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#johndoe brief filed by prosecutors available online here: Talks about illegal activity of "a candid (Original Post) riversedge Sep 2014 OP
what pages are the juicy stuff on ? Pharaoh Sep 2014 #1
Some analysis here--best I can find so far... riversedge Sep 2014 #4
Thank you Pharaoh Sep 2014 #6
yah, can someone with a legal mind cut through the mumbo jumbo and let us know the good stuff?? a kennedy Sep 2014 #2
not a riversedge Sep 2014 #5
Maybe there is hope???? for the investigation to continue..... riversedge Sep 2014 #3

riversedge

(70,186 posts)
4. Some analysis here--best I can find so far...
Thu Sep 11, 2014, 04:24 PM
Sep 2014

I am not getting my hopes up in the least!



http://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/09/12596/federal-panel-suggests-judge-overreached-when-it-halted-walker-probe

Posted by Brendan Fischer on September 10, 2014
Federal Panel Suggests Koch-Tied Judge Overreached When He Halted Walker Probe

Federal Judge Rudolph Randa may have overreached when he halted the state criminal investigation into Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and allied groups, a panel of federal appellate judges suggested on Tuesday.

“This is a federalism issue,” Diane Wood, chief judge of the 7th Circuit court of appeals, said of the case. “Should a federal court step in and stop a state proceeding?”

“Federalism is certainly present…“ replied Wisconsin Club for Growth (WiCFG) attorney Mark DeLaquil, from the Washington, D.C. law firm Baker & Hostetler.

“Its predominant!” Wood interjected.

The case, an appeal of federal Judge Randa’s order from May halting the criminal campaign finance investigation, has major implications both for transparency in Wisconsin elections and for the future of Walker’s political career...............


 

Pharaoh

(8,209 posts)
6. Thank you
Thu Sep 11, 2014, 05:10 PM
Sep 2014

Not only did Randa stop the process but said all evidence should be destroyed as I recall, if so, he should be removed from the bench. Nothing but another servant to the Koch brothers!

a kennedy

(29,647 posts)
2. yah, can someone with a legal mind cut through the mumbo jumbo and let us know the good stuff??
Wed Sep 10, 2014, 07:33 AM
Sep 2014

Please?? *batting eyes* I can't get through the first page.

riversedge

(70,186 posts)
3. Maybe there is hope???? for the investigation to continue.....
Thu Sep 11, 2014, 08:45 AM
Sep 2014





http://expressmilwaukee.com/blog-10652-today%E2%80%99s-john-doe-oral-arguments.html

.....Today, the prosecutors are appealing Randa’s decision.

The three-judge panel hearing the case is the same three-judge panel that in 2007 famously overturned another politically charged case decided by Randa—the conviction of Doyle administration employee Georgia Thompson.

The prosecutor, then-U.S. Attorney Steven Biskupic, alleged that she was steering a contract to a favored company.

(Biskupic is now Walker’s attorney. His wife is Randa’s assistant. What a small world.)

The three appeals court judges in Chicago heard Thompson’s appeal and immediately released her. They called the evidence used against her “beyond thin,” which has got to be pretty embarrassing for Randa and Biskupic.

The same three judges—Chief District Judge Diane Wood, Frank Easterbrook and William Bauer—also stayed Randa’s order to destroy the evidence collected in this case. ...
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