The Senate Judiciary Committee asks for Documents in the Georgia Thompson Case

The Georgia Thompson case has reached the Senate Judiciary Committee and Questions if the prosecution of the Wisconsin State Worker was politically motive or not.

WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee asked Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to provide documents related to the prosecution of a former state worker in Wisconsin whose bid-rigging conviction was overturned last week by a federal appeals court.

In a letter sent Tuesday, committee chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and five other Democratic senators said they were “concerned whether or not politics may have played a role” in the case against Georgia Thompson.

She was accused of favoring a company with ties to Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle, and her conviction became an issue last year in his campaign for re-election when his opponents used it to slam him in television ads.

Wisconsin Democrats have long questioned whether the decision by U.S. Attorney Steven Biskupic to prosecute Thompson was an attempt to go after Doyle, who faced a tough run against then-U.S. Rep. Republican Mark Green. Biskupic was appointed by President Bush.A message left by The Associated Press for Biskupic’s spokeswoman was not immediately returned Tuesday.