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Michael Gableman: “There were two investigators that were hired before I got…”

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Published June 23, 2022 | Video Starts at 44:08

Not that I recall. Okay. And you didn't have anybody directly employed working on the investigation in July and August of 2021, is that correct? Right. There were two investigators that were hired before I got there. but other than that. That's true. Okay, and then everybody that you employed came on in September, is that right? I believe so, yes. Okay, got it. I think that's it. (44:08–44:13)

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“I don't believe [I had office space in Brookfield Square in July], no.”
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“No [I have not produced those notes].”
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“No [I do not still have those notes].”
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“I would have told [the speaker] I was researching and trying to become more familiar with the laws and more familiar with the issues…”
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“There were also computers at the New Berlin Public Library. I believe that's referenced in the affidavit, too.”
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“Because I had no office, no money, and no computer equipment. I was working at the New Berlin Public Library.”
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“Everything that I did on a. On that wasn't on my phone, I had to do at the library during July and August.”
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“I went out there because I thought there was going to be some solid evidence of Chinese interference with the machines, and I was very…”
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“I think Arizona was the 4th through the 8th of August, and then the next week was South Dakota.”
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“I had a 10 by 10 room, I believe, starting in August.”
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“I had a 10 by 10 room.”
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“It was six months, and I think it was up in January. We had moved by then. In October.”
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“No, it wasn't possible [to retrieve any data from July and August of 2021].”
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“I had no tech support [to recover deleted emails].”
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“I've asked for records for the time period, July and August. So did I say to them specifically, including our time in Arizona? I did not.”
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“I learned a lot of things down there that just weren't applicable to Wisconsin.”
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“I said from the beginning I wanted to make everything public that we relied on in making the report.”
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“If it wasn't going to be useful to the report, and if there was no open records requests on point, then I could discard it.”
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“By reviewing the statutes.”
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“If there was no open records request and if it wasn't going to be useful to my report, then I would probably delete it.”
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“I asked them if they had any and they said no.”
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“There was not a fifth person.”
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“Probably, yes.”
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“I did not have a very sophisticated or intricate understanding [of election machines].”
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“Mr. Kloster was not paid for his time in August of 2021.”
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“If it was responsive to the request, we would have provided it.”
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“I drive right from South Dakota to the emergency room at Prater Urgent Care in New Berlin, where I get eventually diagnosed with COVID.”
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“The Proton email account was not one that [Michael Gableman] was actually using in July and August of 2021.”
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“No, the account was deleted.”
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“Nobody knows, aside from those within your office, who that person [the classified employee] is.”
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“I do not [have any training in recovery of deleted emails or documents].”
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“I was focused on the five. The five that got the 8 million out of 10 million, I think.”
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“I believed it was deleted, but I. Do I have a certificate from Yahoo? No.”
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“I believe it was attorney Kloster.”
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