Wisconsin Governor Dismisses Reports of ‘Criminal Scheme’

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Friday dismissed reports of his involvement in a “criminal scheme” as a partisan prosecutorial witch hunt, saying a secret probe of his fundraising activities has already been “resolved.”

“No charges—case over,” Walker said on Fox News. Walker, a potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate, was responding to documents unsealed Thursday by a federal judge that allege Walker was involved in a “criminal scheme” to coordinate fundraising activities with outside conservative groups during a recall election he faced. No charges have been filed and Walker hasn’t been formally been accused of any wrongdoing.

On Friday, Walker said he was going to have to “counter” partisan attacks “all over again,” and that he’d rely on the grassroots support that helped Wisconsin Republicans hold onto the state Senate in recall elections in 2011 and 2012 after supporting legislation that ended collective bargaining for public employees.

“This is a prime example of what happens when you take on the big government special interests,” Walker said. “They’re looking for ways to come at us. They’ll continue to do it. They did it two years ago in the recall election, they’re going to do it again now. We’ve got another tough election this fall and so they’re going to come at it with just about everything out there and the media—at least many in the media—are willing accomplices to this. But the facts of the case are pretty clear.”