Coleman Asks To Use Campaign Funds To Pay Bills

[JonLP24]

Source: wcco

Former Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman has asked the Federal Election Commission for permission to use his campaign funds to pay for legal bills in two lawsuits that target a top donor.

In a letter to the FEC, Coleman lawyer Ben Ginsberg writes that Coleman's legal team has been forced to respond to allegations in the lawsuits, monitor litigation and deal with media inquiries.

The lawsuits target Nasser Kazeminy, a friend of Coleman's and donor to his campaign.

A former CEO at Deep Marine Technology, a company owned by Kazeminy, has alleged in a Texas lawsuit that Kazeminy funneled $75,000 to an insurance company that employed Coleman's wife, Laurie. Shareholders of Deep Marine Technology in Delaware have filed a lawsuit with nearly identical allegations.

Read more: http://wcco.com/politics/coleman.pay.bills.2.1008112.html

[liberal N proud]

1. Tough shit Normie

[FSogol]

2. Next, he'll be asking to use campaign funds to buy cigs and girlie mags at the prison store.

:shrug:

[DainBramaged]

3. I don't think Normie will have time for girlie magazines........

[opihimoimoi]

4. Poor Widdle Normy is overspending his legal budget and now is asking for HELP

He lurched to the wrong path....went with them Cowboys

Now look....he still remains with the good ole boys...and worse...he listens to them...

"Hey Dude!" Has it gotten Better?

Then quit lissening to the wrong crowd....They are USING YOU """"

[pleah]

5. Oh, boo hoo hoo.

Denied!

[santamargarita]

6. Typical asshole Republican...

starts shit and wants someone else to pay for it!

[demo dutch]

7. I would say ... no .. tough shit!

[No Elephants]

8. Okay, let's see now....

Kazeminy owns Deep Marine Technology. Its CEO sued Kazeminy for passing $75K to an insurance company that employed Coleman's wife. In a separate lawsuit, the stockholders of DMT are also suing Kazeminy for the same thing. Coleman has to be a witness in the lawsuits. The FEC has allowed campaign funds to be used for legal fees if the suit is about the Senator's position.

"Ginsberg argues in the FEC filing that Coleman was singled out in the lawsuits because he was a senator and "for no other reason whatsoever."

Well, if you assume that only Senators funnel bribes via their spouse's employer, then, sure, he was sued solely because he is a Senator. Sure he was. Yeah. Yeah, that's the ticket!

Wonder who owns the insurance company that supposedly employs Coleman's wife. I've never seen that mentioned in any story I've read about this.

[groundloop]

9. One has to wonder..

How much "campaign funds" he has left?