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[–] bfriend13 2 points 1 point (+3|-2) ago 

Maybe because those investigations are done by his political opponents?

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[–] RunsWithScissors 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Nope, the main official audit, which was the most damning, was done by the State of Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau, the state's anti-corruption and anti-waste agency, which is nonpartisan and run by professional accounts with outside auditing, created in the 60s to prevent state audits from being politically influenced.

Perhaps even more telling from the "we can't afford to pay teachers" governor was the fact that in the dozens of cases in which Walker was breaking the law, almost all involved spending too much money on projects, losing track of money, not asking businesses Walker was connected to to bother paying back loans, etc. Essentially, it was a slush fund for Walker to steal money from the state, and that's what the third party nonpartisan audit found.

You would think that fucking extreme corruption would be a national issue, but the press doesn't want to seem like it's doing any muckraking against Republicans, so it's not widely covered in the national news.

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[–] zbou 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

The investigation was done by a state attorney, who aren't really political. The investigation was halted by a conservatively appointed state Supreme Court. It's all very political at this point, but why is the state of Wisconsin voting this guy in?

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[–] flyawayhigh [S] ago 

The state attorney was Republican. Maybe this is why so many want to quiet this whole thing. Scott Walker is guilty as sin, and so are the two Supreme Court judges who received eight figures of campaign funding from the very group under investigation.

Those two judges not only refused to step aside -- they didn't even bother to answer the motions for recusal.

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[–] bfriend13 ago 

It's all political. Scott Walker was investigated by John Chisolm, a Democrat and Milwaukee County District Attorney. What motivates people to vote for someone? I don't know but Walker wins elections, so the majority of people in Wisconsin must like him for something.