Empower Wisconsin Claims Gov. Evers Hired Lawyer to ‘Go After’ Citizens Petitioning for Removal of Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm
January 13, 2022 | Wisconsin
Empower Wisconsin, a grassroots conservative information hub, claimed Governor Tony Evers (D) hired a lawyer to “go after” citizens who were circulating a petition calling for the removal of Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm.
On Twitter, the group alleged Evers “secretly hired a Milwaukee lawyer to go after the citizens who filed a complaint against [Milwaukee County] DA Chisholm instead of investigating how a career violent criminal suspected in the Waukesha massacre got $1,000 bail.”
Several letters have been written to Evers, asking for him to remove Chisholm following the Waukesha Christmas Parade attack, where Chisholm’s office was responsible for letting out the suspect Darrell Brooks on a $1,000 bail.
Empower Wisconsin told The Wisconsin Daily Star that “sixteen Waukesha area lawmakers sent Evers two letters asking [him] to remove Chisholm.” The lawmakers have no connection to the Milwaukee County citizens who filed the complaint, Empower Wisconsin said….(Excerpts from the Wisconsin Daily Star)