Posted on 08/02/2015 3:45:40 PM PDT by conservativejoy
Scott Walker. Now with extra "splainin' to do.
Thanks to a legal filing by Cindy Archer, former top aide to then Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker, we now have more information on how the first John Doe Probe was born. It turns out that the John Doe Probe became necessary because of the lack of cooperation and obstruction by Walker's own office.
We have known that it started with an investigation into money missing from the accounts of Operation Freedom which provided services to families of veterans. This money, formerly handled by an American Legion Post, was ordered to be transferred to a group controlled by one of his aides by Scott Walker. After the transfer and with the funds now in the control of the Walker aide, money started to go missing. Walkers Chief of Staff, Tom Nardelli, went to the Milwaukee County District Attorney to ask for an investigation.
It was during this investigation that other irregularities were found involving possible illegal campaigning in government offices, bid rigging, and improper campaign contributions along with possible violations of Wisconsin Open Records laws (yes, even back then Walker was avoiding scrutiny). And this, we have been told is what led to the original John Doe Probe.
So, what's new today that we didn't know?
"The County Executive's Office was uncooperative and obstructed the District Attorney's Office's efforts to obtain documentation of the County's receipt and disbursement of donations from Operation Freedom," the filing from two investigators in Chisholm's office reads. "As a consequence, the District Attorney's Office was forced to petition a John Doe proceeding in order to have legal mechanisms to obtain relevant documentation from the County Executive's Office."
(bolding is mine)
That's right. It was Walkers own actions of not cooperating and even obstructing the investigation that created the need for the John Doe Probe in the first place.
The hypocrisy thickens.
Those of us who remember the original JD know that all Walker talked about was how "cooperative" he was with the DAs office and about how much Walker, the well known micromanager, "didn't know" what was going on mere feet from his desk. And as 6 of his closest aides and associates were indicted and convicted he kept repeating those claims.
Despite the "smoking gun" email, Walker continued to express ignorance of what was going on in his office.
"We cannot afford another story like this one," Walker wrote in the email, quoted in the criminal complaint that came out Thursday. "No one can give them any reason to do another story. That means no laptops, no websites, no time away during the workday, etc."
The email, sent to Tim Russell (who had installed the secret router that Walker aides used to clandestinely do campaign work and fundraising when they were supposed to be doing Milwaukee County government business), says that Walker knew exactly what was going on. Russell, who no longer worked in the County Executives Office at that time, was contacted to clean up the mess.
And now Walkers other meme - that he cooperated with the DAs office - has fallen apart, too.
He's left with only 1 talking point now. "I was never charged". And, with the massive amount of evidence we've seen, I wonder how he got away without an indictment.
Don't worry about Walker, though. His super PAC just reported $20 million sweet dollars in the bank to be used to propagandize the voters and the billionaires he serves so well will keep the bucks rolling in.
And, I'm sure, he's developing another line of BS to use in case he gets asked about these revelations. It's unlikely, however, since the Saturday edition of the newspaper is the least read. Ditto weekend local news casts.
I see the circular firing squad is well armed and activated once again for this primary season.
After you all get done ripping to shreds every single candidate we have instead of convincing others WHY we should rally behind someone, hope you enjoy your new master with a strap on, Hillary.
Guffaw
This isn’t any circular firing squad. It is a sniper from the outside pretending to be conservative. Not a conservative bone in this one.
Do we want the best candidate to win the nomination? Of course we do. Do we want another administration that covers up or do we want transparency. If Walker was not hiding information, why the attempt to repeal Wisconsin’s Open Records laws just be fore he announced, like Slick Willie did in Arkansas?
Looks like the folks that took the fall are now talking. This stuff is coming out in court documents.
Who's the best candidate in your opinion?
Many of raids seem to be unconstitutional. You do not put people into a room and order them not to call a lawyer. That is tyranny. Then trying to keep all this quiet too.
That is more or less the MO of conservativejoy. Vacuuming up Democrat political attacks against Republicans and publicizing it on FreeRepublic. Naive at best, something else at worse. Interestingly, all of the articles trace back to Wisconsin and all are targeting Walker. Some seem to be surprised to learn that there has been a battle to death between Walker and the Democrats in that state. I come down on the side of Walker on that dispute, but not all Freepers agree.
You're probably right.
I've been here long enough to see it occur many times....not just from n00bs, but long time FReepers too.
I's sad.
The Skeletons keep falling out of Hillary Clinton’s closet.
I like Trump and Cruz or Cruz and Trump. No one else is even close.
Where did you develop this animosity for Scott Walker? You have posted article after article, always from very left wing sites, trying to besmirch my beloved Governor. Granted, I think he is a political animal whereas I view Ted Cruz as the real deal. But Wisconsin has needed a political animal to fight the rabid leftists that are, of course, protecting their hard fought advantages in the public unions and liberal indoctrination centers (education). They hate him for it and write continuously in an attempt to beat him back...and you feel the need to link to every leftist-inspired attack that gets published. Fact checking is fine, you have been corrected on many of the falsities you have spouted but just ignore those corrections and soldier on with your vendetta. Are you trying to pave the way for another candidate? (if so, which party?)
Here’s a tip: posting articles from left wing outlets lionizing on out-of-control prosecutor and supporting an unconstitutional witch hunt tends to have the opposite effect than what you’re going for. In other words, if you’re trying to hurt Walker on FR, this ain’t gonna do it.
Feel free to keep trying, though; DU has some real kickers on Gov. Walker going on over there. There’s a nice reunion thread for people who collected recall petition signatures that you may want to chime in on - maybe you can pull some hot takes from that and share them with all of us.
True. Hillary has an entire graveyard full. I hope we can do better this time around.
Whatever was done by the prosecutors that was wrong will be litigated. I’m more interested in the information being disclosed by those now talking who took the fall in this.
Walker is a micromanager. No one did the things these folks were convicted of without his knowledge. Much of it was done literally within feet of his desk.
Then convince others why they should support them with facts and logical arguments.
You seem to think that the way to get your guys ahead is by destroying the opposition with leftard sites, makes you look weak.
BUMP to your post, spot on.
You are too funny. Chisholm took a fall? No, he took a beatdown by the court calling him a buffoon for running an illegal witch hunt.
“John Doe Probe became necessary because of the lack of cooperation and obstruction by Walker’s own office. “
Going on a witch hunt against conservatives and violating civil rights can never be because someone else did anything. Liberals lie!
If the charges are from a fair an impartial investigation, I will give it more credibility. Right now the water is so muddied by the progressive democrats, you cannot make a good judgement on the truth.
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