Madison, WI – Today, the Senate made a second formal request for records from the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding the relationship between DOJ and outside influences. In response to the initial request for records made by the Senate Special Committee on Oversight of the Department of Justice in December of 2025, DOJ did not conduct a new search, and only turned over records already compiled from previous open records requests or disclosed during litigation.
The request made today includes all the records from the Senate’s original request, as well as records relating to a hiring freeze at DOJ while attorneys funded by outside, partisan groups were being brought in to DOJ.
Senate President Mary Felzkowski (R-Tomahawk), chair of the Senate Special Committee on Oversight of the Department of Justice, issued the following statement:
Oversight is a core responsibility of the Legislature, and DOJ consciously chose to not turn over the records that the legislative committee originally requested. Wisconsinites deserve transparency, especially when it’s about outside influence in Wisconsin’s Department of Justice.
