New Document Shows Scott Walker Was Targeted in Criminal Investigation
The presidential candidate says he was never targeted, but a new court filing shows he was named in a search warrant over political corruption in 2011.
Here’s a fun little pre-debate news dump: Scott Walker was named in a criminal investigation in 2011.
According to a new court filing, first reported by WisPolitics, Walker was named in a secret John Doe probe that investigated his staff at the Milwaukee County Executive’s office.
Walker was never charged with a crime, and he always maintained that the investigations didn’t target him. But these new filings indicate that he was, in fact, a target.
The court filing came in response to a civil suit leveled by Cindy Archer, a former Walker aide and one of the targets of the investigation. The filing shows that investigator Robert Stelter, in a request for a warrant as part of the secret probe, wrote that “there is probable cause to believe that Scott Walker. . .committed a felony.”
In the last few years, there have two secret John Doe probes involving Walker’s team and allies. The first probe—which got Walker named as a target for criminal investigation—ended in March of 2013 after resulting in the conviction of six Walker aides and associates. As the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel notes, that first probe overlapped with a second John Doe investigation that looked for improper coordination between Walker’s team and conservative groups in the lead-up to the 2012 recall election. The state supreme court ended that second investigation in July—the latest in a streak of big wins for Walker allies.
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/08/06/new-docs-show-walker-may-have-lied-about-john-doe-ties.html?via=newsletter&source=DDAfternoon
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