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In the spring of 2010, then-Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker requested an investigation into a report of stolen public funds. The Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office agreed and petitioned a judge to initiate a John Doe proceeding. This investigation, John Doe I, ultimately resulted in six convictions.
State v. Russell
, No. 12-CF-053 (Milwaukee Cty., Wis., Jan. 5, 2012) (stealing from a veterans’ charity);
State v. Rindfleisch
, No. 12-CF-438 (Milwaukee Cty., Wis., Jan. 26, 2012) (misconduct in office for fundraising on county time);
State v. Wink
, No. 12-CM-579 (Milwaukee Cty., Wis., Jan. 26, 2012) (political solicitation while on county time);
State v. Kavanaugh
, No. 12-CF-052 (Milwaukee Cty., Wis., Jan. 5, 2012) (felony theft from veterans’ charity);
State v. Gardner
, No. 11-CF-137 (Washington Cty., Wis., Apr. 11, 2011) (unlawful political contributions);
State v. Pierick
, No. 12-CF-022 (Waukesha Cty., Wis., Jan. 5, 2012) (contributing to the delinquency of a minor).

Within a few days of Governor Walker’s recall election victory on June 5, 2012, however, the Milwaukee County District Attorney asked Reserve Judge Neal Nettesheim to expand the scope of John Doe I from the original theft investigation into an investigation into Governor Walker’s campaign-finance practices. Reserve Judge Nettesheim granted this request on June 25, 2012

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Final Recommendations
Given the importance of the issues presented by this report, the actions of the former GAB, and the failure of the Special Prosecutor (and the Ethics Commission) to first secure and then divest everyone of the John Doe documents, DOJ recommends that this report be unsealed and open to the public, consistent with its motion to unseal.


- 87 - Under separate cover, DOJ will provide the necessary evidence for the Court to take the following actions:
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Refer Attorney Shane Falk to the Office of Lawyer Regulation for knowing and repeated violation of Judge Peterson’s January 27, 2014, order;
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Initiate contempt proceedings against the following individuals to remedy violations of orders of the John Doe Judge and orders of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, as more specifically outlined in a separate letter to the John Doe Judge:
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Former Special Prosecutor Francis Schmitz
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Former GAB employee Kevin Kennedy
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Former GAB employee Shane Falk
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Former GAB employee Molly Nagappala
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Former GAB employee Jonathan Becker
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Elections Commission Counsel Nathan Judnic
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Milwaukee ADA David Robles
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Milwaukee Administrator James Krueger
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Milwaukee DA Investigator Robert Stelter