Kaul accuses GOP Senate oversight committee of ‘political theater’

By: Henry Redman

Outlets: Wisconsin Examiner

Published: February 25, 2026

Words: 986

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 1 day ago

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Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul said that the nearly eight hours of hearings held by the newly established Committee on the Oversight of the Department of Justice this week amounted to “political theater.”

In a series of hearings Tuesday and Wednesday, the committee, chaired by Senate President Mary Felzkowski (R-Tomahawk), dug into allegations that the DOJ violated state rules when it hired out of state lawyers on contract to enforce the state’s environmental regulations. …

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