WISCONSIN GOVERNOR ALLEGEDLY PARTICIPATED IN ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker stands accused of participating in a “criminal scheme” to illegally coordinate fundraising activities for himself and other Republicans during his historic 2012 recall election.
Walker became the first governor in American history to survive a recall election in 2012, defeating liberal Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett by a 53-46 percent margin.
That win is now being called into question by special prosecutor appointed in 2013 to investigate allegations of illegal coordination between Walker, former George W. Bush strategist Karl Rove, various national groups and numerous Wisconsin campaigns.
“The evidence shows an extensive coordination scheme that pervaded nearly every aspect of the campaign activities during the historic 2011 and 2012 Wisconsin Senate and Gubernatorial recall elections,” special prosecutor Francis Schmitz argues in court documents released this week.
Schmitz alleges a “wide-ranging scheme to coordinate activities of several organizations with various candidate committees to thwart attempts to recall Wisconsin Senate and Gubernatorial candidates.”
“That coordination included a nationwide effort to raise undisclosed funds for an organization which then funded the activities of other organizations supporting or opposing candidates subject to recall,” he adds.
Hmmmm …
Walker has professed his innocence – and has not been charged by authorities. Although it certainly appears as though that’s the direction in which this scandal is moving …
This website has always had a positive view of Walker – even after he came to Greenville, S.C. last year to endorse the 2014 reelection bid of faux conservative S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley.
Unlike Haley, Walker cut public sector salaries and moved to force government employees to pay more of their health care and retirement. He also aggressively targeted collective bargaining for public employees and moved to make any future pay raises they received conditional on voter approval.
In fact Walker’s aggressiveness in taking on public sector unions positioned him as one of the GOP’s leading prospects for the 2016 presidential election. Of course Walker is tight with Rove, the crony capitalist Koch Brothers and other establishment GOP icons … which could wind up being his undoing.
If that happens, Walker would join New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie as prospective 2016 GOP presidential candidates scarred by scandal.
Here in the Palmetto State, Democrats moved quickly to link Walker with Haley …
“Nikki Haley traveled to Wisconsin to help Walker with that recall election,” S.C. Democratic Party spokeswoman Kristin Sosanie said in a statement. “Then, Walker joined Haley in South Carolina this past August to re-launch her election campaign.”
Sosanie speculated that “given Nikki Haley’s vast record of self-serving unethical behavior, she and Walker must have been sharing tricks of the unethical trade all along.”
“As the details continue to emerge, one question remains: Will Nikki Haley stand up against this kind of criminal behavior and say she will no longer campaign with Scott Walker?” she added.
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Warlock hunt!
This is nothing new. Prosecutors from several counties are trying hurt Walker before the November election. Judge has already prevented them from indictments before. This is more election season shenanigans. No indictments !!! End of story.
And I remember how he sucked to the caller, thinking he was real.
The important point is that he didn’t incriminate himself.
Yes, I guess to politicians that is the important thing. Did I get away with it? These pacs are a cancer, killing our political system. This is the reason we need transparency as to who is giving money to whom and where that money comes from.
Walker is a crook no doubt. But yes he probably gets away with it.
Public employee unions are what are corrupt. With both there votes and collective bargaining power they controlled local government. If Walker hadn’t of defeated them, Wisconsin would of ended up like Detroit, bankrupt.
Time to see your mentor.
Did you notice how union participation dropped substantially after it was no longer compulsory? The unions can even keep their own members when free will is applied
He sure did in his email to Rove.
Members of Walker’s County Executive staff have already copped pleas for using government resources for his first campaign.
So, when this new stuff came up, it was reasonable to investigate. The judge who stopped the investigation and ordered the compiled information destroyed is a regular attendee at the Koch conferences that Scalia and Thomas and Trikki Nikki attend to suck up.
Will his case be referred to the WI House ethics committee? Oh, wait… only in SC
Everyone knows he’s just a tool of the Koch brothers anyways.
“Everyone knows he’s just a tool of the Koch brothers anyways.”
Everyone knows he just loves the tool of the Koch brothers anyways. (Koch-sucker)
“The evidence shows an extensive coordination scheme that pervaded nearly every aspect of the campaign activities during the historic 2011 and 2012 Wisconsin Senate and Gubernatorial recall elections,” special prosecutor Francis Schmitz argues in court documents released this week.
Read more at https://www.fitsnews.com/2014/06/20/scott-walker-accused-of-criminal-scheme-in-wisconsin/#IVtZcszyxsyOSjtf.99
“Francis Schmitz”???? German name???? Hitler???? Obama????
Go figure.
“Francis Schmitz” German name???? More successful economy. Better job of managing recession. Better health care. Better education. God, we wouldn’t want to be like those socialist, Marxist, Nazis. Nice reduction to absurdity though. Stay calm and absurd on.
Do your homework Bubba! One court has already ruled Walker did not violate the law and the Democrats are appealing to a higher court while they are destroying evidence for the IRS.
We need to start forming Militia’s in every community because it is coming.
Kock brothers court, and ?
— and just which one of the two was turning the trick?
Don’t worry, Scott. It’s only a matter of time before the conservatives on the Supreme Court legalize what you did.
Do I understand this correctly? In a recall election there is no opposing candidate, so all the opposition can coordinate their campaign against him. But those in favor of the governor can’t coordinate their campaign with him. SOUNDS FAIR:-)
And of course the unions opposing him didn’t ‘coordinate’ with anyone outside of Wis. None of it makes any sense, it’s transparent political revenge.
Oh! Yeah! And if he is up for re-election and he broke the law to be elected in the first place, why should that be investigated?!?
There will be no indictment and it will be quietly dropped after the election.
You hang out with the Turd Blossom, you end up smelling like shit.
Actually this one is quite serious. That the PACs and third parties coordinate with the campaigns is pretty common place. It’s when that coordination takes place. For example, in 2012 Mitt and Company strategically designated which PACs they would build out, and how those funds would be used to attack any challangers (ask Sweater Vest Santorum) – but, once the campaing started, the guy who runs the cash leaves the campaign, with his marching orders, and then does the dirty work. There’s no need to have to email him. In Walker’s case he spent all his remaining campaign cash on legal fees to defeat the recall petitions, and lost. THen he was flat footed and out of cash – so he coordinated with Rove and folks after the campaign started. And that’s a violation of the law. I bet Karl is just peachy happy that email came out. Hurts Walker because folks in WI will have him tainted as a law breaker (which he is). Hurts Rove because the donor class will give money to other groups instead of his, reducing his influence over GOP politics. Rove just retires, but Walker is probably out.
Witch hunt. No one is investigating Tom Barrett coordinating with the labor unions. If you can’t beat him twice, destroy him.
The appellant judge released the email because the Club for Growth sued.
You may want to try and get your news from the Milwaukee Sentinel Journal or some other real news source.
Nah, the Fake News Network works best, it tells him what he wants to hear.
The word is Operation Lost Trust 2 is about to happen here. Time to remind the Cockroaches…in South Carolina political office they
Cant stay in office and break the laws they make and get rich doing it.
Touchee’ and cha, ching. run rats, as far as you can, stay at the Koch hotel for a while, LOL.,
Just another Nazi like the Bush’s.
How original.
How old are you Bill? Cause if you run this fake Nazi shit past anyone who really knows what that means, you might get ready for a smack down. Then again, I know you don’t mean it. you’re just throwing out hyperbole at the expense of people who really suffered.
I guess you are one of those Nazi also, or one of those towel head terrorist you pig.
Wow: Reagan toppled the Soviet Communists, and they set up shop in the US democrat party.
Liberals think they can punish Americans Citizens with the IRS, if they don’t vote how Obama demands. But if two Republicans, who agree, talk to each other, the democrats try to indict.
Good God. You people better wake up and stop these hideous Gestapo monsters. You may hate Conservatives and successful government as much as they do. But it won’t be long until they come after you. And if you are a liberal, you are the epitome of selfishness. You are not going to like it, when you figure out Obama is a lair, and they’ll take what you have, after they’ve used up what they take from us.
Will, is it hard to type with Rand Paul’s dick in your mouth? You know this bullshit. The John Doe prosecutors have lost and soon will be on their asses like Nifong in NC.
MUCH, MUCH better Read on this matter linked below:
Scott Walker victim of Democrat With Hunt to compensate for their failure
Link: http://scdigest.blogspot.com/2014/06/gov-scott-walker-victim-of-democrat.html
You really think we’re running over there for your speculative bullshit? Do you play golf with Walker or smething?
What? I really don’t care about Radical Communist Leftists unless I can P!$$ you off.
Because nothing makes you Dumb-F*#ks madder than hearing the truth…and having it presented to you in way you cannot successfully refute…
Got three adult Dumb-F*#k children that have apparently turned into Radical Communist Leftists courtesy of the College of Charleston and a welfare queen that called herself a mother.
These three Dumb-F*#kin children have been brainwashed NOT to have anything to do with their loving , yet ailing and dying grandparents , by the welfare queen that calls herself a mother.
In FACT the BITCH that is a welfare queen and calls herself a mother , works for a family that has been CONVICTED of crime(s). A typical Democrat- a welfare mentality and associating with criminal’s in order to F*#k the system.
Go figure.Best on your new ‘blog’.
Welfare Queen? What, are they farmers?
No they own oil companies.
I thought Rev. Jim Jones was dead. Evidently not. LMAO…
You people are in meltdown. Looks like it’s time to fill Kool-Aid vats.
Just learning from the Rethuglican play book. Thanks for all the great lessons. BTW, I saw your diploma from the Atwater School of Political Science.