FBI Interviews Wisconsin Election Workers Following Trump's Debunked 2020 Election Conspiracy Theories

The FBI interviewed current and former election officials in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, including Wisconsin Elections Commission deputy administrator Robert Kehoe and Milwaukee County's elections director, as part of an expanded investigation into the 2020 election. Federal agents visited officials' homes and followed up on debunked conspiracy theories about the election Trump lost, including false claims about ballot drop boxes and alleged irregularities in Milwaukee's vote counting. This represents an escalation of Trump administration efforts to relitigate the 2020 election results in swing states, with similar actions occurring in Georgia where the DOJ issued subpoenas to interview poll workers and seized over 600 boxes of 2020 ballots. The investigations pursue Trump's repeatedly debunked false claims of widespread voter fraud, creating an intimidation effect on election workers who describe the home visits as unsettling and unprecedented.

"It was unsettling to have FBI agents show up at my home to ask about conspiracy theories that have been thoroughly debunked for years." — Reaction from a Milwaukee election official describing the intimidation effect of the FBI home visits