Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm and two other prosecutors are now free to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review decisions last year that ended an investigation into Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign.
The state Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the three district attorneys to intervene in cases the court decided last year, clearing the way for them to go to the nation’s high court. The district attorneys also could ask the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on whether any of the state justices were required to step aside from the cases for ethical reasons.
Also Tuesday, the state Supreme Court denied a separate request from prosecutors that would have allowed them to retain evidence they had gathered in the probe.