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Gov. Scott Walker at the Center of Alleged 'Criminal' Campaign Finance Scheme
Prosecutors are investigating Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker for allegedly organizing an illegal campaign finance ring to help fight his recall campaign in 2011 and 2012.
In state documents unsealed by a judge on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago on Thursday, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports the Walker, his campaign and two of his top deputies R.J. Johnson and Deborah Jordahl are accused of orchestrating a "criminal scheme" to "utilize and direct organizations, as well as other political committees," according to the documents. The group is accused of coordinating 12 conservative non-profit groups and controlling their spending during the hotly contested recall elections in Wisconsin in those years, contrary to Wisconsin's campaign finance laws.
One of the key pieces of evidence in the unsealed documents is a 2011 email sent by Walker to Republican strategist Karl Rove. In the email, Walker appears to explain and endorse the whole scheme, per the Journal-Sentinel:
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elleng
(130,865 posts)Armstead
(47,803 posts)well, interesting news anyway.
elleng
(130,865 posts)and yes, interesting.
Little Star
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(50,983 posts)Initech
(100,063 posts)Scott Walker is but a small part of a far greater problem!