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EDGERTON -- Gov. Scott Walker sidestepped a volley of questions from reporters here Thursday stemming from the release of court documents into a now-ended probe of his 2012 recall campaign, including the question of whether he solicited contributions for an outside group, Wisconsin Club for Growth.

Walker also declined to say if the person who leaked the documents to Guardian US, whose identity is unknown, should be prosecuted.

He blamed the disclosure on investigators.

"People who've failed to win in the court of law have chosen to leak bits and portions of things to try and win in the court of public opinion," Walker said.

The documents from a so-called John Doe investigation include previously unreleased information about the effort by Walker to raise millions of dollars for the nonprofit Wisconsin Club for Growth. The group coordinated the fundraising effort to help Walker and Senate Republicans beat back recall attempts in 2011 and 2012.

Donations to Club for Growth newly revealed by the Guardian US report included six-figure sums from a lead producer who later stood to benefit from changes slipped into the 2013-15 state budget.