Tim Russell hired to work for Scott Walker despite termination from state job for “gross misconduct”

It appears the sordid saga that is Tim Russell’s tenure as one of then-Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker’s closest aides and confidants isn’t over.

As
reported by Dan Bice of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
Russell was hired to work in Scott Walker’s County Executive administration despite having been fired from his state job for “gross misconduct” relating to Russell’s misuse of public money and lying about that misuse. In 1993 Russell was fired from his job with the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) after it was discovered in the spring of 1993 that he had improperly billed $1,123 in hotel stays to the agency. According to Russell’s termination letter, he was fired not only for improperly billing WHEDA for the $1,123 in personal hotel stays, but also because he “provided false or misleading information” to those investigating his improper billing of the hotel stays.

Despite having been fired from his state job for lying and misuse of agency funding, Tim Russell certainly landed on his feet, thanks to Scott Walker.

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2 thoughts on “Tim Russell hired to work for Scott Walker despite termination from state job for “gross misconduct”

  1. Don’t you mean:

    “Despite having been fired from his state job for lying and misuse of agency funding, Tim Russell certainly landed on his Knees…..”?

  2. So Walker knowingly hired an embezzler & put him in charge of the Veteran’s fund. How much of the embezzled Veteran’s money was spent on Walker’s gubernatorial campaign?

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