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The non-profit watchdog group Public Campaign Action says yes.
A Washington-based campaign finance watchdog group is calling on Wisconsin prosecutors to launch an investigation of Governor Scott Walker, alleging potentially illegal fundraising activity in an exchange with the prankster who posed as billionaire David Koch, the group says.
The Public Campaign Action Fund provided me with a letter it has sent to the Dane County District Attorney, who has jurisdiction over state government matters, asking him to probe whether Walker engaged in an effort to solicit “illegal coordinated political spending,” as well as whether he illegally did so from state property, i.e., his office.
In the letter, the Public Campaign Action fund, which leans liberal but also criticizes Dems, cites an exchange in which the Koch imposter asked: “Now what else could we do for you down there?” Walker gave a convoluted answer which, the group alleges, hinted at a request for Koch to bankroll paid media to back up Republican legislators who are under fire from labor:
“The coming days and weeks and months ahead, particularly in some of these more swing areas, a lot of these guys are gonna need, they don’t necessarily need ads for them, but they’re gonna need a message out reinforcing why this was a good thing to do for the economy and a good thing to do for the state. So to the extent that that message is out over and over again, that’s obviously a good thing.”
The Public Campaign Action fund alleges that this represents an effort to coordinate spending with an independent entity, which may be illegal under Wisconsin law. The group also alleges that such a call may not be received on or made from state property.
It’s obvious what Walker is doing. Doesn’t get his way and says, “I’ll show you”, with the maturity of a preschooler, and goes on to do something else just as low. How ruthless can one man be? Does he think the residents of WI are that stupid? He is a greedy, shallow man, who wants power and control, and to live in a world designed for him, not anyone else.
What the media seems to be missing with this Wisconsin budget repair bill is that much of it is not at all about the budget or the unions. It is about giving the Governor total and complete power over many things without having it go before the legislature or public service commissions.
I can’t wait to see him lead out in handcuffs.