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loveandlight

(207 posts)
Mon Oct 21, 2013, 08:12 PM Oct 2013

Report: Special Prosecutor Looking At Wisconsin Recall Elections

Source: Talking Points Memo

The Journal Sentinel reported on Monday that the probe grew out of leads discovered during an earlier investigation of aides who served Gov. Scott Walker (R) during his time as Milwaukee County executive. That case ended with six people convicted on criminal charges.

The current probe was initiated by the Milwaukee County District Attorney's office, but now involves multiple counties. Francis Schmitz, a former assistant U.S. attorney who was once considered by President George W. Bush for the post of U.S. attorney for the eastern district of Wisconsin, is now leading the case as a special prosecutor, according to the Journal Sentinel.

"It's now spread to at least five counties," a source told the paper. The same source said that Milwaukee County Assistant District Attorney Bruce Landgraf had been investigating "all over the place."

The case apparently opened in February 2012. And according to the Journal Sentinel, the investigation is looking at a number of issues, including the recall races, a current legislative leader, and the 2012 gubernatorial recall contest between Walker and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/report-special-prosecutor-looking-at-wisconsin-recall-elections



Please may they all fall!
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Report: Special Prosecutor Looking At Wisconsin Recall Elections (Original Post) loveandlight Oct 2013 OP
K&R burrowowl Oct 2013 #1
Oh Please Make Walker fall back into the sewer from which he came. Maraya1969 Oct 2013 #2
You can say THAT again!! AmBlue Oct 2013 #4
Oh Please Make Walker fall back into the sewer from which he came. Auntie Bush Oct 2013 #12
You can… Jackpine Radical Oct 2013 #13
LOL!! AmBlue Oct 2013 #24
I second that: Oh Please Make Walker fall back into the sewer from which he came! freshwest Oct 2013 #25
does this mean that the election irregularities are going to examined? :D roguevalley Oct 2013 #3
Doesn't Matter! chuckstevens Oct 2013 #5
isn't george ryan strikeforce Oct 2013 #6
Ryan was released from custody. Delay's conviction was overturned and now on appeal. Both are free. Kennah Oct 2013 #28
Peter Fitzgerald (R) put Governor Grumpy, George Ryan (R) IL in the big house nt mikekohr Oct 2013 #7
kick samsingh Oct 2013 #8
Yeah, I was highly suspicious of the results also gopiscrap Oct 2013 #9
We know they cheated. Enthusiast Oct 2013 #30
To me that election did not pass the smell test @ all but it did follow the .... Botany Oct 2013 #10
I think it was another stolen election. summerschild Oct 2013 #22
If this kind of irregularity dotymed Oct 2013 #31
Get Kathy Nickolaus! NBachers Oct 2013 #11
This federal investigation has been going on for > 1 year. hue Oct 2013 #14
Would someone mind explaining exactly what the allegations are? brooklynite Oct 2013 #15
Just having it as a headline in the local press damages his standing Left Coast2020 Oct 2013 #16
Thank you.. I would also like to know what these allegations entail .. clue me in. YOHABLO Oct 2013 #18
Rotten, stinking, goddam criminals, every last one of them mountain grammy Oct 2013 #17
Scott Walker is clearly a cheating POS Blue Owl Oct 2013 #19
This could go back to 2011 Supreme Court race too. Coyotl Oct 2013 #20
It's late and I don't get what I'm seeing. Tigress DEM Oct 2013 #27
Perhaps my cynicism shall be rewarded... again. sofa king Oct 2013 #32
I so want to see Walker in a... SoapBox Oct 2013 #21
I hope they are able to find out who's behind this davidpdx Oct 2013 #23
YEAH! Please GIVE Wisconsin BACK to the PEOPLE!!!! Tigress DEM Oct 2013 #26
Interested, but not getting my hopes up yet MillennialDem Oct 2013 #29
This report on dKos: Coyotl Oct 2013 #33

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
25. I second that: Oh Please Make Walker fall back into the sewer from which he came!
Tue Oct 22, 2013, 12:28 AM
Oct 2013

And back to hanging with his Koch pals in the dark recesses of scum-anity!


Sorry, couldn't help myself. The only thing that might go wrong is... it's a Bush appointee who will be SP...

Keep on, Badgers!


 

chuckstevens

(1,201 posts)
5. Doesn't Matter!
Mon Oct 21, 2013, 08:56 PM
Oct 2013

He's a Republican: when is the last time one was held accountable for their actions, let alone prosecuted for their crimes?

Kennah

(14,276 posts)
28. Ryan was released from custody. Delay's conviction was overturned and now on appeal. Both are free.
Tue Oct 22, 2013, 01:23 AM
Oct 2013

Botany

(70,516 posts)
10. To me that election did not pass the smell test @ all but it did follow the ....
Mon Oct 21, 2013, 09:35 PM
Oct 2013

... republican pattern of calling the race quick and putting out a cover story ...
In the Wisconsin recall it was that voters were upset by the recall election.

http://richardcharnin.wordpress.com/2012/07/

The heavy turn outs in both Madison and Milwaukee should have made the
recall vote much closer or in favor of Barrett.

summerschild

(725 posts)
22. I think it was another stolen election.
Mon Oct 21, 2013, 11:26 PM
Oct 2013

It also had the tell-tale differences between the exit polls and final counts.

Wisconsin: None dare call it vote rigging
by Bob Fitrakis

If vote-rigging prospers, none may call it vote-rigging. It simply becomes the new norm. Once again, the universal laws of statistics apply only outside U.S. borders. The recall vote in Wisconsin produced another significant 7% discrepancy between the unadjusted exit poll and the so-called "recorded vote." In actual social science, this level of discrepancy, with the results being so far outside the expected margin of error would not be accepted.

dotymed

(5,610 posts)
31. If this kind of irregularity
Tue Oct 22, 2013, 09:41 AM
Oct 2013

happened to the bookies in Vegas, they would discover why very quickly.

Even though many repubs (especially Koch R's) do not believe in science, doesn't mean that the proven laws of probabilities are false.

Just like in the "W" selection, it just means that they cheated their asses off.

America sends "poll watchers" all over the world and they know when an election is rigged but when it happens in our own back yard....there was wrong exit "polling"....

Left Coast2020

(2,397 posts)
16. Just having it as a headline in the local press damages his standing
Mon Oct 21, 2013, 10:07 PM
Oct 2013

...even as the local animal control officer.

Tigress DEM

(7,887 posts)
27. It's late and I don't get what I'm seeing.
Tue Oct 22, 2013, 12:46 AM
Oct 2013

I can believe Walker cheated in the recall election. I though him speanding as much as he did of the Koch's money was cheating in it's own way, but is there solid evidence in these charts?

sofa king

(10,857 posts)
32. Perhaps my cynicism shall be rewarded... again.
Tue Oct 22, 2013, 05:42 PM
Oct 2013
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/sofa%20king/101

"Close enough to steal." I've flogged that damned dead horse into hamburger over the years, but there it is--that's the secret of Republican success.

I won't be surprised to see this kicked around without result until it's too late to correct the next elections, either, because that is also an important part of the process.

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
23. I hope they are able to find out who's behind this
Mon Oct 21, 2013, 11:57 PM
Oct 2013

At the very least, I believe Walker is damaged enough he won't run again.

Tigress DEM

(7,887 posts)
26. YEAH! Please GIVE Wisconsin BACK to the PEOPLE!!!!
Tue Oct 22, 2013, 12:42 AM
Oct 2013

I would SO love to see Walker convicted of everything he's done against the law. He just walked all over the law and was so smarmy about it.

I hate smarmy.

 

MillennialDem

(2,367 posts)
29. Interested, but not getting my hopes up yet
Tue Oct 22, 2013, 02:01 AM
Oct 2013

Walker has a lot of flunkies to fall on their swords for him and he will surely revert to his: "I don't recall" / "I don't know" routine.

Plus taking down a sitting governor requires an immense amount of evidence.

Plus he closed his legal defense fund in the first John Doe, though I suppose he could open another one.

 

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
33. This report on dKos:
Tue Oct 22, 2013, 06:45 PM
Oct 2013

Mon Oct 21, 2013 at 11:55 AM PDT
The Other Shoe Drops for Scott Walker. Another John Doe Probe Revealed and It's Statewide!
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/10/21/1249353/-The-Other-Shoe-Drops-for-Scott-Walker-Another-John-Doe-Probe-Revealed-and-It-s-Statewide?detail=email

Is THIS why the Milwaukee John Doe Probe closed with a whimper?

A former top-level assistant U.S. attorney has been appointed a special prosecutor in a burgeoning, secret investigation into a wide variety of state issues, including possible campaign violations during the recent recall elections, multiple sources said.

Francis Schmitz — who spent nearly 30 years as a federal prosecutor and was once a finalist for U.S. attorney in Milwaukee — is leading the widespread John Doe probe, according to sources.

Overseeing the case is Kenosha County Circuit Judge Barbara A. Kluka, who has been used by Milwaukee County judicial officials in past John Doe cases.


This is the type of news that normally dumps out late on Friday, but here it is first thing on Monday. Better yet, this probe was going on BEFORE the Milwaukee County John Doe Probe closed after the conviction of Kelly Reindfleisch, the former top aide to County Executive Scott Walker and 6th associate of his to be charged and convicted.

Bruce Landsgraf handled most of the Milwaukee County John Doe cases and ended the case against Reindfleisch with recitation of a litany of wrongdoings in the Milwaukee County Executives office. That long list led many of us to suspect additional charges and more revelations in the near future ..........
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