Probe of external influences in DOJ a “partisan stunt,” Attorney General Kaul says

Republican state legislators investigating “external influences” in Wisconsin’s Department of Justice butted heads with Attorney General Josh Kaul in a public hearing this morning. At issue: his department’s hiring of a Special Assistant AG to work on environmental litigation – a position funded by an NYU center with ties to Michael Bloomberg. Republicans say the hiring opened the door to outside, partisan influence. But AG Kaul maintains that the hiring is a non-issue – and the investigative committee is a political stunt. Image courtesy: Brian Standing / WORT News.