“Judge might let prosecutors keep some records in John Doe probe”

Patrick Marley for the Journal-Sentinel:

A federal judge signaled Wednesday he would allow Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm to hang onto some of the material seized in a probe of Gov. Scott Walker’s associates so Chisholm can defend himself from a lawsuit by a former Walker aide whose home was raided.

U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman in Milwaukee left unanswered what to do with evidence gathered in a second investigation of Walker’s campaign, but left open the possibility he would direct Chisholm’s team to turn it over to his court while the lawsuit continues….

That sets up a potential conflict between how state and federal courts want the records to be treated.

“It does seem rather unique. I’ve never had anything like it,” said Adelman, who expressed exasperation at times that attorneys were focused on legal arguments rather than practical solutions to avoid a conflict with the state’s high court.

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