CREW FILES ETHICS COMPLAINT AGAINST SEN. NORM COLEMAN OVER QUESTIONABLE RENTAL ARRANGEMENT
Coleman asks to use donations on lawyers
The Republican is seeking to use campaign money for expenses stemming from two 2008 lawsuits.
SOURCE: Pat Doyle // Star Tribune
12 May 2009 // Republican Norm Coleman is asking a federal agency for permission to use money raised for his Senate race to pay legal fees dealing with allegations that a supporter improperly funneled money through Coleman's wife.
Coleman wants to use campaign funds for criminal case
SOURCE: John Bresnahan // Politico
12 May 2009 // Attorneys for Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) have asked the Federal Election Commission for permission to use campaign funds to pay his legal bills stemming from allegations that a Coleman confidante funneled improper payments to the lawmaker via his wife.
Coleman seeks FEC’s OK to use campaign funds for legal fees in Kazeminy lawsuits, other complaints
SOURCE: Cynthia Dizikes // MinnPost
12 May 2009 // WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Former Minnesota Republican Sen. Norm Coleman has filed a request to use campaign funds to pay for legal fees resulting from two lawsuits that make allegations against a campaign donor, according to Federal Election Commission documents.
Minnesota Dems File FEC Complaint Against Coleman Over Kazeminy Case
SOURCE: Eric Kleefeld // TPMDC
24 Apr 2009 // The Minnesota Democrats have announced that they're filing an FEC complaint against Norm Coleman, arguing that he may have broken the law by using campaign funds for personal legal expenses in the Nasser Kazeminy case -- a lawsuit in Texas that charges, among other things, that a Cole More»
Coleman faces hot seat even if he wins
SOURCE: Manu Raju and Glenn Thrush // Politico
3 Apr 2009 // Even if Norm Coleman pulls off a long-shot legal victory in the extended Minnesota Senate race, Democrats are vowing to make him wish that he hadn’t.
Coleman Repeats He’s Done No Wrong Regarding Hidden-Donation Claims
SOURCE: Chris Steller // Minnesota Independent
3 Apr 2009 //
Norm Coleman insisted Thursday that he and his wife, Laurie, have done nothing wrong.
DFL: Coleman, GOP Lawyers are Raising Illegal Election Challenge Cash
SOURCE: Chris Steller // Minnesota Independent
13 Jan 2009 // The Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party charged former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman and a GOP lawyers’ group with violating Federal Election Campaign laws by raiseingmoney for a post-recount lawsuit challenging the results of the Senate recount.
Democrats File FEC Complaint Against Coleman
SOURCE: // CQ Politics
13 Jan 2009 // The Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party has filed a complaint against former Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., alleging that he has broken campaign finance laws during the election recount against Democratic challenger Al Franken. More»
Should Coleman use campaign funds to pay legal bills?
SOURCE: Cynthia Dizikes // MinnPost
19 Dec 2008 // WASHINGTON, D.C. — Donors to Sen. Norm Coleman's re-election campaign can rest assured that their money will be spent — just not in the way they might have expected.
Coleman Hopes to Tap War Chest for Defense
SOURCE: Dave Orrick // Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN)
19 Dec 2008 // He took donations for his re-election campaign. That became his recount campaign.
Now U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman wants to make it his criminal defense fund.
Can he?
One expert says he can't; another says maybe; and regulators say they'll listen to his arguments before deciding.
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