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Coleman Again Won't Say Whether He's Heard From Feds On Kazeminy Probe
Losing his Senate seat may be the least of Norm Coleman's worries.
It's looking more and more like the former Minnesota senator has heard from federal investigators who are investigating the Nasser Kazeminy allegations.
Asked by the Minneapolis Star Tribune editorial board whether he had been contacted with the FBI in connection with the probe, Coleman refused to say, instead pivoting to attack the paper:
Star Tribune: Have you been contacted by the FBI in the Kazeminy investigation?Coleman: I've made my point that we did nothing wrong. ... There has never been a single allegation that either my wife or I did anything wrong. Not one, that we did anything wrong. I've made it clear that I'm just not going to comment about that. ... You've got a business dispute between two guys who got fired and a guy who took over a company.
And we've talked about this, and I'll say this: You've got two reporters who inserted themselves into a Democrat campaign commercial four days before an election, which I found stunning.
Last month, Coleman similarly avoided the question when a MinnPost.com reporter asked him the same thing.
And before that, his Senate office didn't return any of our numerous calls on the issue.
The FBI investigation concerns allegations that Nasser Kazeminy, a longtime Coleman ally, passed money to Coleman by making payments to an insurance firm that employed Coleman's wife, though she did no work for Kazeminy.
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For NoCol, this still sucks big-time. A resignation from the Senate could be a valuable chip in hsi coming plea-bargain negotiations.
April 17, 2009 11:25 AM | Reply | Permalink
Coleman has been called before on that lie about two reporters inserting themselves into a DFL commercial. http://minnesotaindependent.com/25123/coleman-reporters-kazeminy-camera-funneled-election
April 17, 2009 11:57 AM | Reply | Permalink
So if he hadn't been contacted, I'm wondering why he wouldn't point to that as an exoneration. He has a recent history of jumping the gun when things look to be in his favor. My guess is he's been contacted but is playing it coy.
April 17, 2009 12:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Coleman Again Won't Say Whether He's Heard From Feds On Kazeminy Probe"... Translation - Norm's anal pore is puckered big time now that he has chatted with the FBI. That and his loss in the Senate make Norm a sad little boy these days. Couldn't happen to a more deserving creep either.
April 17, 2009 12:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
I would expect that the FBI is attempting to be lowkey in this matter as not to influence in anyway the outcome of the recount. After this is over I bet they will let the hammer done on Coleman and his wife. I hope he has a lot of money left for his legal defense, he is going to need it. I hear that both he and his wife have already retained seperate legal counsel, I think that means they have been contacted-- too much money for attorneys to just stand-by.
April 17, 2009 1:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
You know damn well he has - because if he hadn't, he'd be marching down Summit Ave. beating a drum and yelling it at the top of his lungs.
'Bye, Norman. Write if you get work - I hear the license plate shop is a good gig.
April 17, 2009 2:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yep, you are right.
April 17, 2009 2:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
April 17, 2009 3:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Someone please tell Norm Coleman that the name of the political party that keeps winning is "Democratic." Then again, maybe he was just having a nucular moment.
April 17, 2009 3:56 PM | Reply | Permalink