The Wisconsin Department of Justice and Attorney General Josh Kaul are facing a lawsuit over serious concerns about outside influence in state legal affairs. At the heart of the controversy is Kaul’s decision to hire a Special Assistant Attorney General (SAAG) whose salary is paid by the Bloomberg-funded State Energy & Environmental Impact Center at New York University Law School.  

According to the complaint, filed by groups including the Wisconsin Dairy Alliance and Venture Dairy Cooperative, “This case presents the question of whether the Wisconsin Department of Justice is for sale.”  

This arrangement is part of a well-documented pattern that has repeatedly faced criticism from legal experts and lawmakers, who warn that privately funded attorneys general blur the lines between public service and private interests and raise questions as to whom the SAAG is really accountable to – the taxpayers, or their billionaire funders.  

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