DeLay's scandals: maybe not just for Texas anymore
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Mehlman has hotly denied any knowledge of the phone-jamming program, but he has been less clear about why, if the RNC was not involved, it has paid $2.5 million in legal fees to have Tobin represented in the federal case by the venerable Washington "white collar" defense firm of Williams & Connolly.
In a CNN interview last week, Mehlman said the decision to foot the legal bill was made before he became chairman and "based on assurances (Tobin) made. I believed it was right to honor that decision." Hmmm.
State Democratic chief Sullivan says that given Republicans' shifting stories about what went on in 2002, she would like officials such as Mehlman questioned under oath.
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Mehlman has hotly denied any knowledge of the phone-jamming program, but he has been less clear about why, if the RNC was not involved, it has paid $2.5 million in legal fees to have Tobin represented in the federal case by the venerable Washington "white collar" defense firm of Williams & Connolly.
In a CNN interview last week, Mehlman said the decision to foot the legal bill was made before he became chairman and "based on assurances (Tobin) made. I believed it was right to honor that decision." Hmmm.
State Democratic chief Sullivan says that given Republicans' shifting stories about what went on in 2002, she would like officials such as Mehlman questioned under oath.
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