The mystery of Eric O'Keefe - Walker supporter could single-handedly kill the John Doe probe.

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O'Keefe rarely speaks to the media. He was born in Grosse Point, a wealthy suburb of Detroit, but has lived in Spring Green for years, where he and his wife, Leslie Graves, raised their children. As a teenager, O'Keefe was inspired by his membership in the Conservative Book Club, the Washington Post has reported, and by his mid-20s had gotten involved with the Libertarian Party. He inherited money and then made more through investments, which freed him to work on political causes.

Graves became the Wisconsin chair of the Libertarian Party in 1979 and was a regional representative on its national committee. O'Keefe also served on the committee and in 1980 became the party's national director. The two must have gotten to know each other then and ultimately married and settled down in her native state. They also became friends of David Koch, the Libertarian candidate for vice president in 1980.

Millions of such dollars went from groups controlled by O'Keefe and the Kochs to help Walker win the 2012 recall election. He's their man. But they have recently split with him regarding the John Doe probe and have pushed the Wall Street Journal to blast the governor with its editorials. Walker's sin? His campaign has met with prosecutors to suggest a settlement, hoping to put the Doe -- and its endless distractions -- behind him as he works to get reelected governor in a race that's currently a statistical tie.

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But O'Keefe and the Kochs want to kill all restrictions on campaign finance, and to that end O'Keefe has hired a top Washington, D.C., attorney, David Rivkin, to sue all the prosecutors involved in the Doe probe, accusing them of violating the civil rights and freedom of speech of O'Keefe and others under investigation. O'Keefe has more recently sued the Government Accountability Board, also involved in the probe.


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