Scott Walker doesn't like special prosecutors dogging him, uses budget to politicize appointments
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/walkers-budget-would-change-special-prosecutor-appointments-b99440258z1-291058141.html
Walker's budget would change special prosecutor appointments
Madison — Gov. Scott Walker's proposed budget would add a new requirement on special prosecutor appointments even as a controversial investigation into the governor's campaign and conservative allies languishes under the leadership of its own special prosecutor.
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The budget proposal would require a state judge or district attorney seeking a special prosecutor to ask permission from the state Department of Justice by spelling out the reason for the appointment under state law. The Department of Justice is headed by GOP Attorney General Brad Schimel.
On edit, Schimel is Walker's lapdog ...
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/10/10/1335469/-Five-things-worth-knowing-about-Brad-Schimel-Scott-Walker-s-choice-for-Wisconsin-attorney-general
Schimel declined to investigate a state legislator who allowed a wealthy contributor to write legislation for him and defended pay to play by saying: "Why can’t a legislator press for legislation that benefits a person who has contributed to their campaign? Isn’t that the essence of representative government?"
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Schimel declined to prosecute an attorney for a Walker aide after that attorney destroyed documents from the aide's computer in the middle of the criminal investigation into Walker's fundraising practices.
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