Coleman Lawyers Up In FBI Probe

Coleman Lawyers Up In FBI Probe

The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports that Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman is getting some help with his FBI investigation:

Four of Minnesota's biggest legal guns have cast their shadows over two lawsuits that have drawn the attention of the FBI.

They have been retained by U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman; his wife, Laurie; Jim Hays, her insurance company employer; and Nasser Kazeminy, a multi-millionaire friend of the Colemans who is accused in the lawsuits of sending them money in 2007 through Hays' company. Coleman's Senate ethics form reports no such payment.

Three of the lawyers are former assistant U.S. attorneys who have prosecuted white-collar criminal cases. The fourth attorney has a reputation among prosecutors, defense colleagues and judges for thoroughness and aggressiveness wrapped in a civil demeanor.

Read more about the Coleman investigation. On Tuesday, the state canvassing board will meet to review all challenged ballots from Coleman's recount battle against Democrat Al Franken. Franken's campaign has called Coleman's attempts to stop the counting of certain absentee ballots "cynical and desperate."

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