Scott Walker in a "Criminal Scheme"

[JBS...]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

Hmmm...I wonder if Walker is laughing right about now....

No hurry, of course. He'll have time later.

Originally Posted by bobabode

Seeing as the issue is still before the courts, we shall see, won't we?

Sorry fellas this is already been through the courts and lost both times. Even the federal judge told them to stop their "star chamber" political which hunt when he ruled against them.

[mpholland]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

No! This is not possible! Republicans are all squeaky clean, honorable and faultlessly honest little Christian angels........

Well, I guess that's bullshit too. Just like the rest of their naive beliefs.

Dave

Or as Barry Goldwater put it:

"When you say "radical right" today, I think of these moneymaking ventures by fellows like Pat Robertson and others who are trying to take the Republican Party away from the Republican Party, and make a religious organization out of it. If that ever happens, kiss politics goodbye."

Of course, that was about 20 years ago.

[whell]

Originally Posted by JBS...

Sorry fellas this is already been through the courts and lost both times. Even the federal judge told them to stop their "star chamber" political which hunt when he ruled against them.

Seconded. The Dems are intent to continue to throw crap at Walker and pray that something sticks.

[Rajoo]

Originally Posted by JBS...

Sorry fellas this is already been through the courts and lost both times. Even the federal judge told them to stop their "star chamber" political which hunt when he ruled against them.

Really?

"A U.S. district judge ruled in favor of the group last month, in a decision that halted the investigation into possible illegal coordination and represented a victory for Walker. A federal appeals judge is now reviewing that ruling."

Prosecutors: Scott Walker part of 'criminal scheme'
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/0...ng-108073.html

The saga continues.

[whell]

Originally Posted by BeamOn

Really?

"A U.S. district judge ruled in favor of the group last month, in a decision that halted the investigation into possible illegal coordination and represented a victory for Walker. A federal appeals judge is now reviewing that ruling."

Prosecutors: Scott Walker part of 'criminal scheme'
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/0...ng-108073.html

The saga continues.

Yes, really. If the money is available to fund the appeal, the Dems will take it all the way to SCOTUS if they think that the process will harm the Governor, quality of evidence be damned.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by BeamOn

Really?

"A U.S. district judge ruled in favor of the group last month, in a decision that halted the investigation into possible illegal coordination and represented a victory for Walker. A federal appeals judge is now reviewing that ruling."

Prosecutors: Scott Walker part of 'criminal scheme'
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/0...ng-108073.html

The saga continues.

Indeed it continues.

"On May 6, U.S. District Judge Rudolph Randa granted a preliminary injunction against the five county-level prosecutors from continuing their so-called John Doe investigation. Randa, who was appointed by George H.W. Bush in 1992, ordered that all property seized in the investigation be returned and said the conservative groups don’t need to cooperate.
Frank Easterbrook, the judge on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals who is reviewing the decision, was appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1985."


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/0...#ixzz35IVHN4Y3

Rudy Randa is a frequent flyer at the Koch brothers biennial legislative retreat.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by whell

Yes, really. If the money is available to fund the appeal, the Dems will take it all the way to SCOTUS if they think that the process will harm the Governor, quality of evidence be damned.

Did you read the Politico article Whell? Maybe you can dig up something from 'The Drudge' to rebut?

"Schmitz, who spent 30 years in the Wisconsin U.S. attorney’s office, was appointed by a judge in August 2013 as a special prosecutor to lead the five-county investigation.
“The conduct under investigation clearly violates Wisconsin law and the subpoenas do not infringe on constitutionally protected speech or activity,” he argued.
Schmitz seems to have focused in on R.J. Johnson in their investigation, who is linked with outside groups and played an official, paid role on Walker’s campaign. One of the emails obtained via subpoena was from Walker to Rove, the GOP rainmaker. The full May 4, 2011, message is not being made public but the prosecutor quotes from it.
“Bottom-line: R.J. helps keep in place a team that is wildly successful in Wisconsin,” the governor wrote Rove. “We are running 9 recall elections and it will be like running 9 Congressional markets in every market in the state (and Twin Cities.)”
This refers not to Walker’s own recall, but the union-led effort to remove state senators who had backed Walker’s controversial budget to limit the collective bargaining power of public employees. Several big outside groups spent heavily to protect the Republicans.
Schmitz argues that, for all practical purposes, Johnson controlled the Wisconsin Club for Growth and that he used it as “the hub” for a coordinated campaign between 501(c)(4)’s and the Walker campaign.
“Notably, prior to the 2011 Wisconsin Senate recall elections, the national Club for Growth organization raised concerns about coordination or interaction between [the Wisconsin chapter] and [the Walker campaign] as early as 2009,” Schmitz writes.
The Wisconsin Club for Growth said in its own motion that “armed officers raided the homes of R.J. Johnson, WCFG advisor Deborah Jordahl, and several other targets across the state” early one morning last October. The group’s lawyers argued in court filings that there was “frivolous” overreach in the investigation that amounts to prosecutorial misconduct."


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/0...#ixzz35IWvmrL5

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

Arrogance makes people dumb.

They do seem to go hand in hand.

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by whell

Seconded. The Dems are intent to continue to throw crap at Walker and pray that something sticks.

Sounds familiar.

Dave

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by whell

Yes, really. If the money is available to fund the appeal, the Republicans will take it all the way to SCOTUS or impeachment if they think that the process will harm the President, quality of evidence be damned.

Really? Politicians determined to bring their opponent down, whatever the cost? Including such things as endless hearings over the same old, tired "scandals" that don't ever seem to gain any traction? That's weird. Who ever heard of such a thing?

Where might we have seen such things before? Ah, I know! Just let me rearrange a few words..................

There, I see the reality of it, now.

Dave