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To: Hojczyk

Maybe they should just go out and illegally tape record someone and leak it to the press like he did and to try to steal another election.

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A federal appeals court ruled today that Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., violated federal law by turning over an illegally taped telephone call to reporters nearly a decade ago.

In a 2-1 opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that McDermott violated the rights of House Majority Leader John Boehner, who was heard on the 1996 call involving former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

The court ordered McDermott to pay Boehner more than $700,000 for leaking the taped conversation. The figure includes $60,000 in damages and more than $600,000 in legal costs.

McDermott leaked a tape of a 1996 cell phone call involving former House Speaker Newt Gingrich to The New York Times and other news organizations.


14 posted on 06/05/2013 12:47:38 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: kcvl

Anyone know if McDermott ever paid the judgment?


24 posted on 06/05/2013 12:55:08 PM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: kcvl

I’m waiting for him to say one word about “leaks”, the AP, and Rosen. Please, please, please let him try to say something about how bad leaks are and then try to defend Holder’s actions against Rosen and Fox. Oh, please God, that wouldn’t that be sweet???


27 posted on 06/05/2013 12:58:56 PM PDT by Stingray (Stand for the truth or you'll fall for anything.)
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