Intimidation Tactics of Secret Investigations and Vague Laws

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Cross-Posted at Right Wing News

In blatant fascistic form, homes were raided and subpoenas were issued targeting conservative groups and allies of Scott Walker in a secret investigation. Meet Special Prosecutor Francis Schmitz who is the Marxist attack dog who was set loose upon 29 conservative groups in Wisconsin connected to Scott Walker and the failed recall that tried to oust him from office for offending the unions in that state. Now meet Milwaukee County Assistant District Attorney Bruce Landgraf, who mere days before Democrat Mary Burke announced that she would be running for governor against Walker, issued orders to start this intimidation effort. Basically, they are using taxpayer dollars to investigate the opposition in the next election. Looks like Chicago isn’t just for Illinois and DC anymore:

In Wisconsin, dozens of conservative groups and allies of Gov. Scott Walker are undergoing political intimidation from the left at the hands of a special prosecutor.

Subpoenas have been issued demanding correspondence and donor information of right-leaning organizations and individuals and raids have been conducted resulting in law enforcement officers taking computers and files in a secret investigation, according to reports.

“In recent weeks, special prosecutor Francis Schmitz has hit dozens of conservative groups with subpoenas demanding documents related to the 2011 and 2012 campaigns to recall Governor Walker and state legislative leaders,” the Wall Street Journal writes.

It continues, “Copies of two subpoenas we’ve seen demand ‘all memoranda, email . . . correspondence, and communications’ both internally and between the subpoena target and some 29 conservative groups, including Wisconsin and national nonprofits, political vendors and party committees. The groups include the League of American Voters, Wisconsin Family Action, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, Americans for Prosperity—Wisconsin, American Crossroads, the Republican Governors Association, Friends of Scott Walker and the Republican Party of Wisconsin.”

The Wall Street Journal goes further:

Americans learned in the IRS political targeting scandal that government enforcement power can be used to stifle political speech. Something similar may be unfolding in Wisconsin, where a special prosecutor is targeting conservative groups that participated in the battle over Governor Scott Walker’s union reforms.

In recent weeks, special prosecutor Francis Schmitz has hit dozens of conservative groups with subpoenas demanding documents related to the 2011 and 2012 campaigns to recall Governor Walker and state legislative leaders.

Copies of two subpoenas we’ve seen demand “all memoranda, email . . . correspondence, and communications” both internally and between the subpoena target and some 29 conservative groups, including Wisconsin and national nonprofits, political vendors and party committees. The groups include the League of American Voters, Wisconsin Family Action, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, Americans for Prosperity—Wisconsin, American Crossroads, the Republican Governors Association, Friends of Scott Walker and the Republican Party of Wisconsin.

One subpoena also demands “all records of income received, including fundraising information and the identity of persons contributing to the corporation.” In other words, tell us who your donors are.

Crickets. This should be all over the news and be a huge scandal. But nothing as Americans apathetically stand by while the communist slaughter is being readied.

These atrocious actions are being committed under a suppressive and vague law entitled the John Doe Law. The law is straight up fascism and one wonders why it is allowed to be on the books. Oh! I know why… it makes it almost impossible for someone to defend themselves:

The law, “Bars a subpoena’s targets from disclosing its contents to anyone but his attorneys. John Doe probes work much like a grand jury, allowing prosecutors to issue subpoenas and conduct searches, while the gag orders leave the targets facing the resources of the state with no way to publicly defend themselves.”

Back door intimidation and enforced campaign reform that favors Progressives, all using government and law enforcement as weapons of mass suppression:

The kitchen-sink subpoenas deserve skepticism considering their subject and targets. The disclosure of conservative political donors has become a preoccupation of the political left across the country. In the heat of the fight over Governor Walker’s reforms, unions urged boycotts of Walker contributors and DemocraticUnderground.com published a list of Walker donors for boycotting.

The subpoena demand for the names of donors to nonprofit groups that aren’t legally required to disclose them is especially troubling. Readers may recall that the Cincinnati office of the IRS sent the tax-exempt applications of several conservative groups to the ProPublica news website in 2012.

The subpoenas don’t spell out a specific allegation, but the demands suggest the government may be pursuing a theory of illegal campaign coordination by independent groups during the recall elections. If prosecutors are pursuing a theory that independent conservative groups coordinated with candidate campaigns during the recall, their goal may be to transform the independent expenditures into candidate committees after the fact, requiring revision of campaign-finance disclosures and possible criminal charges.

Among the 29 conservative groups violated were the League of American Voters, Wisconsin Family Action, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, Americans for Prosperity—Wisconsin, American Crossroads, the Republican Governors Association, Friends of Scott Walker and the Republican Party of Wisconsin. See a trend here nationally? I do, unfortunately. At least three individuals had their homes raided and computers and files seized at the behest of an individual named Dean Nickel. I smell Soros money here. He filed an affidavit for probable cause:

“Mr. Nickel is a former head of the Wisconsin Department of Justice Public Integrity Unit and has worked as an investigator for the GAB. Mr. Nickel told us he is a contractor for the GAB but wouldn’t discuss the John Doe probe. GAB Director and General Counsel Kevin Kennedy declined to comment.”

These investigators are openly spying on people and using brute force to collect records, while freezing communications and donations. I wonder when these intimidation tactics of secret investigations and vague laws will move from shove to shoot. At this rate, it won’t be long.