WI Governor Walker top aid under FBI investigation

[Riot]

Uh oh ....

FBI seizes items at home of former top aide to Gov. Walker

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The raid on Archer's home coincides with a John Doe investigation in Milwaukee County.

That probe was started last year after the Journal Sentinel reported that another Walker staffer who was being paid by Milwaukee County taxpayers to help citizens with county services was instead using her work time to post anonymous comments supporting candidate Walker on websites and blogs. As part of the investigation, authorities earlier seized the work computers of two former Walker staffers and executed a search warrant of one of their homes.

Archer, who also held the top staff position under Walker while he served as Milwaukee County executive, said as recently as Friday in an email to the Journal Sentinel that she was "not involved in any way in the John Doe investigation."

John Doe investigations are secret proceedings in which witnesses can be subpoenaed and compelled to testify under oath about potential criminal matters and are forbidden from talking publicly about the case. Sources said prosecutors have been looking into whether county staffers were doing political work while on the clock and failing to do county jobs.

The governor's campaign retained former U.S. Attorney Steven Biskupic after it received a subpoena for campaign emails shortly before last year's November election. His campaign has paid nearly $60,000 to Biskupic's firm, Michael Best & Friedrich, in the first half of the year.

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http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepo...129801878.html

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Riot

Uh oh ....

FBI seizes items at home of former top aide to Gov. Walker

... snip ...

The raid on Archer's home coincides with a John Doe investigation in Milwaukee County.

That probe was started last year after the Journal Sentinel reported that another Walker staffer who was being paid by Milwaukee County taxpayers to help citizens with county services was instead using her work time to post anonymous comments supporting candidate Walker on websites and blogs. As part of the investigation, authorities earlier seized the work computers of two former Walker staffers and executed a search warrant of one of their homes.

Archer, who also held the top staff position under Walker while he served as Milwaukee County executive, said as recently as Friday in an email to the Journal Sentinel that she was "not involved in any way in the John Doe investigation."

John Doe investigations are secret proceedings in which witnesses can be subpoenaed and compelled to testify under oath about potential criminal matters and are forbidden from talking publicly about the case. Sources said prosecutors have been looking into whether county staffers were doing political work while on the clock and failing to do county jobs.

The governor's campaign retained former U.S. Attorney Steven Biskupic after it received a subpoena for campaign emails shortly before last year's November election. His campaign has paid nearly $60,000 to Biskupic's firm, Michael Best & Friedrich, in the first half of the year.

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http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepo...129801878.html

wow posting supportive political comments on goverment time? Give her the chair!

Question: What were the WI Dem senators, who ran away to Illinois, doing on goverment time? If I remember correctly they were making political comments.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

wow posting supportive political comments on goverment time? Give her the chair!

You do realize that there are strict laws (see Sarah Palin, for example) that separate political action from one's job, in order to protect the employee from patronage, threat, intimidation ...

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Question: What were the WI Dem senators, who ran away to Illinois, doing on goverment time?

Only if you consider their "government time" 24-hours a day. What a bizzarro analogy

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Riot

You do realize that there are strict laws (see Sarah Palin, for example) that separate political action from one's job, in order to protect the employee from patronage, threat, intimidation ...

... oh, never mind.

How many years, if guilty, should she get?

[Riot]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

How many years, if guilty, should she get?

Didn't read the article again, did you? I might point out ...

The John Doe investigation has already resulted in one conviction.

William Gardner, president and chief executive officer of Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co., was sentenced to two years' probation after pleading guilty to two felony violations of state campaign finance laws for exceeding the donation limits and laundering donations to Walker and other Wisconsin politicians.

I hope there is alot more there than what they are talking about superficially in the article, with the FBI involved. Oh, wait - two felony convictions already, and a widening circle of investigation. We'll see if anything more comes from it.

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Riot

Didn't read the article again, did you?

I hope there is alot more there than what they are talking about, with the FBI involved.

I realize you somehow hope Walker was running a slave camp, requiring his employees to act like a Chicago, Daley Sr. era machine but good luck with that. This man is revered in Wisconsin partly due to the fact he is so despised elsewhere. See it took me a while but FIB is meant more as a statement rather than a joke.

Allowing school boards to ‘shop’ for insurance has saved each district millions, all of which will be used to educate students rather than paying for overpriced insurance and alleviate or at least reduce the need to raise property taxes, already hit by falling off the cliff home prices. Teachers still have their jobs and union and the sky didn't fall.

BTW how do KY schools match up against WI schools in standardized tests/ACT’s etc?

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Riot

Didn't read the article again, did you? I might point out ...



I hope there is alot more there than what they are talking about superficially in the article, with the FBI involved. Oh, wait - two felony convictions already, and a widening circle of investigation. We'll see if anything more comes from it.

don't jump the gun..i recall a certain 'locked up tight' case in alaska involving corruption, a public official, etc that ended with a not guilty verdict and exposure of corruption in the fbi officials in the case.
i bet if this were involving dems, your line would be to remember that everyone is innocent til proven guilty. your hard on for all things wisconsin shows your bias.

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Riot

Only if you consider their "government time" 24-hours a day. What a bizzarro analogy

I loved how several of them 'needed' to collect their pay checks after only a couple of weeks, a sure sign of a financial situation/status that reflects immaturity and irresponsibility. But I'd expect nothing more from that crew as it mirrors their investment ideas/results regarding the public's money.