Former WI AG says legal defense fund may make Walker "culpable"
MADISON (WQOW) -- If there is one thing Governor Scott Walker either cannot or does not want to talk about, its his role in the criminal John Doe investigation into illegal campaign activities in Milwaukee County.
Tom Barrett and the Democrats now appear committed to forcing his hand.
In a new attack ad, Barrett's campaign puts Scott Walker's legal issues front and center, pointing out that he's hired criminal attorneys using money from a legal defense fund.
The Governor has not said who that fund was set up for, but under state law, it can only be for the an elected official or one of their agents.
On Wednesday, the Democratic Party of Wisconsin brought out its last Attorney General, Peg Lautenschlager, to give a legal opinion on exactly who qualifies as such an agent.
"An agent of Scott Walker would be somebody who was authorized by Scott Walker to act on his behalf," said Lautenschlager. "Our state law in Chapter 990 goes so far as to say that when that agent acts, the principal is as culpable for the wrongdoings as is the agent."
http://www.wqow.com/story/18610751/former-ag-says-legal-defense-fund-makes-governor-culpable
