FBI, deputies at home of former Gov. Walker aide

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Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Madison - At least four FBI agents are at the home of a former top aide to Gov. Scott Walker. Deputies from the Dane County Sheriff's Department are also present at the home at 502 Dunning St. on Madison's East Side. City of Madison property records identify the home as belonging to Cynthia A. Archer, the former deputy administration secretary to the Republican governor.

"We're doing a law enforcement action," one of the FBI agents told a reporter.

Read more: http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/129801878.html

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Ooooh, intrigue.


A neighbor said about a dozen law enforcement officers arrived around 6:45 a.m.


Looking for money buried in the back yard maybe?

[Blue Owl]

1. Haven't heard much about Wanker lately

Is he busy frantically polishing that turd of an "image" of his, before he's recalled?

[Evasporque]

2. Perp Walker! lol

[hlthe2b]

3. ahh, come on FBI... throw us a bone...

What is this all about? Inquiring minds and all that....;)

[EC]

4. Isn't she the one that just quit?

I'm thinking she was expecting this.

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5. She quit but had another job lined up for 10's of thousands more then her predecessor

Before she abruptly quit on Aug. 19, she was making $124,000 as deputy secretary in the state Department of Administration, the agency that oversees state contracts, the state budget, the state workforce and other key government functions. At the time, state officials said only that Archer had taken a personal leave of absence, giving no details on reasons for the leave, how soon she'd come back or what her duties would be.

Archer, in her resignation letter emailed to Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch, said simply that she was done with her job that same day.

But documents provided by the state show she actually was already hired a day earlier on Aug. 18 to the $99,449-a-year job in the Department of Children and Families, as the department's legislative liaison, according to a letter released Friday from Eloise Anderson, who heads the department. Her appointment to the new job was effective Aug. 20. Anderson's letter says Archer would be "performing duties as prescribed by this office."

[Ian David]

6. One also removed a large banker's box and put it in the truck of a car.

One of the agents had a large camera and two of them were wearing latex gloves. They spent time in the backyard and then went into the house. One also removed a large banker's box and put it in the truck of a car.

[russspeakeasy]

7. Bodies, I want bodies !

:evilgrin:

[lutefisk]

11. Maybe the box is filled with Kloppenburg ballots...

:shrug: :)

[JJW]

8. Is that Koch money that they're recovering?

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9. Local TV stations starting to pick up the story.... n/t

[No Elephants]

10. Sounds promising.

:evilgrin:

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12. Story updated at 11:28 states the FBI is from the Milwaukee office.

[hue]

13. FBI might find a "treasure trove" of info on her computerware...

since she followed Walker from Milw. & has been one of his top aides from the get go.

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14. Yes indeed you're right. She came from Brown County and joined his admin. in 2007

...where she was working for the Brown County county executive.

[jwirr]

15. I hope that they find something.

[valerief]

18. I wonder if they're finding stuff just to destroy it. You know, to protect Walker. nt

[jwirr]

19. Not after the newspapers have it. This is the FBI and they do not

want to destroy what reputation they have.

[valerief]

24. The FBI is govt agency. They do what they're told to do, like the military. nt

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16. The Chicago Tribune has picked it up.... on it way to a national story before the nightly news, cool

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17. ...about Tom Nardelli abruptly quitting his state job

Nardelli said an ongoing John Doe investigation that included prosecutors' seizure of work computers of at least two former county staffers of Walker's had nothing to do with his resignation from his state job. Nardelli said he had not been questioned in the probe, which began more than a year ago.

The probe is believed to focus at least in part on allegations of county workers aiding Walker's campaign while on the job for the county.

In an interview earlier this summer, Walker said prosecutors were "looking at a lot of people . . . things like that are pretty much open-ended. So they can look at just about anything."

He did not respond to a question about whether he thought his former county staffers would be cleared in the Doe investigation.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/128284733.html

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20. The John Doe investigation has already resulted in one conviction.

William Gardner, president and chief executive officer of Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co., was sentenced to two years' probation after pleading guilty to two felony violations of state campaign finance laws for exceeding the donation limits and laundering donations to Walker and other Wisconsin politicians.



...tip of the iceberg, that.

[hayrow]

23. Having worked for Bill Gardner for a number of years......

Bill Gardner would make a deal in an instant to help his cause, that cause being whatever benefits Bill Gardner. I am sure he sang with the gusto of Adele to get himself out of trouble and named each and every one of his contacts and advisors that pushed him to make the illegal contributions.

With a background like Archer, coming from the rotten to the core Carol Kelso County Executive regime in Brown County, it should be no surprise that Archer seriously believed that laws do not apply to her ilk.

[madrchsod]

21. i`m not going to miss fight`n bob fest this year!

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22. GREAT group of speakers this coming Saturday Sept. 17th... Bernie Sanders for one.

Dr. Cornel West is coming to Fighting Bob Fest. The program is our best ever-- Bernie Sanders, Hightower, Kucinich, McCabe, Tony Schultz, Ellen Bravo, Greg Palast, Thom Hartmann, Dave Obey, Tammy Baldwin, John Nichols, Raging Grannies, Peter Leidy, and MORE.

http://www.fightingbobfest.org/



"Class War: Fight Back" is the theme.






schedule: http://www.fightingbobfest.org/schedule.cfm





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[N7Shepard]

25. I'm sure Walker is the dirtiest governor in years (in any state)

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26. Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate seems to agree withyou

MADISON–Following is the statement of Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate following news reports that search warrants were executed today by local and federal law enforcement agencies at homes of Scott Walker aides.

"The news of a criminal investigation involving aides to Scott Walker is disturbing. During his time as Milwaukee County Executive, Walker played fast and loose with ethics and created a pay-to-play culture of secrecy and deceit. The people of Wisconsin need assurance that this has not carried over to his term as governor. We look forward to the day when Walker himself gives a full explanation of his role in today's raids."

[N7Shepard]

28. Scott Walker? Ethics? Hahahhaha

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27. ABC News "The Note" picks up the story.... Complete with a pretty picture of Scott Walker

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/09/fbi-agents-search-home-of-former-gov-walker-aide/

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29. The probe is apparently "growing"... bend over Scott walker

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/iteam&id=8354543

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30. A little fresh news from Wispolitics

A source with knowledge of the investigation said the FBI was involved for its expertise in computer analysis. The source also likened the investigation to the probe that led to charges against former legislative leaders Chuck Chvala, Scott Jensen, Brian Burke, Steve Foti and Bonnie Ladwig over caucus employees doing campaign work while in their state jobs. None of them are in the Legislature now, and some served time.




http://www.wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=247419