It is into that dark and obscure post-Citizens United world that the John Doe files leaked to the Guardian land. This latter-day equivalent of a book burning could have condemned the John Doe investigation into permanent oblivion, leaving voters none the wiser. Friends of Scott Walker, Wisconsin Club for Growth and other parties named in the John Doe investigation have all vigorously denied any legal violations. Yet legal documents contained in the John Doe files identify as the anonymous [“Movant No. As researchers pore over the Guardian’s leaked John Doe files, seeking light amid the darkness of today’s political process, they may ponder the lead paint mystery.

Source: The Guardian September 14, 2016 11:22 UTC