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FBI seizes items at home of former aide of Wisconsin governor
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Sep 15, 2011 03:06pm |
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| Category | Investigation |
| Author | JASON STEIN, PATRICK MARLEY, STEVE SCHULTZE, DANIEL BICE |
| Media | Newspaper - Chicago Sun-Times |
| News Date | Thursday, September 15, 2011 06:50:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | About a dozen law enforcement officers, including FBI agents, raided the home of a former top aide to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Wednesday as part of a growing John Doe investigation.
The home on Dunning St. on Madison’s east side is owned by Cynthia A. Archer, who was until recently deputy administration secretary to the Republican governor. Archer, 52, now holds a different state job but is on paid sick leave, records show.
“We’re doing a law enforcement action,” one of the FBI agents told a reporter.
He didn’t identify himself or provide further comment but confirmed that he and three others were with the FBI and that a Dane County sheriff’s deputy was present.
The raid on Archer’s home coincides with a John Doe investigation in Milwaukee County.
That probe was started last year after the Journal Sentinel reported that another Walker staffer who was being paid by Milwaukee County taxpayers to help citizens with county services was instead using her work time to post anonymous comments supporting candidate Walker on websites and blogs. As part of the investigation, authorities earlier seized the work computers of two former Walker staffers and executed a search warrant of one of their homes.
Archer, who also held the top staff position under Walker while he served as Milwaukee County executive, said as recently as Friday in an email to the Journal Sentinel that she was “not involved in any way in the John Doe investigation.” |
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