Wisconsin AG seeks to block subpoenas of Tony Evers' administration as Republican election review wi

MADISON – Assembly Republicans are seeking a swath of records from Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' administration as they review the 2020 election — a move that the attorney general tried to block in court on Friday.

The day's developments marked the latest escalation in a dispute over a presidential election that recounts and courts determined Joe Biden won more than a year ago.

Wisconsin taxpayers are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on the election review and the various legal fights it has spawned.

The existence of the subpoenas to the state Department of Administration was revealed Friday when Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul asked a Dane County judge to block or narrow them.

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