John Doe prosecutors want courts to preserve, not destroy, records (Scott Walker)
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Madison— The latest front in the legal battle over a pair of probes into Gov. Scott Walker's campaign and his associates is whether evidence and investigation records must be destroyed. The state Supreme Court this summer ruled prosecutors must destroy material they gathered in the second of those two probes.
Prosecutors this week asked a federal judge for an order that they hang onto it so they can defend themselves in litigation over how they handled the investigations. They also asked to protect material from the first probe, out of fear that some of it could be at risk of being destroyed. It's a reminder that while the investigations are over, the legal fight is not.
The latest squabble could lead to a dispute between state and federal courts over whether anything must be destroyed. Prosecutors have asked the state Supreme Court to modify its order to destroy records so they can use them to defend themselves. This week they also asked U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman to order the preservation of those records.
That raises the possibility of the state Supreme Court ruling one way and Adelman ruling the other — with no clear answer on whose order had to be followed. Already attorneys for one subject of investigation have argued Adelman has no ability to rule on an issue the Wisconsin Supreme Court is already dealing with.
Our State Supreme Court is every bit as corrupt as Walker.