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FBI Visits Home of Milwaukee Elections Director as 2020 Election Probe Reaches Wisconsin

The outreach to local officials signals a widening federal inquiry into how Wisconsin administered the 2020 vote.

Observers, left, watch as workers recount ballots Monday, Nov. 23, 2020, at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee. Angela Major/WPR
An election worker sorts through ballots during a recount of Milwaukee County's results at the Wisconsin Center on Nov. 20, 2020. Per requests from the Trump legal team, workers set aside any absentee envelopes that had two different colors of ink on the signature and the address.
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Overview

  • Milwaukee County Clerk George Christenson said an FBI agent went to Elections Director Michelle Hawley’s home and left a business card after seeking an interview.
  • Agents recently interviewed Robert Kehoe, the deputy administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and the FBI did not comment.
  • County leaders defended the 2020 results as verified by recounts, audits, and court rulings, and they called the home visit an intrusive or intimidating tactic while pledging to follow lawful requests.
  • A local source told WISN 12 News the FBI is interested in Milwaukee’s nearly 180,000 absentee ballots from 2020 and where they are stored, a detail that remains unconfirmed by federal officials.
  • The Wisconsin steps follow federal efforts in other states, including a January seizure of ballots in Fulton County, Georgia, and related demands in Arizona and Michigan that a judge later allowed to stand.