Creatures of the Dark: Wisconsin GOP Caught Deleting Records, Again.

[elleng]

New federal court filings allege that hundreds of thousands of Republican redistricting files in Wisconsin were deleted last year, in defiance of court orders to turn over all documents. The deletions fit into a pattern of the Wisconsin GOP covering their tracks and could result in sanctions for the attorneys or individuals involved in deleting the files.

According to the April 18 court filings, a forensic analysis of computers used during redistricting indicates multiple files were deleted just after Republicans were instructed to turn them over to Democrats -- but before they had actually done so.

In January 2012, after the three-judge federal panel hearing a Democratic challenge to the redistricting maps ordered Republicans to produce all redistricting-related records, someone with the user name of an aide to Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald logged-on to GOP computers and deleted files and folders. In July, just after Democrats took control of the state senate and asked for the entire redistricting folder, another Fitzgerald aide's login was used to delete hundreds of thousands of records.

Though the legal challenge to the redistricting maps was resolved over a year ago, mounting evidence of deleted files and possible misrepresentation by Republicans and their attorneys led the court to order a forensic analysis of the computers to recover deletions and assess the level of wrongdoing.

The entire redistricting process has been marked by an unprecedented level of secrecy. And the stakes are high for the Republican legislature's law firm, Michael Best & Friedrich, whose lawyers have been sharply criticized by the court for their handling of the case. Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus is a partner at the Wisconsin-based firm, though he is currently on leave while he leads the RNC.

http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/04/12070/creatures-dark-wisconsin-gop-caught-deleting-records-again

[gateley]

1. Has anything ever come of their scuzzy, underhanded tricks?

All I know is that Walker is still in office.

[Blue Owl]

3. Republicans lie, cheat, and steal their way out of virtually everything.

And if they do ever make it to court, a Bu$h-appointed crony judge will pardon them.

The game is rigged!

[The Wielding Truth]

2. Wow.The GOP corruption is costly in more ways than one.

http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/04/12070/creatures-dark-wisconsin-gop-caught-deleting-records-again

So far, taxpayers have been on the hook for at least $2 million in legal fees to defend the GOP's "shameful" redistricting effort, and costs will likely continue to rise.

[midnight]

4. ALEC invites GOP to strategy session about how to do this is not surprising. Koch

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and Rove taking control over GOP data looks like they may be planning computer control via data control, and manipulation on a bigger scale...

Tammy Baldwin, Gwen Moore, Ron Kind VS Jim Sennsenbrenner, Paul Ryan, and Sean Duffy... This is going to get interesting.. listed in the court paper work filed 4-18-13