--- title: Scott Walker Rejects Campaign Finance Allegations description: “No charges—case over” canonical: https://time.com/2904917/scott-walker-wisconsin-fundraising-case/ author: Alex Rogers article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-20T14:33:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:41:36.662Z article:section: Politics og:title: Scott Walker Rejects Campaign Finance Allegations og:description: “No charges—case over” og:url: https://time.com/2904917/scott-walker-wisconsin-fundraising-case/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt020d29243e249634/69869878169ab071eb279fdd/scott-walker-criminal-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2561 og:image:height: 1441 og:image:alt: Scott Walker og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Scott Walker Rejects Campaign Finance Allegations twitter:description: “No charges—case over” twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt020d29243e249634/69869878169ab071eb279fdd/scott-walker-criminal-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Wisconsin Governor Dismisses Reports of 'Criminal Scheme' > Sponsored content. 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Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker responded Friday morning to accusations he coordinated a “criminal” fundraising scheme. On Fox News, Walker said the case is already resolved. Here’s what you need to know._ by [Alex Rogers](https://time.com/author/alex-rogers/) ## Alex Rogers Jun 20, 2014 2:33 PM UTC  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks at the Republican party of Wisconsin State Convention in Milwaukee on May 3, 2014. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks at the Republican party of Wisconsin State Convention in Milwaukee on May 3, 2014.Jeffrey Phelps—AP by [Alex Rogers](https://time.com/author/alex-rogers/) ## Alex Rogers Jun 20, 2014 2:33 PM UTC Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Friday dismissed [reports](http://time.com/2901985/scott-walker-fundraising-scheme/) of his involvement in a [“criminal scheme”](http://time.com/2902060/criminal-scheme-will-haunt-scott-walker/) 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](http://media.jrn.com/documents/50+Doe+docs.pdf) 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. 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