MADISON, Wis. — Special Counsel and retired Justice Michael Gableman gave his second update on the Republican-backed probe into the 2020 election Wednesday morning.

Gableman told lawmakers on the Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections that Kenosha is the only city to cooperate with the investigation, not Madison, Milwaukee, Green Bay or Racine.

Those five cities received the biggest chuck of more than $10 million in grants meant to help carry out the election amid the pandemic, which was given to Wisconsin towns and cities from the Center for Tech and Civic Life. That organization is funded mostly by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan.

Before a small group of lawmakers, Gableman accused the mayors of Madison and Green Bay of trying to “cover-up” how they used grant money and said he has taken legal action to force them to testify.

“Of all the clerks and all the mayors, those two simply failed without reason or excuse to appear for their depositions and answer questions about how and to what extent they allowed Mark Zuckerberg's employees to plan and administer their city's election in November 2020,” Gableman said.

Democrats raise questions about who has worked on the investigation.

Those mayors have opposed testifying behind closed doors, but Gableman said public interviews could compromise the integrity of his investigation.

Gableman told lawmakers the grant money put towards COVID safety paled in comparison to “get out the vote” efforts.

“Reasonable minds might wonder whether the millions of dollars each of these mayors received from the Zuckerbergs may have induced them to do something other than to treat all candidates fairly and impartially and whether those mayors used the Zuckerberg money to get out the vote for Joe Biden,” Gableman said.

For the first time, Gableman also outlined his office's expenses and who has worked on the investigation for him.

That includes Ron Heuer, the president of the Wisconsin Voters Alliance, which sued to prevent Wisconsin's election results from being certified.

Gableman fires back at accusations by Democrats.

Democrats questioned why people who seem to have allegiances are working on the probe.

“I don't trust that you're out for the truth," Rep. Spreitzer (D-Beloit) said. “Mr. Gableman has disparaged himself by the people that he has put into this investigation.”

“I'm not going to let you put words in my mouth for your cheap political advancement,” Gableman responded. “Stop it! I never said anything about overturning any election. Stop making things up, Mark! Your constituents deserve better.”

As far as the breakdown of expenses, from staff to office space to travel,  Gableman's team has spent $175,500 of the $676,000 budgeted so far.