Supreme Court won’t reconsider decision shutting down John Doe II

The state Supreme Court today rejected a request to reconsider its July order shutting down John Doe II and rescinded the special prosecutor’s ability to continue overseeing the case.

Scott Walker
Gov. Scott Walker

The court ruled Francis Schmitz’s appointment as special prosecutor was invalid. But it made that order effective with the release of today’s decision, leaving him only limited powers to carry out the court’s order to return evidence seized in the probe into coordination between conservative groups and Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign during the recalls.

Read more at WisPolitics.com, a media partner of BizTimes Milwaukee. Or watch this report from WISN TV-Channel 12, also a media partner of BizTimes.

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