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Secret Coleman-Lawyer E-Mails Reveal Intentional Hiding Of Witness -- Franken Camp Wants Double-Count Claim Thrown Out Completely
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 2/27/2009
Secret Coleman-Lawyer E-Mails Reveal Intentional Hiding Of Witness -- Franken Camp Wants Double-Count Claim Thrown Out Completely
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All hell just broke loose in the Minnesota courtroom, with Al Franken's lawyers catching Team Coleman in the act of yet more concealing of evidence -- and they've now made a motion to totally strike the Coleman camp's claims about double-counting of ballots, which the Coleman camp has hoped to ...
Norm Coleman: Maybe We Need A Do-Over Election
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 2/26/2009
Norm Coleman: Maybe We Need A Do-Over Election
— tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — The talk from the Coleman campaign about how the Minnesota election results are unreliable, and that a do-over election could be an option, has now gone beyond just Norm Coleman's lawyers -- it's now coming from the mouth of Norm himself. Coleman ... (more) Norm Coleman: Maybe We Need A Do-Over Election

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politico.com - 2/26/2009
Reid: Coleman should concede
— politico.com — Senate Democratic leaders say they are prepared to seat Al Franken as soon as the beginning of April. (more) Reid: Coleman should concede

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startribune.com - 2/26/2009
Politico: Coleman may continue legal challenges
— startribune.com — Republican Norm Coleman on Tuesday refused to rule out an appeal if a three-judge panel rules against his challenge in what he called the race that never ends. Coleman, who now has no Senate office to call his own, lunched with Senate Republicans in ... (more) Politico: Coleman may continue legal challenges

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Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News:  Secret Coleman-Lawyer E-Mails Reveal Intentional Hiding Of Witness

Talking Points Memo:  BUSTED ... Again!

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Secret Coleman-Lawyer E-Mails Reveal Intentional Hiding Of Witness
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... Coleman. The answer was yes -- and Coleman lawyer Tony Trimble then had to cough up some private e-mails he'd sent to Howell in early January. "Pam, the legal team and campaign have made a strategic litigation decision to hold off from having you sign and us file your affidavit at this time," Trimble (or possibly his assistant, Matt Hapooja) wrote on January 6, "to avoid tying you down to any particular testimony and to avoid having to disclose your name and statement." Read more: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/02/secret-colem...

BUSTED ... Again!
Talking Points Memo — ... on a decision to strike a witness' testimony because Norm's lawyers withheld evidence from the Franken team, it turns out there's more evidence related to Coleman's lawyers' contact with this same witness that they still hadn't divulged until Franken's lawyer brought it out this morning on cross examination of the witness. ...

COLEMAN BUSTED FOR HIDING WITNESS, EMAIL
The BRAD BLOG — ... from Franken's team, and today, the end of Week 5, "all hell just broke loose in the Minnesota courtroom," according to TPM's Eric Kleefeld, when it was revealed that Coleman's team has also been hiding a witness, as revealed by secret email! ...

Minnesota Senate Race Update: If At First You Don’t Fail, Try Try Again!
Comments from Left Field — ... witness had their testimony struck when it became apparent that the Coleman team concealed evidence in regards to that witness. Earlier this week, that decision was reversed based upon the argument that neither the concealment of evidence, nor the witness itself was in bad faith. Got that? Evidence was concealed, it shouldn’t have been allowed but because it was an honest mistake it was. Only, as Eric Kleefeld reports at TPMDC, once testimony got back underway, more evidence of concealment quickly rose to the surface! Now, I’m not a lawyer, so ...

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