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Brent Furer
Vitter's Office Paid For Aide's Trips Home For Court Appearances: Report
Senator David Vitter (R-LA)
Sen. David Vitter's (R-LA) office apparently paid for a staffer's trips from Washington, D.C., to Louisiana when the staffer was due to appear in court on drunken driving charges.
The Advocate reports that Vitter paid for Brent Furer -- the aide who resigned earlier this year over reports of his domestic violence and DWI charges -- to take two trips to Baton Rouge in 2007 and 2008. The trips coincided with court dates related to Furer's most recent DWI arrest in 2004.
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Brent Furer
Attorney: Vitter Aide Paid His Own 'Minimal' Fees In Assault Case
Senator David Vitter (R-LA)
One of the curiosities of the case of the now-former aide to Sen. David Vitter who held his girlfriend hostage during an assault in 2008, is that Brent Furer, on a $47,000-per-year salary, hired one of the top lawyers at one of Washington's fanciest law firms to represent him.
The lawyer, Thomas Kelly of Venable LLP, told TPMmuckraker this morning that the fees in the case were "minimal" -- and that Furer paid.
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David Vitter
Vitter Aide Who Assaulted Girlfriend Resigns
Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)
Brent Furer, the aide to Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) who allegedly cut his girlfriend with a knife during a 2008 altercation and has had other run-ins with the law, has resigned after ABC reported on his criminal record, the AP is reporting.
The AP says Vitter "accepted" Furer's resignation.
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Brent Furer
Vitter Continued To Employ Aide Who Slashed Girlfriend, Drove Drunk
Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)
It seems that Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) doesn't have the most discriminating standards when it comes to who he employs on his staff: ABC today tells the dark story of Vitter legislative assistant Brent Furer, who was accused in a 2008 criminal case of assaulting his girlfriend with a knife but nevertheless remains on the job at the senator's office.
Furer, who has worked on Vitter's staff since 2005, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor threat and property destruction charges after the January 2008 incident involving him and his girlfriend, Nicolia Demopoulos.
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