Walker John Doe - Potential bid rigging SCANDAL? - between WAlker and campaign adviser Hiller
Walker responds to Journal Sentinel story on John Doe investigation
The report says investigators are looking at an email exchange between Walker and his campaign advisor, John Hiller, to determine whether there was an attempt at bid rigging in the county's effort to find space for its Department on Aging.
Walker claims the article actually proves his point, that there's much ado about nothing.
"If anything, for all the hype about e-mails, it very clearly shows in the Journal Sentinel today that for all the e-mails out there, for the incinuation and innuendo, none of the people who bid on county space won the bid," said Walker, who appeared on TODAY'S TMJ4's Live at Daybreak.
"In the end, my administration didn't award...to anybody, and instead consolidated space at an existing county building to save the taxpayers money."
http://www.620wtmj.com/news/local/155317015.html
incinuation? - Insinuation - ...Maybe.
Here's the original article from the Journal
After more than two years of raids, subpoenas and closed-door courtroom testimony, the John Doe investigation into activities during Gov. Scott Walker's time as Milwaukee County executive is now faced with this:
Determining the significance of a private email exchange in the spring of 2010 between Walker and his longtime campaign adviser John Hiller over a potential county real estate contract in which Hiller had a financial stake as deal maker.
Those familiar with the exchange - the emails were among the documents seized by authorities - say it has to do with the county's efforts to find private or public office space for its Department on Aging. Milwaukee County prosecutors have been investigating whether there was an attempt at bid-rigging in that case.
Sources have given varying descriptions of the emails, calling them everything from "legally inconclusive" to "a bombshell." One insider said the private messages contradict Walker's discussions with his county staff.
http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/noquarter/significance-of-email-exchanges-wont-be-revealed-for-a-while-u85i7u3-155144405.html
Much ado about nothing? A Rovian plot of misdirection? A beginning to a hairy week for Walker with another debate scheduled for Friday? The fact he jumped out in front of it should make for an interesting next few days.
He needs to release the emails and let the public find out for themselves.
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