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===Wisconsin Club for Growth, Led by Close Walker Ally, at Center of Dark Money Web===
[[Image:Cap-Times-Dark money.jpg|620pxthumb|400px|right]]The Center for Media Democracy filed a complaint on October 27, 2014 "with the Internal Revenue Service alleging that the Wisconsin Club for Growth lied to the IRS in 2011 and 2012, violated its tax-exempt status by operating as a political committee, and operated primarily for the private partisan benefit of the Republican Party, rather than for any sort of 'social welfare.'"<ref>Brendan Fischer, [http://www.prwatch.org/news/2014/10/12640/cmd-files-irs-complaint-against-wisconsin-club-growth#sthash.NUQj3cL9.dpuf CMD Files IRS Complaint Against Wisconsin Club for Growth], ''PR Watch'', October 27, 2014.</ref>
One target of the probe is [[Wisconsin Club for Growth]]. Board member [[Eric O'Keefe]] told the ''Wall Street Journal'' that he was subpoenaed in early October 2013, and that some of the targets "had their homes raided at dawn, with law-enforcement officers turning over belongings to seize computers and files."
[[File:RJ_Johnson_WiSJ_2011_482x942px.jpg|150px|thumb|right|R.J. Johnson. Photo: ''[http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/john-doe-targets-go-on-the-record-to-slam-scott/article_b70a756e-31b6-5f45-a850-5b4d0e19e778.html Wisconsin State Journal]'']]Wisconsin Club for Growth is led by top Walker advisor RJ Johnson, a former Executive Director of the Republican Party of Wisconsin. Wisconsin Club for Growth is registered to Johnson's address. In Walker's book "Unintimidated," the governor refers to Johnson as a friend of more than 20 years and his key campaign operative.
Some reports put Wisconsin Club for Growth at the center of a network of dark money groups.<ref name="dark money web"> Brendan Fischer [http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/11/12309/new-john-doe-investigation-probes-dark-money-wisconsin-recall-elections-club WI Club for Growth, Target of Walker Recall Probe, at Center of Dark Money Web], PRwatch.org, Nov 19, 2013. </ref><ref>Lisa Kaiser, [http://expressmilwaukee.com/article-22149-exclusive-koch-brothers%25E2%2580%2599-dark-money-flowed-into-wisconsin-recall-fight.html Exclusive: Koch Brothers' Dark Money Flowed into Wisconsin Recall Fight], Shepherd Express, Nov. 13, 2013. </ref>
