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Report: Federal judge ends John Doe investigation (Original Post) postulater May 2014 OP
Oooooooh Jackpine Radical May 2014 #1
The judge blocked the investigation. Seems attorneys from Club for Growth made it stop: okaawhatever May 2014 #2
Surprise (not really) a W. Bush appointee dballance May 2014 #3

okaawhatever

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2. The judge blocked the investigation. Seems attorneys from Club for Growth made it stop:
Tue May 6, 2014, 08:44 PM
May 2014
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A federal judge has blocked a secret investigation into possible illegal coordination between conservative groups and recent recall campaigns in Wisconsin.

U.S. District Judge Rudoph Randa issued the preliminary injunction Tuesday in Milwaukee.

The conservative organization Club for Growth filed a federal lawsuit in February, arguing the probe amounts to harassment and violates conservatives' free speech rights.

Randa agreed and ordered the prosecutors to stop conducting the so-called John Doe investigation.

The judge also ordered the prosecutors to return all property seized in the investigation and to destroy all copies of information obtained in the probe.
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