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Key Stories on Scott Walker

• ExposedbyCMD, Weaponized Philanthropy: Document Trove Details Bradley Foundation’s Efforts to Build Right-Wing “Infrastructure” Nationwide, Mary Bottari, May 5, 2017.

• ExposedbyCMD, Secret Donors, Secret Agendas: Guardian Pulls Back the Curtain on Walker Corruption Probe, Mary Bottari, September 14, 2016.

• The Guardian, Because Scott Walker Asked, Ed Pilkington, September 14, 2016.

"Leaked court documents from ‘John Doe investigation’ in Wisconsin lay bare pervasive influence of corporate cash on modern US elections."

• The New Yorker, Scott Walker’s Wisconsin and the End of Campaign-Finance Law, Lincoln Caplan, July 21, 2015.

"It is possible to document the close ties between the national network of major conservative donors backing Walker and the conservative lobbying groups that turned the Wisconsin Supreme Court into a political tool."

• CMD's Reporting on Walker Dark Money Criminal Probe

See the newest reports from the Center for Media and Democracy and PRwatch.org on the long-running investigation into possible criminal campaign finance violations by Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's campaign and "dark money" electoral nonprofit groups.

• Center for Media and Democracy, The Assault on Clean Election Laws: The Well-Funded Campaign to Legalize Coordination in Wisconsin and Nationwide, January 2015

This special report corrects the record on the John Doe investigation and explains the threat it poses to the future of a representative and transparent democracy, in Wisconsin and across the country.

• Center for Media and Democracy, CMD Files IRS Complaint Against Wisconsin Club for Growth, October 2014.

Complaint alleges group at center of Walker probe lied to IRS about political activity and violated its tax-exempt status, based on extensive new evidence.

• Bloomberg, Scott Walker Is King of Kochworld, Julie Bychowicz, February 17, 2015.

"With three tough statewide election victories under his belt, Walker, 47, is poised to pursue the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. The Kochs have pledged to marshal some $900 million to spend on a fight for the presidency, and although they may not wade directly into the GOP primary muck, their ties to Walker appear stronger than to anyone else considering a run."

• PRwatch, Walker Strikes Truth and Wisconsin Idea from UW Mission in Budget, Jonas Persson and Mary Bottari, February 4, 2015.

"In addition to unprecedented budget cuts to the University of Wisconsin (UW) system, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker struck "the search for truth" and the Wisconsin Idea from the university's mission in his executive budget bill unveiled last night." (Story updated February 5, 2015.)

• Scott Walker John Doe Documents, archive of publicly available documents on the two “John Doe” criminal investigations involving Scott Walker and his associates.