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Memo to Reporters FROM: MoveOn.org PAC's Research TeamDATE: 3.5.2004attachment. Revealing Picture of Hatch Surfaces On Internet: Hatch Caught in Embarrassing Online Tryst with Publisher of Stolen Democratic DocumentsTwice in the days before right wing activist Kay Daly published stolen Democratic documents on her web site, Senator Orrin Hatch appeared on fringe internet radio shows with her. On October 29, 2003, he appeared on her Free Republic radio "Daly Show" and on November 11, 2003, he appeared on another Free Republic radio show with her. Manuel Miranda appeared on Ms. Daly's radio show just two weeks earlier. Kay Daly was the...

Three top Senate conservatives have told GOP conservative groups to lay off Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), who helped trigger a controversial investigation into leaked Democratic Judiciary Committee documents. Senate Republican Policy Committee Chairman Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), both members of the Judiciary panel, personally delivered that message to a group of nearly 20 conservative leaders last week. Senate Republican Conference Chairman Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) also briefly attended the meeting on Capitol Hill. The 90-minute session grew heated at times, as the visiting conservative leaders repeatedly interrupted the senators and questioned their handling of the memo controversy....

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...