Galloway's routine audit of Hawley's administration is ongoing.

Ashcroft said the attorney general's office employees his office interviewed said Teepell and Gitcho became involved in the office in January of 2017 and that "the majority of the executive staff Attorney General Hawley brought on at the AGO had no government experience."

They said Teepell's job was to "provide guidance to senior staff not only on how to roll out those (office) priorities, but also on how to run a governmental entity." Employees said Gitcho's role "was to provide guidance on how to communicate with the media."

The report also says "AGO employees did not feel that they had to follow the advice Mr. Teepell or Ms. Gitcho offered" and that "Attorney General Hawley running for United States Senate was never brought up during any of the meetings or conference calls."

The employees interviewed said the consultants never spoke of "campaigning," only the roll-out of office priorities.

Ashcroft's office also interviewed Gitcho and Teepell, who said Hawley asked them to consult with his staff. They said they stopped consulting with staff over the summer of 2017.