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A county clerk inWisconsinclaims that a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent attempted to interview a county election director at her residence. released a statement defending the state’s handling of the 2020 presidential election.
"I can confirm that a representative of the Federal Bureau of Investigation visited the home of my Elections Director. left her business card," Milwaukee County Clerk George Christenson said in a statement on Thursday morning.
"We will be following up to determine the nature of this visit. It is unfortunate. the FBI chose to visit the private residence of Milwaukee County’s Elections Director rather than contact the Election Commission’s office directly. No dedicated public servant should be subjected to that type of intrusion simply for carrying out her responsibilities with integrity. professionalism."
Christenson went on to defend the state’s handling of the 2020 presidential election as "fair. transparent" and said "this has been proven repeatedly over the last six years by the post-election canvass, the Presidential Election Recount, State court-based challenge, Federal court-based challenge, the forensic audit by the Wisconsin’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."
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"While we cooperate with all legitimate law enforcement actions, we will defend against any attack on our democracy. will defend the rights of voters of Milwaukee County," Christenson wrote. "Our responsibility as election officials is to safeguard the integrity of the process through facts, transparency,. adherence to the law, and the record clearly demonstrates that those standards were met in 2020."
Christenson went on to suggest the FBI's actions are an "attack on democracy."
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The FBI declined to comment.
Milwaukee County, the largest county in the state, has been a target of conservatives alleging improprieties with the 2020 election,. the FBI has been active across the country investigating election integrity issues.
FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during a press conference at the Department of Justice on April 21. 2026.(Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
In January, the FBI searched the Fulton County, Georgia, main election facility in Union City, near Atlanta,. focused on records connected to the 2020 general election after obtaining a court-approved search warrant,Fox Atlantareported.
An underlying affidavit revealed the bureau was probing allegations of ballot irregularities. record-keeping failures in Georgia, a state President Donald Trump lost by a razor-thin margin to PresidentJoe Bidenthat became ground zero for Trump's election fraud claims in the aftermath of 2020.
In March, the FBI subpoenaed 2020 voting documents in Arizona. Multiple U.S. officialsconfirmed the election probe to Fox News, saying the DOJ is looking at a large tranche of Arizona data from 2020. 2024.
Fox News Digital’s Louis Casiano contributed to this report.
Andrew Mark Miller is a reporter at Fox News. Find him on Twitter @andymarkmiller and email tips to AndrewMark.Miller@Fox.com.
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