Republican State Rep. Bill Kramer gets just 5 months in jail for sexual assault

Wow, he sure did get off easy… State Rep. Bill Kramer (R-Town of Waukesha) was sentenced Tuesday to five months in jail, after pleading no contest last month to reduced charges of two misdemeanor counts of fourth-degree sexual assault. The jail term is a condition of a three-year probation sentence….

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Republican State Rep. Bill Kramer gets plea deal with reduced sexual assault charges from DA Brad Schimel’s office

After initially being charged with two felony counts of second-degree sexual assault, Republican State Rep. Bill Kramer (pictured, right) has agreed to plead no contest to reduced charges of two misdemeanor counts of fourth-degree sexual assault. In exchange for his plea, Rep. Kramer will get a receive leniency in the…

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Could Republican Bill Kramer’s sexual assault case splatter over onto Brad Schimel?

Over at WKOW’s “Inside Scoop” blog, Tony Galli has an interesting take on how the upcoming trial of Republican State Rep. Bill Kramer, who is facing two charges of sexual assault. Republican attorney general candidate and Waukesha County District Attorney Brad Schimel faces the prospect of going before voters in…

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Caption This – Bill Kramer Edition

Caption this photo of Republican State Rep. Bill Kramer making his first court appearance on allegations of sexual assault.

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Republicans in Assembly back away from expulsion attempt against one of their own

This is completely unsurprising. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and other Republican leaders backed off Thursday from trying to remove from office Rep. Bill Kramer, who is accused of sexual assault. Vos, of Rochester, said earlier this week that aides were researching expelling the Waukesha Republican from the Legislature if he…

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AG candidate Brad Schimel: Bill Kramer approved!

As first reported by Dan Bice of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel will be giving the $500 contribution he received from Republican State Rep. Bill Kramer to charity after it was alleged Kramer had engaged in sexual harassment/sexual assault against a female lobbyist and a female…

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A new meaning for the “GOP” in “Wisconsin GOP”

Thanks to Republican State Rep. Bill Kramer the Wisconsin GOP can now stand for Groping Other People.

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A few thoughts on Rep. Bill Kramer’s “least surprising headline ever”

It’s been alleged Republican State Rep. Bill Kramer (pictured, left) hugged and touched the breasts of a legislative staffer at a social event following a Washington, D.C. fundraiser for the Republican Party last week. If the allegations are true, then Bill Kramer didn’t just engage in sexual harassment – he…

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Bill Kramer to be removed from Republican legislative leadership post amid sexual harassment allegations

What an absolute farce our state government has become. Assembly Majority Leader Bill Kramer may resign from his leadership post as soon as Saturday after being accused of sexually harassing at least two women while in Washington, D.C., for a GOP fundraiser. Sources said the allegations against the 49-year-old Republican…

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Republican Rep. Bill Kramer puts jackassery on display (VIDEO)

During proceedings in the State Assembly on June 13, 2013, Democratic Rep. Gary Hebl stood to acknowledge citizens in the Assembly gallery who had been forcibly removed from the gallery despite having done nothing to violate the rules (except exercising their Constitutional rights). In response to Rep. Hebl, Republican Speaker…

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