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Scott Walker's not having a good month. First, opponents get more than a million signatures for his recall, and now another round of criminal charges are expected against his former staffers for doing illegal campaign work. Poor baby!
A new round of criminal charges is coming soon against at least a couple of Gov. Scott Walker's former county staffers for doing extensive campaign activity while on the taxpayers' dime, sources say.
The charges - which should be filed by District Attorney John Chisholm's office in the next week or two - will be part of the long-running John Doe investigation of Walker's aides and associates during his tenure as Milwaukee County executive.
Already, the probe has led to multiple felony charges against Walker's onetime deputy chief of staff, Tim Russell, and former county veterans official Kevin Kavanaugh. They are accused of taking more than $60,000 in donations intended for Operation Freedom, an annual event at the county zoo for veterans and their families.
Russell's domestic partner, Brian Pierick, was also hit with two felony counts for child enticement.
In an interview last week, Walker said he has not been contacted by investigators for the Democratic district attorney but would be open to sitting down with Milwaukee County prosecutors to discuss the issues they are investigating.
"I certainly would be willing if they asked me to in the future," Walker told the Journal Sentinel's Madison bureau. "Like I said, no matter who it might be about, we'd be more than willing to in the future."
Asked if he has hired his own attorney for advice regarding the John Doe investigation, Walker declined to answer.
"I've not been a subject of this," the first-term Republican governor said. "At some point in the future, if I am, I'll discuss that with you."
