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Lawsuit: Pal Tried To Steer Cash To Coleman First, By Glenn Thrush
(The Politico) We just received a PDF of the second lawsuit filed against Norm Coleman pal Nasser Kazeminy, who allegedly steered $75,000 to a Minnesota insurance company that employs Coleman wife. Much of the new material echoes allegations made by its former CEO Paul McKim in a previous ...
Franken's Odds of Winning Recount May Be Long -- or Short
Franken's Odds of Winning Recount May Be Long -- or Short
fivethirtyeight.com — Votes counted in Minnesota's senate race: 2,833,089 Votes separating Norm Coleman and Al Franken: 221 Determining a... candidate's odds of winning a recount is a function of three parameters. The first parameter is the margin separating the leading and ... (more) Franken's Odds of Winning Recount May Be Long -- or Short
Before Recount, GOP Smearing Minnesota Sec Of State
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com — The recount in the Minnesota Senate race hasn't even begun yet, but already the GOP is working... to delegitimize it in advance, by smearing the man who will run it as a partisan Democrat. The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) has been ... (more) Before Recount, GOP Smearing Minnesota Sec Of State
Lawsuit: Pal tried to steer cash to Coleman first
politico.com — We just received a PDF of the second lawsuit filed against Norm Coleman pal Nasser Kazeminy, who... allegedly steered $75,000 to a Minnesota insurance company that employs Coleman wife. Much of the new material echoes allegations made by its former ... (more) Lawsuit: Pal tried to steer cash to Coleman first
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Lawsuit: Pal Tried To Steer Cash To Coleman First
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... lawsuit quotes Kazeminy saying he needed to get cash to Coleman because "U.S. Senators don't make ." But the second lawsuit alleges -- and it's breathtakingly stupid if true -- that Kazeminy at first ordered DMT execs to pay Coleman directly. "Our clients were advised that Mr. Kazeminy first sought to have DMT make quarterly cash payments of $25,000 to Senator Norm Coleman of Minnesota," writes plaintiff's attorney Anthony Paduano, citing a "confidential" informant. Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/10/politics/poli...

More Trouble For Coleman: Latest Lawsuit Upends His First Defense
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... If this is true -- and Glenn Thrush, the Politico reporter who first broke the story, aptly called it "breathtakingly stupid" -- it complicates things for Coleman both legally and politically. ...

More Trouble For Coleman: Latest Lawsuit Upends His First Defense
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... If this is true -- and Glenn Thrush, the Politico reporter who first broke the story, aptly called it "breathtakingly stupid" -- it complicates things for Coleman both legally and politically. ...

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