Holmen— April 17, 2025 — CouleeConservatives.com received confirmation from the Wisconsin Ethics Commission 6-months ago that the complaint filed against Representative Steve Doyle tied to his work as a private attorney providing legal services directly to state lobbying organizations, “…is sufficient to proceed to consideration by the Commission.”
“The evidence is so overwhelming and extensive that Representative Steve Doyle violated state ethics laws that we exceeded the page limitations in order to document them all,” said Chris Muller, who operates CouleeConservatives.com. “The Commission has been looking into this for 6-months now and people are beginning to wonder: is there so much evidence that they are dotting all the I’s and crossing all the T’s for a guilty verdict?” asked Muller.
Employment arrangements with a lobbying group would seem to violate
Wisconsin’s ethics and lobby laws meant to prevent corruption among
elected officials. These laws clearly state that ‘no state public
official may solicit or accept from any person, directly or indirectly,
anything of value if it could reasonably be expected to influence the
state public official’s vote, official actions or judgment, or could
reasonably be considered as a reward for any official action or inaction
on the part of the state public official.’ These statutes are backed by
decades of opinions from enforcement agencies which have advised
legislators that the law does not allow employment arrangements where a
legislator receives payment, directly or indirectly, for work they do
specifically for lobby groups.
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