GOP Prosecutor Defends Scott Walker Criminal Probe, Says "Let's Get the Truth Out" - PR Watch
Two career prosecutors--one a Republican, one a Democrat--just called Scott Walker a liar, and not a single national newspaper took notice. The Special Prosecutor leading the probe, Francis Schmitz--a Republican who voted for Walker in 2012-- fired back , stating, "these recent allegations are patently false. "His description of the investigation as a 'political witch hunt' is offensive when he knows that the investigation was authorized by a bipartisan group of judges and is directed by a Republican Special Prosecutor appointed at the request of a... Milwaukee District Attorney John Chisholm, a Democrat whose office initiated the probe, added that, "Stripped of niceties, Mr. Schmitz is saying the governor is deliberately not telling the truth. The public comments and challenge are remarkable from the usually-reserved career prosecutors, who until now have remained silent as their reputations have been dragged through the mud by Walker's allies. The heated public exchange comes just as the Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to take up a series of challenges to the probe, and as the U. S. Supreme Court considers granting an appeal of a federal lawsuit that the 7th Circuit. Source: www.prwatch.org
