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UCmeNdc

(9,589 posts)
Fri Jun 20, 2014, 08:10 AM Jun 2014

CENTER OF NATIONWIDE 'CRIMINAL SCHEME'

Prosecutors allege that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) was at the center of a criminal conspiracy to illegally coordinate the activities of independent conservative groups during recall elections in his state in 2011 and 2012, according to documents released Thursday and first reported on by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Prosecutors contend in the documents that Walker had direct knowledge that his top deputies R.J. Johnson and Deborah Jordahl were involved in the alleged illegal coordination between the Walker campaign and 12 conservative groups.

The documents, part of a John Doe investigation, were unsealed in a lawsuit brought by the Wisconsin Club for Growth, the central player in the alleged illegal coordination, and other groups seeking to halt the investigation as a violation of their First Amendment rights. The prosecutors' allegations are based on extensive testimony and findings from the parties involved.

In one unsealed email from Walker to Karl Rove, chief political strategist to former President George W. Bush and founder of the well-funded independent groups American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS, the governor described Johnson's alleged role in coordinating Republican efforts in the recall elections.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/19/scott-walker-investigation_n_5512463.html

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CENTER OF NATIONWIDE 'CRIMINAL SCHEME' (Original Post) UCmeNdc Jun 2014 OP
So um, is he still running for POTUS? SummerSnow Jun 2014 #1
Do you really believe that any of this COLGATE4 Jun 2014 #2
Same old, Same old mindem Jun 2014 #3
Sorry, but we're locking this as a dupe. greatauntoftriplets Jun 2014 #4

COLGATE4

(14,732 posts)
2. Do you really believe that any of this
Fri Jun 20, 2014, 08:27 AM
Jun 2014

will hurt him with his Rethuglican supporters? Remember, the rule is always IOKIYAR.

mindem

(1,580 posts)
3. Same old, Same old
Fri Jun 20, 2014, 09:04 AM
Jun 2014

The gop will just screech about freedom of speech to change the subject to the IRS investigations - because, after all, they are always the victims.

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