Posted on 05/12/2016 5:23:59 PM PDT by Sir Napsalot
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin prosecutors have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a state Supreme Court decision that shut down an investigation of alleged coordination between Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign and conservative groups.
Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne told the Wisconsin State Journal that he, Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm and Iowa County District Attorney Larry Nelson filed the appeal Thursday.
(snip)
Chisholm launched the probe in 2012 under the John Doe law, which allowed prosecutors to compel testimony and bar people from talking about the investigation. The probe examined whether there was illegal coordination between Walker’s 2012 recall campaign and outside conservative groups. The Wisconsin Supreme Court halted the investigation in 2015, ruling 4-2 that the coordination was legal. ......
In an opinion released two weeks later, Prosser acknowledged that some targets of the investigation “engaged in expenditures that, under all the circumstances, were very valuable to my campaign.” But, he said, the spending took place four years prior and argued it didn’t warrant recusal.
Prosser announced Wednesday he’s stepping down from the court July 31.
(Excerpt) Read more at wislawjournal.com ...
How long do they plan on kicking this dead horse?
The DA boz0s need to be brought up on RICO charges...
They will never stop. One of Alinsky's Rules for Radicals is to attack your enemy then attack some more.
Baboons babooniating in baboonery.
Nattering nabobs of negativism
“Chisholm launched the probe in 2012 under the John Doe law, which allowed prosecutors to compel testimony and bar people from talking about the investigation.”
Good communist methodology ... predates the National Security letters!
we need to adopt this tactic and use it.
Terrible, terrible law - John Doe Law. Soviet KGB/ChiComs have nothing on this. Why hasn’t this been repealed in Wisconsin? Why haven’t the people of Wisconsin demanded it of their pols?
I think the law itself is neutral, but in the abusive hands of zealots like John Chisholm, who used SWAT tactics to intimidate political foes and/or supporters of political foes, then it is very very dangerous.
It will be up to people in Wisconsin to decide, hopefully before anybody gets hurt/killed (in the future).
Prosecutors are generally elected and have enormous power, which the left is willing to use for political purposes.
That is what got Tom Delay out of Congress, and was used to attack Governor Perry and current AG in Texas, Ken Paxton.
There has to be some limit to Prosecutorial excess, but so far, the courts have refused to find any limits.
Cliven Bundy has been in solitary confinement since February.
I wonder if President Trump will sic the justice dept. on these pol pot type DA’s for abuse of power and make examples of them by going for the absolute maximum penalties. Instead of the usual limp slap on the wrist that has become the standard in political cases.
it’s all they’ve got...they can’t win at the ballot box and they couldn’t remove Walker, so all they can do is sue and file legal crap
Agreed.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.