Gov. Scott Walker pays criminal lawyers additional $248,000

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http://m.jsonline.com/more/news/blogs/200637001.html

The bill is in, and it wasn’t cheap.

Milwaukee prosecutors earlier this month closed their long-running John Doe investigation of Gov. Scott Walker's current and former aides.

In response, Walker shut down his legal defense fund on Friday after making final payments to the lawyers who assisted him during the nearly three-year investigation.

Walker’s total legal tab due to John Doe probe: $650,000

“With the conclusion of the legal process and no further cooperation with the Milwaukee County district attorney’s office requested, the closure of the Scott Walker Legal Trust was completed today,” said Nicole Tieman, spokesman for the Walker campaign.

The first-term Republican governor opened his legal defense fund just over a year ago, shortly after prosecutors brought charges against several of his former aides from his time as Milwaukee County executive.

Walker eventually sat a for a lengthy and contentious interview with Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm and his staff in the late spring. The governor has said repeatedly that he was never a target in the probe.

Records show his defense fund dispensed $432,754 to the Chicago and Milwaukee firms for which his two criminal defense lawyers worked. A boutique Madison law firm and APCO Worldwide, a Chicago-based PR firm, received another $15,000 from Walker’s defense account.

In addition, Walker’s campaign paid about $200,000 directly to Michael Best & Friedrich for so-called “compliance issues” related to the investigation. The campaign retained former U.S. Attorney Steve Biskupic, a former Michael Best lawyer who has since left the firm, when prosecutors subpoenaed campaign records the day before the 2010 general election.

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1. worm !!!

how much of a kick-back is that worm getting??? what a POS !!!

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2. Steven Biscopic was involved in the Attorney General Scandal over voter fraud....