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TVC Weekly News: Senate Majority Leader Loses Top Aide Over Democrat Memos Summary: Senate Republicans have lost a faithful man over the exposure of memos showing collusion between Senate Democrats and leftist special interest groups over Bush's judicial nominees. Manuel Miranda, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's (R-TN) staff lawyer has resigned under pressure for his role in exposing memos from Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee showing collusion over President Bush's judicial nominees. Democrats have successfully turned attention away from the content of the memos-and possible ethics violations-to focus attention on the whistleblowers who exposed the collusion. The Coalition for...

Mr. Noel Hillman Chief, Public Integrity Section Criminal Division U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20531-0001 10 February 2004 Dear Mr. Hillman: In a recent complaint addressed to the U.S. Senate Ethics Committee, Mr. Manuel Miranda, former Majority Counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee and General Counsel to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, apprised Committee Chief Counsel Robert Walker of the following revelation: “I have read documents evidencing public corruption by elected officials and staff of the United States Senate. . . . This includes evidence of the direct influencing of the Senate's advice and...