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   Court documents released Friday in the so-called “John Doe   
   investigation” into political supporters of Wisconsin GOP Gov.   
   Scott Walker show prosecutors subpoenaed phone-company records   
   and that the probe went deeper than previously known, say   
   conservatives who were targeted.   
      
   Attorneys for conservative activist Eric O’Keefe and the   
   Wisconsin Club for Growth point to subpoenas requested by the   
   John Doe prosecutors that sought records from “at least eight   
   phone companies” believed to serve the targets of the   
   investigation, according to The Wisconsin Reporter.   
      
   O’Keefe and the club have filed a civil rights suit against the   
   prosecutors, alleging they violated conservatives’ First   
   Amendment rights.   
      
   “In fact, Defendants’ submissions confirm and expand upon the   
   scope and intensity of retaliation previously demonstrated,”   
   O’Keefe’s attorney wrote in documents ordered unsealed by the   
   federal appeals court.   
      
   The John Doe proceeding compelled scores of witnesses to   
   testify, and a gag order compelled them to keep their mouths   
   shut or face jail time.   
      
   Prosecutors conducted the investigation under the theory that at   
   least 29 conservative organizations may have illegally   
   coordinated with Walker’s campaign during Wisconsin’s partisan   
   political recall elections in 2011 and 2012.   
      
   The investigation was conducted by Milwaukee County District   
   Attorney John Chisholm, a Democrat, until a federal judge halted   
   it in May.   
      
   The newly released documents show prosecutors’ subpoena requests   
   sought phone records for a year-and-a-half period.   
      
   Prosecutors sought “all call detail records including incoming   
   and outgoing calls,” “billing name and information,” “subscriber   
   name and information including any application for service,” and   
   more, according to the conservatives’ court filing.   
      
   http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/08/24/retaliation-unsealed-   
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