Report: FBI investigating 2020 Wisconsin election

A Stop the Steal sign is posted inside of the Capitol Building after a pro-Trump mob broke into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. A pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol, breaking windows in the deadly insurrection attempt aimed at stopping Congress from certifying Joe Biden's win in the November election. (Jon Cherry | Getty Images)
The FBI has opened an investigation into Wisconsinβs 2020 presidential election, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported.Β
President Donald Trump has frequently singled out Wisconsinβs election administration since he began attacking the 2020 election results following his loss to Joe Biden. In the years since, Wisconsin has become a hotbed of election conspiracy theories as well as a source of the mechanisms that led to the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.Β
Numerous reviews, investigations and lawsuits have affirmed that Wisconsinβs 2020 election was conducted without fraud, malfeasance or abuse.
Since returning to office last year, the Trump administration has often worked to relitigate Trumpβs 2020 election complaints, including efforts to obtain large amounts of voter data from the state. Other swing states that saw significant election denial after 2020 have been similarly targeted.Β
The Journal-Sentinel reported that the FBI has begun a preliminary investigation of the election, which so far has largely included a reassessment of previous complaints. The newspaper also reported that the agency interviewed Wisconsin Elections Commission official Robert Kehoe about how the stateβs elections work.
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