A former aide to Gov. Scott Walker pleaded not guilty to four felony charges of doing campaign work on government time Tuesday.
Kelly Rindfleisch served as Walker’s deputy chief of staff for 10 months when he was Milwaukee County executive.
In January she was charged with four counts of misconduct in public office for working on Brett Davis’ lieutenant governor campaign using county time and resources while employed in 2010.
She allegedly set up a secret computer system in her county office to communicate with Walker campaign advisers and organize fund raisers for the Davis campaign.
The judge in Rindfleisch’s case must decide where she will be tried by March 30. Rindfleisch’s lawyer is attempting to move the trial from Milwaukee County to Columbia County, where she lives.
Rindfleisch was first charged with Darlene Wink, Walker’s former constituent services coordinator, on Jan. 26. Wink pled guilty to two misdemeanors counts of doing political work at her taxpayer-funded job in February.
In January, prosecutors also charged two Milwaukee County officials appointed by Walker with embezzling over $60,000 from Operation Freedom, a program designed to support veterans and their family.
