{"id":37237,"date":"2014-06-19T15:52:45","date_gmt":"2014-06-19T19:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smart-union.dev\/news\/wis-gov-walker-accused-of-running-criminal-scheme\/"},"modified":"2014-06-19T15:52:45","modified_gmt":"2014-06-19T19:52:45","slug":"wis-gov-walker-accused-of-running-criminal-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wis-gov-walker-accused-of-running-criminal-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Wis. Gov. Walker accused of running &#039;criminal scheme&#039;","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prosecutors accuse Gov. 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