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FEC: Coleman can’t pay all legal bills with campaign cash

By Chris Steller | 06.18.09 | 4:53 pm

Norm Coleman may not dip into his campaign coffers to cover all his expenses stemming from lawsuits and other complaints that allege misconduct by him or his donors. That’s the upshot of draft advisory opinions issued Thursday by the Federal Election Commission.

Coleman cites media in plea to use campaign cash for civil suits

By Chris Steller | 05.13.09 | 12:23 pm

Norm Coleman used media coverage of his dealings with friend and benefactor Nasser Kazeminy to argue to the Federal Election Commission that he should be able to spend campaign cash to fight two lawsuits that implicate him in a cash-funneling scheme.