FBI Agent Visits Home of Milwaukee County Elections Director

The FBI attempted to interview the director of elections in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, this week by visiting her private residence and leaving a business card, the county clerk's office said in a statement. The clerk said an agent showed up at the home rather than contacting the election commission's office directly.

Officials said they would follow up to determine the nature of the visit while pledging to cooperate with legitimate law enforcement activity. "It is unfortunate that the FBI chose to visit the private residence of Milwaukee County's Elections Director rather than contact the Election Commission's office directly," the clerk stated.

Officials noted that Biden won the county with nearly 70 percent of the vote and that the state overall was decided by just over 20,000 votes. Multiple reviews have upheld the outcome, according to the statement. These include the post-election canvass, a presidential election recount, state and federal court challenges, a forensic audit by the state's legislative audit bureau and two additional independent audits.

"Continuing to relitigate settled questions does not strengthen public confidence in elections but it undermines it," the clerk said. The office added that while it would cooperate with legitimate inquiries, it would defend against any attack on democracy and the rights of voters in the county.

The visit in Wisconsin adds to federal examinations of 2020 election materials in other battleground states and counties that President Trump lost. Federal officials have sought records and conducted searches in Fulton County, Georgia, Wayne County, Michigan, and counties in Arizona.

In January, agents executed a court-approved search warrant at an elections hub in Fulton County, Georgia, focusing on records connected to the 2020 general election. A federal judge ruled this month that the FBI could retain the ballots it seized. The Justice Department demanded election records from Arizona in early March.

Last month, it requested all ballots from a Michigan county. Democrats won both the targeted Arizona counties and the Michigan county in 2020. The FBI has not commented publicly on the Milwaukee County visit or the wider inquiries.

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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported this week, citing unnamed sources, that federal investigators had also interviewed the deputy administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission as part of a probe into the state's handling of the 2020 election.