I am NOT, repeat, NOT defending Murtha, but if anybody can sue any congressman any time he or she says something critical, it would be a bad situation. We despise what Murtha said, but next time it could be an abortion doctor suing for being called a baby killer or something similar. When/If it's determined that he wasn't acting in an official capacity, though, he should start paying his own lawyers immediately and stop using government-paid lawyers.
When/If it's determined that he wasn't acting in an official capacity, though, he should start paying his own lawyers immediately and stop using government-paid lawyers.Not only that, but he should be required to reimburse the Department of Justice for the work they've already invested in the case: lawyers at $360 an hour, paralegals at $180 an hour. If Scooter Libby has to pay, then Jack Murtha has to pay.