On Thursday, the GAB provided to reporters more than 500 pages of documents it filed in the case after Waukesha County Circuit Judge Lee Dreyfus Jr. allowed them to be included in the public court record. The judge ruled Wednesday that a smaller subset of documents related to the John Doe investigation could be released, clearing the way for all of the records to be filed publicly.

“The court filings unsealed by the judge today show that the Government Accountability Board approached its role in the investigation in a lawful, serious and unbiased manner,” GAB spokesman Reid Magney said. “This was borne out in the Dec. 17 settlement agreement to end the litigation, which contained no findings of wrongdoing or liability by the board or its staff. The board fully complied with applicable laws governing our agency and the conduct of investigations.”

The GAB filings include responses to allegations made by the Wisconsin Club for Growth and arguments about records sought by the plaintiff. The GAB said it planned to make available to reporters additional case documents filed by the plaintiffs as they became available from the Waukesha County courthouse.