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kpete

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Thu Jun 19, 2014, 09:45 PM Jun 2014

Email shows Scott Walker & Karl Rove illegally discussing coordination of outside campaign spending

Taegan Goddard @politicalwire
Email shows Gov. Scott Walker and Karl Rove illegally discussing coordination of outside campaign spending
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2014/06/19/prosecutors_say_walker_at_center_of_criminal_scheme.html
11:48 AM - 19 Jun 2014


Prosecutors Say Walker at Center of 'Criminal Scheme'

Prosecutors allege that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) "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," the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.

"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... The documents include an email in which Walker tells Karl Rove...that Johnson would lead the coordination campaign."

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2014/06/19/prosecutors_say_walker_at_center_of_criminal_scheme.html
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Email shows Scott Walker & Karl Rove illegally discussing coordination of outside campaign spending (Original Post) kpete Jun 2014 OP
The Walker and Rove defence is going to be that bribery is now legal, so no bigee. Fred Sanders Jun 2014 #1
R#6 & K n/t UTUSN Jun 2014 #2
Walker denies that email... IllinoisBirdWatcher Jun 2014 #3
Nail turdblossom, please. Evil pos. nt Mnemosyne Jun 2014 #4
Escaping recall only to go to jail for violating election laws -- priceless! DirkGently Jun 2014 #5

IllinoisBirdWatcher

(2,315 posts)
3. Walker denies that email...
Thu Jun 19, 2014, 10:25 PM
Jun 2014

This is the best the Walker minions could come up with today:

Politico also quotes Walker campaign spokeswoman Alleigh Marre: “The Friends of Scott Walker campaign are not party to the federal suit and have no control over any documents in that suit. Two judges have rejected the characterizations disclosed in those documents.”


Read more: http://host.madison.com/news/local/city-life/national-media-pounce-on-release-of-john-doe-ii-documents/article_335d3dc8-f7fa-11e3-b1d8-0019bb2963f4.html#ixzz358rYiHjK

Obviously, since they don't "control" the documents, they must be not true documents. LOL.
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