Justice Dept. May Have Tampered With New Hampshire Phone Case

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First Posted: 03-27-07 09:47 AM   |   Updated: 03-28-08 02:44 AM

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NPR:

Questions about political pressure in the Justice Department are spilling over into the New Hampshire phone-jamming case.

Five years ago, New Hampshire Republicans jammed the phones of Democratic offices on Election Day, disrupting the Democrats' get-out-the-vote efforts and blocking phone calls from voters seeking rides to the polls. More than two years later, the New England coordinator for the Republican National Committee -- who green-lighted the scheme -- was charged with a felony and convicted.

But last week, a federal appeals court overturned the conviction.

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