UPDATED: John Doe prosecutors allege Scott Walker at center of 'criminal scheme'
Source: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Madison Prosecutors allege that Gov. Scott Walker was at the center of an effort to illegally coordinate fundraising among conservative groups to help his campaign and those of Republican senators fend off recall elections during 2011 and '12, according to documents unsealed Thursday.
In the documents, prosecutors lay out what they call a "criminal scheme" to bypass state election laws by Walker, his campaign and two top deputies R.J. Johnson and Deborah Jordahl.
The governor and his close confidants helped raise money and control spending through 12 conservative groups during the recall elections, according to the prosecutors' filings.
The documents include an email in which Walker tells Karl Rove, former top adviser to President George W. Bush, that Johnson would lead the coordination campaign. Johnson is also chief adviser to Wisconsin Club for Growth, a conservative group active in the recall elections.
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Read more: http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/federal-judge-unseals-hundreds-of-documents-in-john-doe-probe-b99295017z1-263839791.html
Prosecutors allege Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker part of criminal scheme
Newly released documents show prosecutors are alleging Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was at the center of a nationwide criminal scheme to illegally coordinate with outside conservative groups.
Prosecutors say Walker, his chief of staff and others who worked for him were discussing illegal coordination with a number of national groups and prominent figures, including GOP strategist Karl Rove.
Read more at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/prosecutors-gov-walker-part-of-criminal-scheme/2014/06/19/6b8de66c-f7db-11e3-8118-eae4d5b48c7d_story.html
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UPDATE:
Prosecutors: Walker's Campaign 'Tacitly Admitted' Breaking The Law
ERIC LACH JUNE 19, 2014, 4:32 PM EDT
In court documents unsealed on Thursday, a prosecutor accused Gov. Scott Walker's (R) campaign of "tacitly" admitting to breaking Wisconsin law.
The assertion was included in a document originally filed in state court late last year by special prosecutor Francis Schmitz, who was appointed in October to oversee a secret "John Doe" investigation of the 2011 and 2012 recall elections in Wisconsin.
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"Movants argue that 'coordination' of political activities that do not arguably involve express advocacy cannot be a crime under Wisconsin law," he wrote. "These arguments fail to recognize or misinterpret Wisconsin statutes, administrative rules, and G.A.B. formal opinions. Movants have also ignored controlling Wisconsin case law. Indeed, in their submissions, movants - FOSW, Citizens for a Strong America, Inc. (CFSA), Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, Inc. (WMC) and Wisconsin Manfacuturers & Commerce-Issues Mobilization Council (WMC-IMC), and Wisconsin Club for Growth (WiCFG) appear to have tacitly admitted to violating Wisconsin law."
Schmitz's filing was part of the documents made public Thursday in connection to a federal lawsuit against the state prosecutors that was brought by Wisconsin Club for Growth. Earlier this year, U.S. District Judge Rudolph Randa issued a sharply-worded ruling ordering the prosecutors to halt the investigation. In language that later shocked campaign finance experts, Randa wrote that Wisconsin Club for Growth had "found a way to circumvent campaign finance laws, and that circumvention should not and cannot be condemned or restricted." Schmitz and the other prosecutors involved in the John Doe investigation have appealed Randa's decision.
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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/prosecutors-scott-walker-campaign-tacitly-dmitted
randys1
(16,286 posts)Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)dembotoz
(16,922 posts)blindly obedient fox viewers
a couple of assistants will go to jail and he will get re elected
Cal33
(7,018 posts)they recognize a first-class sociopath when they see one?
MillennialDem
(2,367 posts)mojowork_n
(2,354 posts)Kind of like the worst horror movie of all time.... Oligarchs Meet THE BORG:
"Resistance is futile."
But maybe no, not each and every time?
There has to be some value to having the facts out in public, for the record, so people really do have the opportunity to decide for themselves.
elfin
(6,262 posts)Burke will not capitalize on this as she should.
I HATE HATE hate the Weasel and what he and his ilk have done to Wisconsin -- and also to Milwaukee.
LeftInTX
(29,166 posts)I looked up a former classmate on Facebook. OMG!!! The guy sounded as red as the Texas Tea Party.
He wasn't that way in high school. The Wisconsin progressives were responsible for our excellent education. Texas on the other hand didn't even have mandatory air conditioning in schools until 1986. (Kinda like the Texas prisons)
Omaha Steve
(102,547 posts)Had the time to take the call from the Koch brothers (on tape)
Transcript and video here: http://host.madison.com/transcript-of-prank-koch-walker-conversation/article_531276b6-3f6a-11e0-b288-001cc4c002e0.html
hue
(4,949 posts)alp227
(32,423 posts)Mary Burke and national Democrats, GET. TO. WORK.
dembotoz
(16,922 posts)the party has determined that a dem lite (very lite) candidate is what makes them the most comfortable
lark
(23,790 posts)How sweet it is.
Stuart G
(38,726 posts)groundloop
(12,012 posts)Damn this is getting juicy. Too bad Scotty's not already in jail though, he's already done too much damage to Wisconsin.
laserhaas
(7,805 posts)But - one can always hope!
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)voting ballots.
sybylla
(8,655 posts)We had recounts all over the state for the supreme court race and several of the recalls. Not one turned up any such evidence. I and those like me who participated in these recounts know it's not possible to do what you are saying in the state of WI.
Even in Waukesha where Kathy Nikolaus fucked shit up so badly, there was no proof of what you're saying.
Continuing to undermine faith in our electoral system with unsubstantiated claims only serves to deter participation, and I know you don't mean to do that.
Half-Century Man
(5,279 posts)Any interruptions in the data streams? Even for as little as 60 seconds?
Millions flowed into Wisconsin to help Snotty with his recall, some of it was spent on fairly well done ads. Was all of it?
I have absolute faith in our electoral system. I do not have faith in networked systems, which have proven time after time, to be vulnerable to cybernetic manipulation. Paper ballot all the way.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)QuestForSense
(653 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)pa28
(6,145 posts)We had some very sensible Democrats on this site explaining why the recall was a waste and would hurt us in the next election.
Too often we focus on looking forward instead of backward and Republicans walk off with zero accountability as a result. If we'd made Dick Cheney accountable for his actions he would be spending more time trying to keep his saggy ass out of legal trouble and less time trying to remodel himself as an elder statesman.
Good things happen when you put some heat on these people.
Demeter
(85,373 posts)Not even true love and marriage to a fine faithful husband....
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)Why doesn't anyone look around before posting yet another thread?
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)Stuart G
(38,726 posts)Ellipsis
(9,145 posts)hue
(4,949 posts)Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)CTyankee
(64,557 posts)Hope they both get tossed...bastids...
Rhinodawg
(2,219 posts)are STILL under investigation by the feds.
CTyankee
(64,557 posts)'memba that "What next, AFrica?" remark of hers during the Libya revolt...
Rhinodawg
(2,219 posts)cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
Bandit
(21,475 posts)Judi Lynn
(162,028 posts)Louisiana1976
(3,962 posts)Ellipsis
(9,145 posts)Festivito
(13,517 posts)It would be nice to RICO his wealthiest donors on this one.