INVITE ME. BUT I THINK THAT WHA
WE CAN SEE HERE IS THAT IT'S NO
ACTUALLY ABOUT HOW OUR ELECTION
WERE RUN. ALL THE EVIDENCE WE
HAVE, ALL THE COURT CASES, ALL
THE INVESTIGATIONS ARE, YOU
KNOW, HAVE SHOWN THAT WE DID A
REALLY GOOD JOB HERE IN MADISON
THIS IS ABOUT TRYING TO
INTIMIDATE US. THIS IS ABOUT
TRYING TO INTIMIDATE VOTERS AND
TO CAST DOUBT ON FUTURE ELECTIO
>> DID YOU FAIL TO COMPLY WITH
SAID SUBPOENA? >> NO, ABSOLUTELY
NOT. AND OUR LAWYERS HAVE BEEN
TALKING TO ATTORNEY GABLEMAN AND
HIS STAFF AT THIS ENTIRE TIME.
WE PRODUCED REAMS OF DOCUMENTS
FOR THEM. AND AT THAT TIME, THEY
TOLD US THAT IT WAS NOT
NECESSARY FOR US TO COME AND TE
>> SO, HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE
THIS PROCESS OF THIS
INVESTIGATION AS IT PERTAINS TO
>> YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IT'S
BEEN JUST ONE THING AFTER
ANOTHER SHOWING THAT THEY REALL
ARE NOT INTERESTED IN RUNNING A
AN ACTUAL FAIR INVESTIGATION,
BUT RATHER THEY ARE INTERESTED
IN TRYING TO CREATE A LOT OF
DRAMA AND A LOT OF DOUBT IN THE
PUBLIC REALM. AND YOU KNOW,
EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE, YOU
KNOW, ON OUR SIDE HAS BEEN
COOPERATIVE AND TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WANT FROM
US. AND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HEA
BACK FROM THEM. WE HEAR FROM TH
PRESS WHAT THEY'RE SAYING RATHE
THAN DIRECT COMMUNICATION BACK
TO OUR OFFICE. >> DO YOU KNOW
WHAT HE WANTS TO ASK YOU? >> I
HAVE NO IDEA. >> WHAT WOULD YOU
SAY ABOUT THE 2020 ELECTION IN
>> I WOULD SAY THAT OUR CLERKS
AND OUR POLL WORKERS DID A
REMARKABLY GOOD JOB RUNNING A
SAFE, FAIR, AND TRANSPARENT
ELECTION IN THE MIDDLE OF A
GLOBAL PANDEMIC. >> AND WHAT
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY TO VIEWERS
OR VOTERS ACROSS THE STATE AND
FRANKLY ACROSS THE NATION ABOUT
THIS INVESTIGATION INTO THE
ELECTION AND YOU? >> I THINK
THAT THIS INVESTIGATION IS YET
EFFORT BY PEOPLE WHO ARE UNHAPP
WITH THE OUTCOME OF THE NOVEMBE
2020 ELECTION AND WANT TO MAKE
IT EASIER TO QUESTION FUTURE
ELECTIONS. THE TRUTH IS THAT
ELECTIONS IN MADISON, ACROSS TH
STATE OF WISCONSIN, AND I
BELIEVE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ARE
VERY WELL RUN BY OUR MUNICIPAL
CLERKS AND BY POLL WORKERS WHO
ARE YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS.
AND SO, I WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE
CONFIDENCE IN OUR ELECTORAL
SYSTEM AND TO UNDERSTAND THAT
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE IN
MADISON IS TO MAKE IT EASIER FO
EVERYONE WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO CAS
A BALLOT. >> MAYOR SATYA RHODES
THANKS VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU.