tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/6/2008
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Is Norm Coleman under investigation in connection with the claims made in a lawsuit alleging that a longtime supporter, Nasser Kazeminy, used an insurance company that employs Coleman's wife to illegally pass money to Coleman?
Could be...
Last month, a Minnesota good-government sent ...
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briefingroom.thehill.com - 12/1/2008
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briefingroom.thehill.com —
Democrat Al Franken's campaign said Monday that as
many as 1,000 absentee ballots were improperly disqualified in...
Minnesota's Senate race, and that it may appeal to courts or the U.S. Senate to order those ballots counted. "Wherever the numbers stand ...
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Franken May Ask Senate to Intervene in Minn. Recount
twincities.com - 12/10/2008
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twincities.com —
Federal investigators are looking into allegations that a
longtime friend and benefactor tried to steer money to...
U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman, the Pioneer Press has learned. Agents with the FBI have talked to or made efforts to talk to people in Texas ...
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FBI reviewing allegations involving Norm Coleman ally, ...
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... ‘” on whether he was being investigated. But TPM notes that now, Coleman’s office curiously won’t say whether he is under investigation: ...
Watch Out, MN: Coleman's Got Symptoms of Blago-itis
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... should be taken as a warning shot. Two lawsuits accuse Kazeminy of trying to funnel $100,000 to Coleman illegally via his wife's employer. TPM Muckraker reports that after at least ten detailed voice messages were left for Coleman's Washington press secretary over several weeks, they've been told nothing about whether or not the senator is being investigated, leaving them to all but conclude that he is under investigation:"You'd assume that, had Coleman not been contacted, his press secretary would take 30 seconds to call us back and tell us that." But that's not all. In ...
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Minn. Senate recount nears end: Coleman leads —
Reuters: Politics 12/5/2008
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - A recount in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race between Republican incumbent Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken lurched toward an inconclusive end on Friday with Coleman leading by 251 votes out of more than 2.4 million ballots ...
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