May 31, 2014

The Wall Street Journal says Scott Walker "dodged" its point about settling the John Doe investigation.

Walker said he had no power to settle the federal lawsuit that attacks the investigation because he's not a party to that lawsuit, but...
Sorry, that's disingenuous... Our editorial concerned Mr. Walker's willingness to settle with prosecutors over his role in the state John Doe probe. The worry is that he might settle to help his re-election campaign while throwing his allies over the side.

Such a settlement would make even less sense after the latest judicial order late Friday by federal district Judge Rudolph Randa rebuking John Doe special prosecutor Francis Schmitz. Our editorial had suggested that Mr. Schmitz might be in contempt of Judge Randa's May 8 preliminary injunction against the John Doe by trying to cut a deal with Mr. Walker. Mr. Schmitz followed by asking Judge Randa to "clarify" if the injunction included "all activities related" to the investigation, presumably including any talks with Mr. Walker's lawyers.
ADDED: Here's my post about the older editorial and before Walker made the statement discussed in the new editorial:
[I]t's not as if Walker could settle O'Keefe's claim. But Walker might bind himself not to associate with the Club, when in fact there was a right of association. That is, Walker could unilaterally render the Club's right to associate unusable.

13 comments:

Beta Rube said...

Walker is approaching a close election that will be won or lost on turn out. It makes no sense to me that he would do anything to upset his base and perhaps decrease voter enthusiasm come November.

The Crack Emcee said...

Wait - are they calling him a liar?

Oh no! You don't want The Wall Street Journal mad at cha, no Siree Bob.

They's some real gangsters,...

Anonymous said...

Aged Punk Semi-Star says:

More stories about The Man screwing The Man. The Man screws the Man and then The Man screws The People. In my day we fought against this with thundering bass and machine-gun guitars, now people are too comfortable in their Conformity to bother to give a damn. There are only so many songs I can write, people: you won't bother to kick ass because you'll dirty your shoes. I hate your shoes and your soft baby hands.

Anonymous said...

You know you're in deep doo-doo when your bosses scold you two different times in the national media.

Seeing how harshly they took him to the woodshed in public, I can't help but wonder what the big money donors are saying to Scott Walker behind closed doors.

The Crack Emcee said...

Who's popping the popcorn?!?

traditionalguy said...

Walker of Wisconsin seems to be under pre-emptive attack from a certain Connecticut Family that has Texas and Florida branch offices.

Anonymous said...

Leftist lawfares work: Tom Delay, Ted Stevens, Scott Walker.

David said...

The main problem with this story is that just about everyone involved has motivation to lie. I do not trust any of it.

Unknown said...

HAHAHAHAHAHA! Concern troll madisonfella/Inga is concerned. Duly noted.

DKWalser said...

Anyone have a link to the most recent rebuke of the John Doe prosecutors?

Drago said...

Crack: "The Crack Emcee said...
Who's popping the popcorn?!?"

Pitch perfect.

Crack, wanting something and waiting around for someone else to provide it.

The Crack Emcee said...

Drago,

"Pitch perfect.

Crack, wanting something and waiting around for someone else to provide it."

And - when Walker goes down - I'm gonna get it, too!

Suck it, Drago,...

Anonymous said...

Not trolling at all, just wondering how hard Walker was yelled at behind closed doors prior to these public scoldings he keeps getting.

And just how many sockpuppets does Drago have anyways? This latest one makes for at least 23 I've seen, but am sure a few have been missed.