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Fri Feb 24, 2017, 09:47 AM Feb 2017

Wisconsin Ethics Commission records taken in John Doe leak probe

MADISON – The state Department of Justice seized material from the Ethics Commission this month as part of its investigation into the leak of material damaging to Gov. Scott Walker, records show.

The development is the latest sign GOP Attorney General Brad Schimel is seeking to uncover who leaked records from the investigation to the Guardian U.S.

Last week, state agents reviewed documents in the clerk’s office of the state Supreme Court, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has reported.

Weeks earlier, on Feb. 1, a top Department of Justice attorney collected documents from the Ethics Commission, according to emails released this week under the state’s open records law.

Read more: http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/24/wisconsin-ethics-commission-records-taken-john-doe-leak-probe/98323570/

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