Former Aide to Gov. Scott Walker Pleads Guilty A former top aide to Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin pleaded guilty to one count of felony misconduct in public office in a deal with prosecutors Thursday, a week after Mr. Walker was subpoenaed to testify at the trial. Gov. Scott Walker in Waukesha, Wis., after his June recall election victory. An inquiry involving his past aides is continuing. The former aide, Kelly M. Rindfleisch, who was Mr. Walker's deputy chief of staff when he was the Milwaukee County executive, before he was elected governor in 2010, was charged with four felony counts in January for spending "significant time" working as a fund-raiser on government time for Brett Davis, then a lieutenant governor candidate. Her trial was scheduled to begin on Oct. 15. The plea bargain that Ms. Rindfleisch, 43, accepted on Thursday would drop the remaining three charges. Prosecutors would also recommend that she serve probation and jail time on the remaining charge, which carries up to three and a half years in prison. A sentencing hearing was set for Nov. 19. "It holds public officials to account," said Bruce J. Landgraf, an assistant district attorney for Milwaukee County, who prosecuted the case. The deal was the most recent development in a continuing secret investigation into former aides and associates of Mr. Walker. The investigation has brought six criminal complaints from the Milwaukee County district attorney's office and has dogged the governor for months. Charges against Ms. Rindfleisch for illegal campaign work, done less than 25 feet from Mr. Walker's office, have raised questions about whether higher officials will be investigated. Her plea agreement did not require that she help prosecutors with future inquiries. "I don't see cooperation as something that is going to be developing as a result of this case coming to a conclusion," said her lawyer, Franklyn M. Gimbel. Mr. Walker has been a political hero for the national Republican Party since he cut collective bargaining rights for most state employees last year and survived an attempt to remove him from office in June. He has been equally vilified by Democrats in Wisconsin, who demanded more details about a legal-defense fund he established during the recall campaign. One television ad compared the investigation to the Watergate scandal. "I think it would be difficult for any experienced criminal lawyer to conclude anything but that the governor in one way, shape or form has some involvement in this investigation," said Peggy A. Lautenschlager, a former Wisconsin attorney general and a former United States attorney in the state who served under Bill Clinton's administration. And likely, alleged criminal involvement. But Mr. Walker has repeatedly said that he is not being targeted by the prosecutors. In an e-mailed statement Thursday, Tom Evenson, a spokesman for Mr. Walker's campaign, said the governor "continues to fully cooperate with authorities while the legal process takes its course." Among the other former Walker aides and associates who have been charged are Timothy Russell, another former deputy chief of staff, and Kevin Kavanaugh, a county veterans official. Both are accused of embezzling tens of thousands of dollars that were raised for an annual veterans event hosted by Mr. Walker's office when he led the county. Mr. Russell's trial was scheduled to begin Dec. 3. Mr. Kavanaugh's trial is already under way.