Shuster said he consulted with Justice Dept. and "I got independent confirmation that he's a target"

[Ellipsis]

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"The Wisconsin press has only reported about the John Doe -- the state component," said Zielinski. "They have not reported on the federal component of this."

"I've been reporting on federal grand juries for twenty years" -- including Justice Department probes of former Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker, Monica Lewinsky, Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry, and Jack Abramoff -- said David Shuster, a former reporter for Fox News and anchor for MSNBC, who now works with Take Action News and as a host on Current TV.

In his reporting on FBI involvement in the current probe of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, Shuster said he consulted with Justice Department attorneys in the public integrity section and "I got independent confirmation that he's a target."

Shuster said that he had learned Scott Walker's attorneys had been seeking to have their client publicly cleared of wrongdoing for the last five or six weeks, in the run-up to the recall election. Prosecutors could not clear him, Shuster said, because Walker is a target.

http://www.isthmus.com/daily/article.php?article=36926

That quote is quite significant.

[PearliePoo2]

1. I hope there's enough time left before the election...

for this to SINK him.

[dkf]

2. I hope they have enough dirt to get him or this will look political.

[Hawkowl]

8. It is political

So what? A great many politicians are guilty of something. This can help balance out the Edwards & Seigleman persecutions.

[dkf]

13. You forgot your sarcasm tag...

At least I hope you did.

[Stevepol]

27. How can it not be?

Any time you charge a POLITICIAN with a crime, it has to be political, doesn't it?

[Fawke Em]

3. Like I said: He makes it through the recall and then gets busted

because rightwingers and their brainwashed minions can't seem to fathom that people on their side are more crooked than a hound dog's back leg.

[elleng]

15. Hey, Fawke!

Lots of them crooked hound dawg's back legs out there, eh?
P.S. CONGRATS on your kiddo's successes!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

4. Why isn't the Wisconsin press reporting on this?

That's baffling to me.

[ret5hd]

5. Who does the press work for?

advertisers/corporate interests?

or

the public good?

[Ellipsis]

6. The Isthmus is credible Wisconsin Press

[bluestateguy]

7. The story (if there ends up being ,that is) is breaking too late

Much like the details of Bob Packwood's misdeeds, which were not reported in mainstream news media until election day 1990. He made it through with 52%.

[WillyT]

9. HUGE K & R !!!

[Ellipsis]

10. You posted it.

I just cherry picked it

[WillyT]

11. LOL !!! - And You Gave It A Better Subject Line !!!

Win, win !!!

[Ellipsis]

12. ....learned that on DU over the years.

[sofa king]

14. I'd like to see him defending election-theft charges from prison.

If it's close enough to steal, he'll steal it. I hope the Badgers are on top of it, because he's gonna do it, and it will work if you don't find out how he's doing it and bag him.

Edit: I would add that catching Wisconsin Republicans in the act here would virtually guarantee the President's reelection and may well prevent the Senate from changing hands. Get them!

[KharmaTrain]

16. Shades Of George Ryan...

...the rushpublican Illinois Governor who ended up in the greybar hotel. He was being investigated for corruption when he was Secretary of State that led to the ugly and needless death of a family whose van collided with a truck that had purchased a license from Ryan. The investigation was hushed up during his campaign and would head up and lead to an indictment and conviction 5 years later. Sounds like Wanker is heading in that direction.

[yodermon]

17. really hoping it's not a "24 business hour" type of thing here...

[UTUSN]

30. Bingo!1 Plus, SHUSTER's "20 yrs 'reporting' on fed grand juries" uh, repeating what pundits tell him

Once again I was in the wilderness here, back then, generally about my wariness of Keith OLBERMAN, but also about SHUSTER, who assured us for weeks that the KKKarl indictment was coming according to his sources. Then it ended with that part about "working days" or "calendar days" when the days expired by one count then the other count.

After it all came to naught SHUSTER went public with who his "sources" were: Attorneys who had experience with clients in front of grand juries. Not THIS grand jury and not anybody connected with the KKKarl case, and not anybody with actual knowledge of things going on inside the grand jury or inside FITZGERALD's office. In other words, the people feeding him were acting as PUNDITS giving their "expert opinions" or "expert insight." Because of their experience in front of (other) grand juries.

I suspected back then that Keith and SHUSTER (and SHUSTER had worked for Faux) were filling the role of telling us what we wanted to hear, the same way that Faux tells wingnuts what they want to hear.

I'll just beware about SHUSTER no matter how much I want to believe.

[yodermon]

32. didnt' know that about Shuster's sources in the Rove case..

.. did Truthout / Jason Leopold have a similar source, or did they ever reveal their source?

[UTUSN]

37. I don't know about the LEOPOLD angle except the working/calendar days part. n/t

[WillyT]

18. Kick !!!

[electricray]

19. Am I mistaken? Isn't the Lieutenant Governor also on this ballot?

So, perhaps the Lt. Governor election is as (or perhaps more) important than the Governor ticket?

[link:http://www.leadertelegram.com/news/daily_updates/article_fc91544a-ad38-11e1-ae83-001a4bcf887a.html|]

http://www.leadertelegram.com/news/daily_updates/article_fc91544a-ad38-11e1-ae83-001a4bcf887a.html

For the first time in decades, Wisconsin voters will cast separate votes for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor, setting up the unlikely but possible scenario that the top executive and his second-in-charge will be members of different political parties.

The lieutenant governor position largely is ceremonial and has no official duties. However, the lieutenant governor would take over if the governor dies, leaves office early or is incapacitated.

The incumbent is Republican Rebecca Kleefisch, a former television news reporter who used to own a marketing business. The 36-year-old is married to state Rep. Joel Kleefisch, R-Oconomowoc.

She'll be opposed in the first-ever lieutenant governor recall election in U.S. history by Democrat Mahlon Mitchell, a 35-year-old firefighter from Fitchburg, a Madison suburb, who has headed the statewide firefighters' union since last year. Coincidentally, Mitchell graduated from the same high school as Walker: Delavan-Darien High School.

[MADem]

20. Not a subject, but a target...that's key. nt

[malaise]

21. I'm lovin' it

Rec

[msanthrope]

22. I think they've issued a target letter. nt

[lookingfortruth]

23. I don't want to come off that I'm defending Walker (I believe his ass should be in jail) BUT I am

nervous about this news. I'm just thinking aren't most grand juries under a gag rule for like lawyers on both side and jurors? Or is that just hollywood?

Is this coming out now in hopes Walker does some sort of "Nixon exit?"


I just concerned about how reliable this info is.


Does anyone understand or am I sounding like a jerk?

[Ellipsis]

24. bless the universe and let it go....

We are going to win.

[reader246]

25. the legal process won't take walker down

Any more than it took nixon down. The thousands of protesters are the reason there is an investigation in the first place, just like with nixon. More political pressure by demonstrators=more scrutiny on elected officials. Thank the protesters not the investigators.

[Kablooie]

26. Sounds like the AMC TV show, "The Killing"

Currently on the show it's the day before election for mayor and the lead characters think they have evidence that the current mayor is involved in a teen's murder.

[alcibiades_mystery]

34. The passcard went to Richmond's office, not Adams'

The implication at the end of the last episode was that somebody on Richmond's staff (Jamie or Gwen?) is more likely to be involved than anybody from Adams' camp.

[Kablooie]

35. I left that out because this episode is still airing and I didn't want to give it away.

It's a danged confusing mystery.
Could it still be Richmond?
Maybe his suicide attempt was because he's responsible for the murder and he felt guilty.

I'll stop here because this is the wrong place to speculate on the show.

[uberblonde]

28. The feds like to leak stuff on a politician...

Right before an election. That way, if he loses, it saves them the cost of trying him.

Remember Rep. Curt Weldon?

[Joseph28]

29. Shuster said he consulted with Justice Dept. and "I got independent confirmation that he's a target"

Thanks for your post.

[WI_DEM]

31. This is big, too bad the WI media isn't doing it's job and focusing on this

[daaron]

33. Unfortunately, Repugnicans seem to have no prob electing known criminals. nt

[florida08]

36. Beyond Walkergate And Why Tuesday Is So Damn Important

http://cognidissidence.blogspot.com/2012/06/beyond-walkergate-and-why-tuesday-is-so.html