BREAKING: MAJOR REVELATIONS IN JOHN DOE PROBE - Scott Walker Mistakenly Admits He is Under Investiga

[hue]

Source: Politiscoop.com

MADISON -- Following reports that Scott Walker’s criminal defense fund grew by $100,000 in May, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is today reporting major revelations in the John Doe criminal corruption probe, including Scott Walker’s mistaken admission that he is under investigation.

Scott Walker mistakenly admits that he is a target in the John Doe criminal corruption probe

Walker, in a rare moment of candor, stated to reporters that he would not use the criminal defense fund to pay for the legal defenses of his aides, who have been charged with crimes ranging from child enticement, to theft from veterans and the families of fallen soldiers, to misuse of taxpayer resources to illegally campaign for Scott Walker, and would instead use the funds for himself or his campaign.

Wisconsin law is very clear: an elected official can only establish a legal defense fund if they, or their agent, are under investigation for, charged with, or convicted of violations of Wisconsin’s campaign finance and election laws.
Nothing provides for an elected official creating a legal defense fund for the sole purpose of campaign compliance, assisting the prosecution or aiding an investigation, as Scott Walker claims he is doing.

Since he is not paying for the defense of an agent acting on his behalf, it is now clear that Scott Walker is under investigation.

Read more: http://www.politiscoop.com/us-politics/wisconsin-politics/1422-breaking-major-revelations-in-john-doe-probe-scott-walker-mistakenly-admits-he-is-under-investigation.html

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Oooopps!!

[Stuart G]

1. Excellent Timing for us...great news...maybe that will convince some to vote ....k and r nt

[L. Coyote]

27. dKos had the Breaking story

Wed May 30, 2012 at 10:46 PM PDT
Scott Walker reveals that HE is John Doe ... OOOPS!
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/05/31/1096118/-Scott-Walker-reveals-that-HE-is-John-Doe-OOOPS-

[lonestarnot]

29. K & R!

[Canuckistanian]

50. Oh, yeah +1000

[Oilwellian]

2. ROFL

He always has been a dumb ass. Maybe one of the Koch brothers can call and console him for this major gaffe right before the election.

[randome]

6. I try not to judge by appearances but...

...he has always LOOKED like a dumb ass, too! The vacant look in his face is not a ruse!

[Botany]

12. He is a dumb one no doubt .....

... but to some he could screw a sheep on the State Capital steps and they
would say that Scott is just an animal lover.

[Ellipsis]

16. thatttsssss my daaaaaaaaaad.

[SunSeeker]

17. LOL

Thatttsssss so baaaaaaaaaad.

[crunch60]

34. He has very dead, droopy eyes, looks like he takes some sort of "Medication"

[alterfurz]

38. amblyopia...

...and/or cross-eye/wall-eye. One eye is higher than the other, both often look unfocussed and gazing in different directions. He seems to be looking inward instead of at you--because after all, for him it *is* all about Scotty. Also check out the disturbing left-side/right-side facial symmetry!

[crunch60]

51. He's a scary looking dude, just like Gov. Rick Scott from Florida. (love

the hairdos)

[hue]

35. Yes Walker is DUMB and that's the way the Kochs/Tea baggers/Right wings like 'em!!!

[Iliyah]

3. EWWWWWWWW

If the charges are true (which I really believe they are) what a effing low llife. Stealing from fallen veteran families, really. I know, typical repugs, and a so called Christian to boot huh. Isn't this the same newspaper that endorsed him?

And children????? Gawd damnit, ugh

[Brother Buzz]

4. What a revolting development this is

A healthy dose of Schadenfreude is good for the soul.


Oh, and what's that old saw, "Timing is everything in politics".

[byronius]

39. Researching your reference has now educated me.

Did not know anything about 'Life Of Riley'. Now I do. Thanks.

[daaron]

5. Not that being a criminal would influence today's right-wingers.

They'd overlook Walker choking someone's grammy live on the teevee -- they care so little about this country it makes me sick.

It's goddamn un-American, to correctly use an overused term.

[SWTORFanatic]

8. They'd want "President Romney" to give him the medal of freedom if the

granny was a retired teacher.

[daaron]

26. Ouch! Too true! nt

[rocktivity]

7. Reminds me of the scene in A Few Good Men

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when Tom Cruise took Jack Nicholson's rhetoric and strangled him with it.

rocktivity

[MissMarple]

44. +1

[Ilsa]

9. Can he be impeached for

the crimes he's being investigated for? (in the event he isn't recalled)

[tularetom]

10. If he is convicted it will be hard for him to perform his gubernatorial duties

from prison.

So I guess he could be removed from office for failure to do his job.

I'm not a WI constitutional scholar but that makes sense to me.

FWIW...

[goclark]

11. K and R

[dixiegrrrrl]

31. Except how many political folks ever get to prison ?

They roam around creating more havoc while filing appeal after appeal after appeal.

( except for Sieglman, of course).

The question is: will Wis. courts be even handed or bought off.

[PatrynXX]

52. Dealings with children

make Blago look like a Saint. wonder if they'll be cellmates...

[Cal33]

24. If there is such a thing as impeachment in the State of WI for state offenses, then yes. He has

committed no Federal offense that I know of, so his case would not come under Federal law.
I learned this difference just a couple of days ago.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

13. Unless Fitzgerald retired in order to be appointed as a Special Prosecutor, Walker is probably safe.

[L. Coyote]

54. There already is a prosecutor, and he is investigating John Doe.

So, if you are the one being prosecuted, you are probably safe?? That makes no sense at all.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

56. Special prosecutors can be brought in even when a case is underway.

You're right that "So, if you are the one being prosecuted, you are probably safe??" makes no sense at all.

Fitzgerald has a track record of getting convictions of very powerful politicians. No one can seriously dispute that. No one in the Milwaukee office has the standing and experience of Fitzgerald.

If you know of a person who has been assigned from the Milwaukee office to prosecute Walker at trial, who is that? Walker hasn't even been indicted yet.

[Ellipsis]

14. Le kick. Le rec.

[Kalidurga]

15. How many months ago did DUers call this?

This seems like really really old news. I guess the newness is that Walker finally admitted it, but still it's kinda like Walker declared water wet.

[freshwest]

18. Didn't the Koch brothers give him $400M? That'll buy a lot of crooked people off!

[cascadiance]

19. Sounds like he'll need to drink a lot of what Kochs give him to get through this...

[Blue State Bandit]

20. The question we need to be asking anyone who doesn't understand is...

So, how does running political campaigns from offices maintained by, on phones and computers paid for by, and using people on the payroll of TAX PAYERS equate to "Cost Cutting, Small Government, Job Creators"?

The real question is, why does a guy that can outspend a Democratic challenger 5 to 1 need to run campaigns on the TAX PAYER'S DIME?

[Myrina]

21. Typical GOP: "I'm not going to use the money as intended ...

... I'll divert it to myself instead." And thinks there's absolutely nothing wrong with a statement like that (let alone, actually DOING it).

[jeff47]

43. Actually, he has to get permission from the donors to do the transfer (nt)

[Ian David]

22. So, if he wins the recall, and THEN is indicted or convicted, who will replace him? n/t

[SWTORFanatic]

23. The Lt gov - who will either be his current lt gov, Rebecca Kleefisch (R) or if she

is recalled successfully but Walker isn't, Mahlon Mitchell (D)

It is theoretically possibly for Walker to be recalled successfully and Kleefisch to stay Lt gov or for Walker to win his recall election and Kleefisch to lose hers and be successfully recalled. It's very unlikely for either of those scenarios to happen though.

Also, if Walker and Kleefisch are both the winners of their elections and Walker is indicted prepare for an even DUMBER governor of WI. Kleefisch is Christine O'Donnell stupid - she compared same sex marriage to marrying a lamp or a table.

[The Stranger]

25. What the fuck happened to Wisconsin?

This is their governor? And polls show they won't recall him?

[L. Coyote]

28. You realize the F word makes a thread disappear from search results

Using the F word is a method of lowering rank of a domain and a web page.

[truebrit71]

41. Are you fucking kidding me with that fucking shit?

No fucking way!!! Are you fucking for real??? That totally fucking sucks!!!

[The Stranger]

45. Fuck no, I didn't know that.

Why the fuck does it matter? Do I want people to find this in a search?

[TahitiNut]

48. Fellatio? Fornicate? Fiesta? Feces? Finger? Fanny?

[font size="12"]Fuck?[/font]

[L. Coyote]

55. Now I realize that posting something trivial gets you lots of juvenile responses here

which could explain why posting something intelligent and profound gets no response here

[The Stranger]

57. Now, now. It's not that serious.

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I, for one, am sick of being intelligent and profound.

It ain't easy being so fucking intelligent and so fucking profound.

[PatrynXX]

53. fuck is allowed on DU . not Huffpo

big difference. unfortunately so is the jury. but think they got most of the kinks out of that system..... and Scott is anti wisconsin brewery's so have no idea what Republicans would vote him back...

[The Stranger]

58. Do you think "fuck" posts get submitted to the jury?

Why, I would be honored.

But I guess I better stop, huh?

[L. Coyote]

30. Do Wisconsin prisons offer college courses? Maybe Scott can finally finish his degree?

This could be a really good thing for his resume

[lobodons]

32. IF Walker survives Recall

IF Walker survives Recall, hopefully enough people split their ticket and vote for Mahon Mitchell over Kleefisch in the event of Walkers inevitable impeachment or resignation once John Doe goes public.

[Uncle Joe]

33. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, hue.

[hue]

37. You're welcome Uncle Joe!! Tho we need more than luck June 5th, DU's spirit will be w/WI!!

[Matariki]

36. oh, please please please please please

jail time for that sleazeball.

[lovuian]

40. I would hope the people of Wisconsin

would recognize that this could lead to murder

[ProudProgressiveNow]

42. Kick big time!

Rec!

[WillyT]

46. HUGE K & R !!!

[LiberalFighter]

47. He has staff people that illegally entice children? Geesh

Wisconsin voters need to fondue him.

[Canuckistanian]

49. Ed posed an interesting question today

What if Walker WINS the election, but is successfully prosecuted for corruption AFTER the election?

What would happen then?