Milwaukee County officials released 16,000 emails collected from a secret John Doe investigation of Gov. Scott Walker’s aides and associates two weeks before the Nov. 4 election.
The John Doe case is criminal investigation started by Milwaukee County prosecutors that inspected events and activities during Walker’s term as governor.
The emails revealed campaign treasurer for Walker received financial information from a top Walker aide about a real-estate deal he was bidding on, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.
Walker released a statement issued by his campaign saying the email release was an effort to obstruct his election.
“Clearly, the highly partisan Milwaukee County executive, who has given $63,000 to my opponent, released four-year-old emails two weeks before the election to distract voters from my opponent's failed record," Walker said. “This case was closed nearly two years ago. Voters see through the political motives of my opponents to stop our successful reforms which are moving Wisconsin forward.”
Mary Burke said she had not discussed the release of the email records with Chris Abele, the current Milwaukee County executive, and that she was not timing her new attack ads to coincide with the release of the emails, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
"The timing is about when people when they go to the polls need to consider Gov. Walker's entire record over the last four years," Burke told the Wisconsin State Journal. "Part of that, not only is it a lagging economy and historic cuts to education but certainly the scandal around his administration."
