Legal wrangling heats up as Club for Growth opposes prosecutor's move (John Doe)

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Source: Wis, state Journal

Until recently, the Wisconsin Club for Growth had been in “discussions” with the prosecutor involved in a John Doe investigation into alleged illegal campaign activity, the group said in a federal court filing Thursday.

But the group said the prosecutor, Francis Schmitz, had “discontinued” those unspecified discussions in the wake of a news report this week that Schmitz was in settlement talks with Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign.

Attorneys for Wisconsin Club for Growth and board member Eric O’Keefe did not answer questions about the nature of the discussions. Also on Thursday, Walker tried to distance himself from reported settlement talks over the nearly two-year-old investigation

Thursday’s filing by David Rivkin, the attorney for O’Keefe and the group, was just the latest twist in a complex legal battle over the investigation into Walker and conservative groups. In it, Rivkin said it appears Schmitz is trying to “use the coercive power of the state to cut side-deals” that would violate his clients’ rights.

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[charmay]

1. Walker stinks from the bottom up.

Who will he throw under the bus this time?

[Half-Century Man]

2. This appears to be a report about nothing.

Unspecified "discussions" could be an exchange of "fuck you"/"fuck you harder" e-mails by office interns.

The “use the coercive power of the state to cut side-deals” thing is SOP for dealing with a racketeering type of investigation. And as the investigation was halted and then that halt was appealed; it is not a far reach that offers already in play for minor members of WCFG were being checked on. From either side.

I am glad that the rumor of Walker's group might be trying to reach a settlement out of the public eye turned out to be false. That worried me. I see no profit in letting someone so greedy that they can't operate within the already massively rigged system, get off with a wrist slap.