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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGov. Scott Walker’s thinly veiled threats against prosecutors are outrageous and dangerous
Cap Times editorial 2 hrs agoWalker's winner-take-all approach to politics breaks faith with Wisconsin Democrats like Gaylord Nelson, John Reynolds and Patrick Lucey and with Wisconsin Republicans like Warren Knowles, Lee Sherman Dreyfus and Tommy Thompson. They were willing to engage in fair fights because they believed correctly, it turned out that they could win them.
Walker knows that he cannot win fair fights, that he cannot govern effectively, and that he cannot withstand scrutiny.
This has made him reckless and irresponsible.
But he has never been so reckless and irresponsible as he was last week. ..................
Botany
(70,581 posts)electronic voting machines
republican judges
the Koch Brothers and their $
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)We still do not have adequate answers about election integrity in the Supreme Court race, but now we know that Prosser's win was critical to shutting down the John Doe investigation. What happened in Milwaukee while we were misdirected to watch Waukesha?
Stuart G
(38,445 posts)Dustlawyer
(10,497 posts)dembotoz
(16,832 posts)Coyotl
(15,262 posts)This is not about throwing millions in dark money at an election, this is a criminal justice matter and you can't pay off everyone because not everyone in Wisconsin is a Republican crook. Not to mention, Walker doesn't control the US Supreme Court.
LISTEN : The U.S. Supreme Court today will meet in closed session to decide whether to consider Wisconsins John Doe investigation. That secret probe was looking into whether Gov. Walkers 2012 recall campaign broke campaign finance laws by illegally coordinating with outside advocacy groups.
The investigation began back in 2012 when Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisolm launched a probe into Gov. Walkers recall campaign.
During a previous John Doe involving Walker aides and associates while he was Milwaukee County Executive, its believed Chisholm came across information leading him to question certain activities during Walkers recall campaign.
Those questions center around whether the campaign illegally coordinated fundraising with the conservative group Wisconsin Club for Growth. Four other district attorneys joined the investigation along with a special prosecutor.
In 2015, the Wisconsin Club for Growth brought forth the legal challenge to stop the investigation. .........
Vogon_Glory
(9,128 posts)I fear that Scott Walker will get away with his stuff as long as he thinks he has nothing to fear from Wisconsin's state courts. Unfortunately for Scottie, that leads to arrogance. Arrogance leads to complacency, and complacency leads to carelessness. People like that start thinking that they're not only immune from state scrutiny, but federal scrutiny as well.
I have come to believe that one of the essential tasks for a Democratic Party in control of the White House and both houses of Congress is to set the Justice Department loose on state houses and governors' mansions mired in ALEC and Tea-bagger corruption. To kill the snake, cut off its heads.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)On September 14, the Guardian newspaper which published the Snowden revelation, published a massive set of documents from the Scott Walker dark money probe know as the "John Doe" investigation. We highly recommend the lengthy expose on secret money and backroom deals, which you can access here. If you don't have time to read all 1,500 emails and documents in the cache, our staff has picked out some of the most illuminating.
At the heart of the matter are three men. Scott Walker, RJ Johnson (who simultaneously worked for Walker and the dark money machine Wisconsin Club for Growth, say prosecutors) and Keith Gilkes who was Walker's chief of staff in 2011and his campaign manager in 2012. Prosecutors were investigating whether campaign money was channeled through a purportedly "independent group" in order to circumvent state and federal rules that set limits on political contributions and require them to be publicly revealed, explains the Guardian.
1. National Club for Growth's David Keating questions RJ Johnson of Wisconsin Club for Growth, who becomes Walker's top campaign advisory shortly after this email, about the legality of his activities way back in 2009 prior to Walker's run for Governor in 2010.
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lutefisk
(3,974 posts)He's on shaky ground now, and when his corrupt operation starts to crumble Wisconsin Republican politicians will abandon him. He has thrown quite a few people under the bus to further his own career, and more than a few Republican legislators are growing tired of the vile sociopath.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)There is almost nothing more I would like to see than to see that freak ejected from public office for good.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Someone did an amazing service to the integrity of politics by risking this leak. Kudos to them.