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Fresh delay would put off Texas suit against Coleman donor until May

By Chris Steller | 04.09.09 | 5:50 pm

dmt-logoBoth sides in the Texas lawsuit accusing Minnesota businessman Nasser Kazeminy of funneling money to Norm Coleman want to extend an existing 60-day delay by another 30 days, putting off any possible trial action until early May.…

Coleman repeats he’s done no wrong regarding hidden-donation claims

By Chris Steller | 04.02.09 | 11:59 pm

Norm and Laurie Coleman at a 2008 campaign event (Paul Demko)

Norm Coleman insisted Thursday that he and his wife, Laurie, have done nothing wrong.
The former U.S. senator was talking about a Texas lawsuit’s claim that a campaign…

Excerpts from B.J. Thomas testimony directly related to Colemans and Hays Companies

By Chris Steller | 03.28.09 | 10:58 am

Here are two long, transcribed excerpts from B.J. Thomas’ deposition on March 19. Thomas was formerly chief financial officer of the Texas-based marine-services firm Deep Marine Technology.
The deposition was part of a civil lawsuit filed by Thomas and former…

CFO: Donor’s low opinion of Senate pay led to order to hire Coleman’s wife’s firm

By Chris Steller | 03.27.09 | 11:41 pm

coleman-shrugFormer U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., got passing mention in a civil lawsuit filed in Texas last fall that alleged a campaign contributor steered unreported cash his way. Now details from a deposition in that case have Coleman donor…

Coleman still seeks FEC’s OK to pay lawsuit bills with campaign cash

By Chris Steller | 03.19.09 | 2:29 pm

AIG chief Edward Liddy mentioned, while sitting in his congressional hot seat Wednesday, that AIG insures oil rigs. If Norm Coleman was watching at home, perhaps he turned to his wife and said, “Honey, that’s what you do!” Allegations of unreported monetary gifts — cloaked as payments from a Coleman contributor’s marine-exploration firm to the insurance company where Coleman’s wife works — remain alive (if dormant) in Texas and Delaware courts. And Coleman still wants to use campaign cash to fight them, aides say.

‘Trouble’s Home Address,’ the Minnesota edition

By Chris Steller | 03.16.09 | 5:57 pm

Norm and Laurie Coleman on the campaign trail earlier this fall (Paul Demko/Minnesota Independent)

In an item titled “Trouble’s Home Address,” The New York Times reviews notable (and alleged) scandals involving public figures and their homes. Except for former Sen. Ted…

Texas lawsuit containing Coleman allegations delayed two months

By Paul Demko | 02.06.09 | 9:35 am

2989074429_ef285337092A Texas lawsuit that alleges Nasser Kazeminy, a longtime associate of Norm Coleman, attempted to improperly funnel $75,000 to the former senator has been delayed for 60 days.  Attorneys for…

Reporters tried for days and weeks to get Coleman’s reply to charges

By Chris Steller | 02.02.09 | 2:50 pm

strib-still-norm-suvTwo Star Tribune reporters have answered the charges former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman made yesterday against them. Coleman told WCCO-TV the reporters ambushed him last October with questions about alleged money funneling and…

The New Republic: Blagojevich no worse than Coleman

By Paul Demko | 02.02.09 | 10:54 am

2989074429_ef28533709Norm Coleman has gotten a free pass. That’s the conclusion of The New Republic‘s Jonathan Chait in dissecting the allegations made against the former senator in lawsuits filed in Delaware and…

Coleman: Reporters’ questions — on-camera, not ‘quiet’ — cost him election

By Chris Steller | 02.01.09 | 12:47 pm

Norm Coleman suggested in a TV interview Sunday that reporters’ asking about charges of illegally funneled money cost him the Nov. 4 Senate election. “That could have been a quiet story,” Coleman said. “It could have been a story that…