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Both sides deliver opening statements in Fieger trial...

Posted in by admin on Thu, 2008-04-24 18:05

DETROIT -- Outspoken lawyer Geoffrey Fieger and a law partner knowingly dodged campaign finance laws by conspiring to boost contributions to Democrat John Edwards' 2004 presidential campaign, a federal prosecutor said Thursday.

But Fieger lawyer Gerry Spence told the jury in Detroit federal court that his client reimbursed employees for donations in a way he thought was legal and didn't th...
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Steps Set for Kin of 9/11 Victims to Stay in US...

Posted in by admin on Fri, 2008-04-25 04:05

Federal officials on Thursday opened a path to temporary legal status for illegal immigrants whose spouses or parents died on 9/11, a step the families' supporters called a breakthrough in the effort to allow them to remain permanently in the United States.

Lawyers for the immigrants said a concession by Homeland Security officials would help to bring the family members out of the shadow...

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