Sources: Van Hollen's office declined to help with John Doe

[hue]

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/130236158.html

Sept. 20, 2011 6:22 p.m.

"Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen was asked months ago to assist in a growing secret investigation of former and current aides to Gov. Scott Walker, but Van Hollen's office declined, sources familiar with the request said Tuesday.

Van Hollen's agency assisted with at least one previous John Doe investigation run by the Milwaukee County district attorney's office, lending a hand during the probe of then Milwaukee Ald. Michael McGee. State Department of Justice officials would not say why they chose not to assist with the investigation of Walker's former county staffers.

Sources said the request was made around the time of the November 2010 election.

Also on Tuesday, state attorneys filed a motion to withdraw an affidavit by Walker aide Cindy Archer in a major federal case - less than one week after FBI agents and other law enforcement officers raided her Madison home.

State officials wouldn't say if the motion was filed as a result of the raid.

"We're not commenting beyond what's in the motion," said Dana Brueck, spokeswoman for the state Department of Justice.

Archer served as Walker's deputy administration secretary but recently transferred to the state Department of Children and Families and is currently on medical leave. She served as a top aide to Walker when he was county executive.

Before the raid on Archer's home, authorities seized the work computers of two other former Walker staffers and executed a search warrant of one of their homes.

The John Doe is being run by the office of Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm, a Democrat. Van Hollen and Walker are Republicans.

Van Hollen and Chisholm have collaborated on some matters, and around the time Chisholm's office made its request for help with the John Doe investigation the two agencies were working together as part of an election fraud task force."

[Yon_Yonson]

1. No surprises here

“The John Doe is being run by the office of Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm, a Democrat. Van Hollen and Walker are Republicans.”

So justice has a political face? This just reinforces my belief that justice denied is corruption personified!

[midnight]

2. Good find.... I had the feeling something was going on behind the scenes...

[Viking12]

3. "I want to withdraw my affidavit" means, "I don't want to be prosectuted for perjury"

Methinks Archer is afraid the FBI may have some evidence that contradicts the contents of her affidavit.