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Armstead

(47,803 posts)
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 03:30 PM Jun 2014

Scott Walker may be in trouble -- Being investigated by Feds forruption

This a flash on, yes, Fox News from Shepard Smith. Was a teaser...More to come.


More here:

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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Scott Walker may be in trouble -- Being investigated by Feds forruption (Original Post) Armstead Jun 2014 OP
More here: elleng Jun 2014 #1
ooops. Looked and didnlt see any others. Armstead Jun 2014 #2
That's OK, elleng Jun 2014 #3
Be still my heart! Little Star Jun 2014 #4
Please, make it so. Enthusiast Jun 2014 #5
Let's hope that the sinking ship brings the Kochs down with it! Initech Jun 2014 #6

Initech

(100,063 posts)
6. Let's hope that the sinking ship brings the Kochs down with it!
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 05:59 PM
Jun 2014

Scott Walker is but a small part of a far greater problem!

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