claim: under wisconsin law, "anyone who knows anything about a john doe" secret criminal investigation "can't talk about it."
author: scott walker
evidence_1: apr 20, 2015 ... cindy archer, one of the lead architects of wisconsin's act 10 ... they wouldn't let  her speak to a lawyer. ... she knew a rogue prosecutor was targeting her for her  political ... the so-called john doe investigations, expansive and secret criminal  ... john doe investigations alter typical criminal procedure in two ...
evidence_2: dec 11, 2017 ... we talk about the recent revelation that the john doe investigation into gov. ...  not a longtime public servant with no criminal history,” archer wrote in a june 30,  ... the investigation continued despite its failure to find anything like the sort of ...  by the wisconsin supreme court to turn all the information over.
evidence_3: in wisconsin, a "john doe" investigation is a closed-door criminal ... campaign  war chest to pay legal fees is only permitted under wisconsin statutes when a  person ... walker says he can't reveal any emails or speak about the investigation  because ... walker says he knows nothing about it, but an email included in the  kelly ...
evidence_4: dec 3, 2018 ... john doe, in this context, does not refer to a person; it is a legal ... stat. section  968.26 currently define the scope of a john doe proceeding in wisconsin, ...  unlike normal criminal proceedings, which can be initiated if there is ... secret,  with only the conferring of immunity to a witness occurring in open court.
evidence_5: oct 3, 2017 ... he acknowledges that he legally cannot talk about the secret john doe ... the  guardian story triggered a state department of justice criminal investigation to  uncover ... while he is no longer employed by the wisconsin ethics ... and, unlike  a grand jury, targets in a john doe procedure can't step out of the ...