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hue

(4,949 posts)
Sun Feb 9, 2014, 11:29 AM Feb 2014

Another 2016 Hopeful Bites the Dust as Scott Walker Appears to be Under Investigation

http://www.politicususa.com/2014/02/08/scott-walkers-recall-campaign-appears-john-doe-probe.html

Follow the arrows to land at the fake IRS scandal perpetrated by the Republican Party in an effort to pre-emptively protect their dark money, courtesy of tax exempt “social welfare” nonprofits.

Fresh on the heels of the last John Doe investigation into Gov. Scott Walker’s administration, which resulted in convictions for three former Walker aides — an appointee and a major campaign donor, comes the revelation of yet another probe surrounding the Wisconsin Republican Governor. This one centers around an anonymous campaign that is most likely Walker’s recall campaign “Friends of Scott Walker”.

According to newly-unsealed court documents, it appears that Scott Walker’s recall campaign is the focus of the “illegal campaign coordination between (name redacted), a campaign committee, and certain special interest groups.”

Daniel Bice at the Journal Sentinel revealed why it’s looking like it’s Walker’s recall campaign under investigation:

From the outset, the probe focused on possible “illegal campaign coordination between (name redacted), a campaign committee, and certain special interest groups,” according to a filing signed by the five district attorneys in the case.
The campaign committee under the microscope?
Almost certainly it’s the Friends of Scott Walker, the governor’s campaign committee.
“Good guess,” said one source familiar with the probe. “That’s it.”
Several others, however, were reluctant to identify the governor’s campaign, noting the secrecy order remains in place. A John Doe probe is similar to a grand jury in that it allows prosecutors to collect evidence and gather testimony in secret.
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Another 2016 Hopeful Bites the Dust as Scott Walker Appears to be Under Investigation (Original Post) hue Feb 2014 OP
God, I hope they nail his ass big time! gopiscrap Feb 2014 #1
We need to get a bunch of these fraudsters in jail or they will never stop their ruin of America. Sunlei Feb 2014 #2
He definitely belongs there. Cal33 Feb 2014 #4
I hope they nail him. hrmjustin Feb 2014 #3
The delays are the malignant factor so let the indictments begin!!! hue Feb 2014 #5

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
2. We need to get a bunch of these fraudsters in jail or they will never stop their ruin of America.
Sun Feb 9, 2014, 01:11 PM
Feb 2014

The cost alone to investigate the several Walker scams and now we have the NJ Gov scams.America can not afford this RW crap game.

They and their political charities should all be in jail and every penny taken away from them to cover our Federal funds spent.

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