Scott Walker holds on to criminal defense fund as John Doe investigation ends with criminal convicti

[hue]

http://scottwalkerwatch.com/2013/03/01/scott-walker-holds-on-to-his-criminal-defense-fund-as-john-doe-investigation-ends-with-criminal-convictions/

Somehow, Walker fans are jubilant that the John Doe investigation has ended, as of March 1, 2013. While Scott Walker spent nearly a half million dollars in an unprecedented criminal defense fund that he still maintains, the now terminated John Doe investigation led to criminal convictions against six individuals, including three ex-Walker aides, a campaign donor and one appointee.

Just feet from where Scott Walker sat in his Milwaukee County Executive office, Kelly Rindfleisch exchanged with Walker’s campaign managers over 1,000 emails and about 1,400 fundraising emails while on taxpayer time while using a secret email system installed by former Walker deputy chief of staff Tim Russell. Tim Russell and Kelly Rindfleisch stole $192,178 of Milwaukee County taxpayer money to run Scott Walker’s political operations while Walker was feet away. Tim Russell and Kevin Kavanaugh stole $62,232 of funds from Operation Freedom for veterans and the families of fallen soldiers of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars. There were Walker staffers, including Cullen Werwie, press secretary for the governor, and others associated with Walker who were granted prosecutorial immunity.

Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm announced that the John Doe investigation into illegal campaign activity ended on Feb. 20. Judge Neal Nettesheim made his announcement regarding the John Doe investigation, due to three specific areas of investigation:......read more....

While Walker still maintains his criminal defense fund and doesn’t plan on giving it up, one can assume that other investigations are continuing including what is happening with the missing millions from his pet project Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC). We shall see what develops from that fiasco.

[mokawanis]

1. All that illegal activity going on right under his nose

and his supporters believe him when he says he knew nothing about it. Must really strain their necks to avoid seeing how the Walker administration's been operating since day one.

[midnight]

3. I think it was last December, that Scott Walker believed this was over....