Thursday, October 11, 2018

Bice: Brad Schimel's Wisconsin Justice Department launched probe of a former staffer after he criticized the agency in a news story

From JSOnline:

Attorney General Brad Schimel really doesn't like criticism. 

His agency went after an ex-assistant attorney general last year after he made critical remarks in the Journal Sentinel over a deal the Department of Justice had struck with a polluter. 

Schimel's office said it was looking into whether the retiree — Thomas Dawson, long the state's top environmental lawyer — provided confidential information to the press.

Read more:  https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/investigations/daniel-bice/2018/10/11/ag-brad-schimels-office-launched-probe-retiree-over-criticism-news-story/1588482002/

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