MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans are accusing Democratic attorney general hopeful Susan Happ of letting a pipe bomb builder get off scot-free. Happ currently serves as the Jefferson County district attorney. The GOP and allies have been digging through her records looking for cases that they say show she’s lenient on criminals. On Friday the party questioned why Happ’s office charged Christopher Hamlin with possessing a pipe bomb in 2009 only to drop the case a month later. The GOP issued a statement Friday calling that move alarming. Happ has countered she dropped the case because a federal grand jury had indicted Hamlin with possessing a destructive device. Happ’s campaign has issued a statement saying the GOP’s smear campaign has blown up in the party’s face and Republicans don’t care about the truth.
