Summary
Milwaukee’s city and county governments are lawyering up as an FBI probe hangs over them. That could stick taxpayers with big legal bills and raise hard questions about local leadership.
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Impact analysis
Taxpayers could end up footing the bill for costly outside lawyers as the FBI probe unfolds.
Outside law firms hired by the city and county stand to make money from the investigation.
Taxpayers and residents could bear the costs and lose trust in local government.
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