GAB Defends Using Private Email Accounts
MacIver News - Rep. David Craig (R-Big Bend) grilled GAB Executive Director Kevin Kennedy over his staff's use of commercial email accounts while conducting official business. Then he sat down with the...
View ArticleAssembly, Senate Pass John Doe Reform Bills
MacIver News - Wisconsin lawmakers voted on Tuesday to reform the state's John Doe law that enabled the Milwaukee District Attorney to conduct unconstitutional political attacks against conservative...
View ArticleThe Top Ten Underreported Stories of 2015
With 2015 coming to a close, it's time for our annual roundup. This year, we start our series of Top Ten lists by presenting you with the Top Ten Underreported Stories of 2015. We start at number ten...
View ArticleTop Ten Lies of 2015
Willingness by politicians to play loose and fast with the facts is especially dangerous if there is no one to fact check their bluster and, when necessary, alert the public to their underhanded...
View ArticleWhatever Happened To The Probe Into John Doe Leaks to The Guardian?
MacIver News Service - Five months ago this week, Attorney General Brad Schimel first publicly declared he would likely convene a grand jury to look into leaked court-sealed documents in Wisconsin's...
View ArticleState Ethics Commission Seeks Legal Counsel In John Doe Leaks Probe
The long-running state Department of Justice investigation into leaked court-sealed documents from Wisconsin's infamous John Doe investigation appears to be focusing on employees at the state Ethics...
View ArticleJohn Doe Update
Attorney Ben Hurst of law firm Graves Garrett joined the Vicki McKenna Show on Tuesday to discuss the MacIver's Institute's lawsuit against Wisconsin's John Doe investigators. Graves Garrett attorneys...
View ArticleNew DOJ Report Details Extensive, Secretive and Partisan-Charged “John Doe...
MacIver's Matt Kittle, whose work covering the John Doe abuses in Wisconsin are extensive and meticulous, talks about breaking news about a Dept. of Justice report revealing the true extent and abuse...
View ArticleDOJ Report: Wisconsin’s Infamous John Doe Was More Sinister Than First Reported
By M.D. Kittle - Wisconsin’s infamous John Doe investigation was more sinister and politically driven than originally reported, as detailed by a new Dept. of Justice report. Read More DOJ Report:...
View Article“Dead Wrong”– Schimel Refutes Media Reports That John Doe Investigation Found...
Attorney General Brad Schimel talks about the Dept. of Justice's bombshell new report on the John Doe that found extensive wrongdoing by highly partisan GAB officials, contrary to pervasive reports in...
View ArticleEthics Commission Holds Closed-Door Meeting On John Doe Report
By Bill Osmulski -The Wisconsin Ethics Commission held a closed-door teleconference on Friday prepared to discuss the state Department of Justice’s bombshell report into leaked John Doe investigation...
View ArticleSenator: Prosecute The John Doe Agents
By M.D. Kittle – A Wisconsin lawmaker who co-authored legislation that reformed Wisconsin’s controversial John Doe investigation law says he believes state Attorney General Brad Schimel does have the...
View ArticleThe MacIver Report: Wisconsin This Week – New John Doe Revelations, and Guy...
Team MacIver zeroes in on the latest revelations about Wisconsin's John Doe probe. According to a new DOJ report, the probe was far more expansive and intrusive than even conservatives believed. That,...
View ArticleMacIver News Minute: The John Doe Probe Was Even More Sinister Than Feared
The infamous John Doe probe cast an even more expansive net than conservatives had feared, according to a new DOJ report on the leak of sealed John Doe documents to the Guardian newspaper. Rogue...
View ArticleElections Commission Lawyers Up In Wake Of Bombshell John Doe Report
By M.D. Kittle - The Wisconsin Elections Commission is doubling down in its defense of staff integrally involved in the state’s infamous John Doe investigation. Read More Elections Commission Lawyers...
View ArticleAttorney General Shoots Down Regulator Claims On John Doe ‘Opposition Research’
By M.D. Kittle - "The ‘Opposition Research’ folder was created on a Government Accountability Board hard drive,” Attorney General Brad Schimel said. Read More Attorney General Shoots Down Regulator...
View ArticleMacIver News Minute: Where’s the Missing John Doe Hard Drive?
A hard drive containing half a million documents seized by John Doe prosecutors is missing. Where is it? Read More MacIver News Minute: Where’s the Missing John Doe Hard Drive?
View ArticleFormer John Doe Official ‘Surprised’ Lawmakers Want Him Out As Elections Chief
By M.D. Kittle - The embattled interim administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission says he’s surprised by legislative leaders’ calls for him to step down. Read More Former John Doe Official...
View ArticleSchimel: GAB ‘Weaponized To Achieve Partisan Advantage’
By M.D. Kittle - Once more, Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel has had to correct erroneous reporting by some members of the media who have gladly lapped up the “facts” that their government...
View ArticleThe MacIver Report: Wisconsin This Week – Sayonara, 2017!
Team MacIver plays prognosticator, wrapping up the big news of 2017, reminding you of the stories you may have missed, and attempting to read the crystal ball. That and the latest on John Doe and the...
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