MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — Wisconsin taxpayers are on the hook for Michael Gableman’s legal fees.
Those costs stem from Gableman’s review of the 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin, and subsequent lawsuits. A review by WisPolitics shows that legal fees to defend the former state Supreme Court justice before the Office of Lawyer Regulation, along with a settlement the state Assembly reached last month, have pushed taxpayers’ exposure to nearly $2.7 million.
Gableman is alleged to have violated professional standards for Wisconsin attorneys.
Gableman was hired by Assembly Republicans as Special Counsel to investigate the election, which Joe Biden won by 20,000 votes. The 14 month effort failed to find anything that would have altered that outcome.