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Conservative group files civil rights suit against Wisconsin investigators
Source: Reuters
Conservative group files civil rights suit against Wisconsin investigators
BY BRENDAN O'BRIEN
MILWAUKEE Mon Feb 10, 2014 7:30pm EST
(Reuters) - A conservative organization in Wisconsin filed a federal lawsuit against several public officials on Monday, saying its members' civil rights were violated during an ongoing secret probe into campaign financing, court documents showed.
The Wisconsin Club for Growth filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, accusing investigators of violating its members' freedom of speech, association and equal protection rights.
The organization is asking the court to halt the 17-month probe into what The Wall Street Journal has described as claims of illegal coordination between special interest groups and political campaigns.
In the complaint, the group contends that investigators have infringed on its members' civil rights by sidelining them from political activities during the 2014 election cycle, including Republican Governor Scott Walker's re-election campaign.
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BY BRENDAN O'BRIEN
MILWAUKEE Mon Feb 10, 2014 7:30pm EST
(Reuters) - A conservative organization in Wisconsin filed a federal lawsuit against several public officials on Monday, saying its members' civil rights were violated during an ongoing secret probe into campaign financing, court documents showed.
The Wisconsin Club for Growth filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, accusing investigators of violating its members' freedom of speech, association and equal protection rights.
The organization is asking the court to halt the 17-month probe into what The Wall Street Journal has described as claims of illegal coordination between special interest groups and political campaigns.
In the complaint, the group contends that investigators have infringed on its members' civil rights by sidelining them from political activities during the 2014 election cycle, including Republican Governor Scott Walker's re-election campaign.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/11/us-usa-campaign-wisconsin-idUSBREA1A00T20140211
