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Article: Staffers with immunity give state legal bills of $75
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- April 20, 2002
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Staffers with immunity give state legal bills of $75,000
Taxpayers pick up tab but aren't privy to unedited copies of bills
By DENNIS CHAPTMAN of the Journal Sentinel staff
Saturday, April 20, 2002
Madison -- Legislative staffers who have been granted court-
ordered immunity from prosecution in return for their testimony in
the ongoing Capitol caucus scandal have submitted legal bills
totaling more than $75,000, records show.
Taxpayers have picked up the tab for more than $500,000 in
lawyers' bills for current and former legislative personnel who have
been caught up in a secret investigation into accusations of illegal
campaigning on state time and political shakedowns for campaign cash.
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