Milwaukee election chief interviewed in Jan. 6 probe

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Milwaukee’s top election official met with federal prosecutors conducting a special counsel probe into former President Donald Trump’s efforts to subvert the outcome of the 2020 election leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection, reports The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Election Commission Executive Director Claire Woodall-Vogg confirmed an ABC News report that she had been interviewed.

“I can confirm it but not really provide anything else,” she said in a text message to the Journal Sentinel Friday. “Interview was in May and was virtual.”

The probe is being conducted by longtime federal prosecutor Jack Smith, who was tapped by Attorney General Merrick Garland to act as special counsel, the Journal Sentinel reported.

Trump lost Wisconsin by about 21,000 votes in 2020 to Joe Biden but has sought to undermine the election results, including by pushing conspiracy theories about the race. The outcome has been confirmed by recounts he paid for — including one in Milwaukee County, court rulings, a nonpartisan state audit and a study by a prominent conservative group, according to the Journal Sentinel report .