Sources say WIS Attorney General Van Hollen's office declined to help with John Doe

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State Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen was asked months ago to assist in a growing secret investigation of former and current aides to Gov. Scott Walker, but Van Hollen's office declined, sources familiar with the request said Tuesday.

Van Hollen's agency assisted with at least one previous John Doe investigation run by the Milwaukee County district attorney's office, lending a hand during the probe of former Milwaukee Ald. Michael McGee. State Department of Justice officials would not say why the agency chose not to assist with the investigation of Walker's former county staffers.

Sources said the request was made around the time of the November 2010 election.

Also on Tuesday, state attorneys filed a motion to withdraw an affidavit by Walker aide Cindy Archer in a federal challenge to Walker's collective bargaining law - less than one week after FBI agents and other law enforcement officers raided her Madison home.


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