Media Ignores Two Court Rulings Rejecting 'New' Walker 'Scandal'

[Chris_]

Media Ignores Two Court Rulings Rejecting 'New' Walker 'Scandal'

Welcome to a genuine phony scandal. You may have caught a glimpse of the lurid headlines this morning, which were splashed across the front pages of many of America's leading newspapers -- and, indeed, on our own website: "Prosecutors Say Scott Walker at the Center of Criminal Scheme." The resulting impression is that the Wisconsin governor is embroiled in a serious new scandal, in which charges may be imminent. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the media's breathless coverage of a recent document release has largely promulgated the opposite of the truth. On that score, Gabriel Malor, an attorney and blogger, has a must-read primer at The Federalist. It lays bare the thorough dishonesty and inanity of the current press coverage.

 For the uninitiated, Democratic district attorneys in Wisconsin opened a secret investigation into whether Gov. Walker's campaign illegally coordinated with outside conservative groups during the acrimonious recall election of 2012. The sealed nature of the probe (known as a "John Doe" investigation) barred its targets from even acknowledging its existence in public. When the partisan prosecutors presented their "evidence" in a closed proceeding, they were swiftly thrown out of state court with their subpoenas quashed for lack of probable cause. Then, when a conservative activist targeted by "John Doe" sued the prosecutors for abuse of power and violating his rights, a federal judge emphatically sided with him, ordering the investigation be shut down, and paving the way for the retaliatory lawsuit to proceed.

Here's the bottom line: The just-released court documents that prompted exhilarated hyperventilating from the media entailed accusations from partisan prosecutors that were (a) reviewed by state and federal judges and (b) summarily tossed out of court. Indeed, a federal judge determined prosecutors' conduct in the matter had been so improper that a civil rights lawsuit against was "likely to succeed on their claim that the defendants‘ investigation violates their rights under the First Amendment, such that the investigation was commenced and conducted without a reasonable expectation of obtaining a valid conviction.” 

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Who needs facts when you have the media on your side?

[obumazombie]

Good stuff Chris_ ,
I posted a story about this on my other forum.
Libs have double standards that just won't quit.

[thundley4]

A couple of DUmmie threads have jumped all over the supposed evidence that was released while ignoring the fact the courts have shut down the inquisitions.

I think an investigation into outside money and coordination on the DemonRats side would likely find more illegal coordination. The left poured tons of money into unseating Walker and I wouldn't doubt if some of these prosecutors aren't getting a little something on the side from the liberal groups.