OOps! Former close aide to Scott Walker and Walker appointee arrested on embezzlement charges

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http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/charged-investigation-related-wis-gov-15297988#.TwZOUPLDB6Q
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A former close aide to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and a Walker appointee were arrested on embezzlement charges Thursday as part of an ongoing criminal investigation centered on people who served during Walker's tenure as Milwaukee County executive.

A third person, who worked six months for the state Department of Public Instruction until being fired Thursday, was charged with child enticement in a case the county prosecutor said was discovered while investigating the others.

The arrests of former Walker aide Tim Russell and Kevin Kavanaugh, Walker's appointee to the Milwaukee County Veteran Service Commission, come more than a year and a half after the investigation into county personnel began. The third person arrested, Brian Pierick, is Russell's longtime partner.

The charges against Russell and Kavanaugh involve embezzlement of money donated to help relatives of veterans killed or wounded in action. Some of the money was used to pay for a trip to Atlanta for Walker's staff member to meet with one-time presidential candidate Herman Cain, the complaint said.
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These ReTHUG goons are scumbags!

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1. Ed Shultz is about to discuss this with John Nichols

after commercials

[fascisthunter]

2. Anyone Surprised?

Recall the fascist!

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3. Not me

I'd be surprised if Walker doesn't end up in prison

[hugo_from_TN]

8. Walker requested the investigation, so I doubt it.

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9. We shall see

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002127459

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4. Walker himself shifted the charity to his aide

Oh My!!

[Lifelong Protester]

5. All I want in

2012 is a new governor. A perp walk, or even something CLOSE, (an indictment? a scandal from which he cannot run?) would be a BONUS.

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6. You will get your wish

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7. "...in a case the county prosecutor said was discovered while investigating the others. "

That's what's also happening in DC. If it keeps up, we'll have no mayor, a three person city council and half the current staffing levels in city government.

Think of how much we'd save not paying all those executive level salaries.

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10. Enticing a child

Total scumbag ReTHUGS