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Lawsuit Day often comes before Halloween and Election Day (ask Norm Coleman). Sure enough, Thursday saw a federal judge give President Obama a treat, confirming his U.S. citizenship in throwing out a “birther” suit. In Minnesota, six citizens filed suit (pdf) against Gov. Pawlenty and a trio of commissioners over unallotment cuts. And in Minneapolis, a [...]

Minnesota businessman Nasser Kazeminy is asking a Texas court for $400,000 from a man who said Kazeminy funneled money to former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman. A judge in Houston hears Kazeminy’s defamation complaint today.

“Its [sic] unfortunate that my personal support of the Senator has been used in a business dispute.”
Give or take an apostrophe, that sentence could easily have come from Nasser Kazeminy, the friend and financial backer of former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman who was taken to court in a dispute (since dismissed) over a Texas business [...]

Has Dave Durenberger gone politically tone-deaf? The former Republican senator-turned-health-care blogger started off his scoop about another new gig for Norm Coleman with two scandal-tinged words that Coleman thought he’d put behind him: “Texas money.”

Nasser Kazeminy’s attorney threatened to go to court to prove defamation after a Texas judge on Friday halted a lawsuit alleging his client funneled $100,000 to then-U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman.

As the Minnesota Independent reported yesterday, a business merger has scuttled a lawsuit that implicated a Norm Coleman benefactor in a money-funneling scheme. Now Coleman tells the Star Tribune he’s glad for the imminent demise of the Texas civil-court complaint that has dogged him (though it doesn’t name him) since last October. The suit, which alleges [...]

The lawsuit alleging that Nasser Kazeminy funneled $75,000 to Norm Coleman because “senators don’t make shit” should be discontinued, says the Texas attorney who brought the case. But future legal action could still revive the matter, Casey Wallace says.

Last night by a vote of 4-3 the Bemidji City Council axed its community development director to make up for Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s unallotments and cuts to local government aid. “Should we talk about eliminating the fire chief next?” asked one dissenter. “I think this is the stupidest thing this council has ever done.” The [...]

Being out of office has its privileges. One consolation for Norm Coleman after finally conceding defeat to Al Franken: seeing ethics complaints and investigations in his rearview mirror.