Feud between Sen. Norm Coleman and Al Franken boils over in Minnesota Senate debate
By Patrick Condon
LA Times
November 3, 2008
Reporting from St. Paul, Minn. — Months of tension between Republican Sen. Norm Coleman and his Democratic rival, Al Franken, burst into open acrimony during the last debate of the campaign Sunday night as they traded heated accusations about allegations made in a lawsuit against the incumbent.
It started immediately, and Coleman denied taking money or gifts from supporters without disclosing it. That charge stems from sworn statements in a lawsuit filed last week in Texas claiming Coleman's friend and donor Nasser Kazeminy funneled $75,000 to a business that employs Coleman's wife in order to enrich the senator.
"The answer is no," Coleman said when asked whether the allegations were true. He then swung back to his charge that Franken was responsible for a TV ad about the allegations, which shows a clip of reporters asking Coleman about the alleged payments to his wife's employer -- and which the senator said defames her.
Franken's campaign isn't running the ad, which is paid for by Democrats in Washington.
(More here.)
LA Times
November 3, 2008
Reporting from St. Paul, Minn. — Months of tension between Republican Sen. Norm Coleman and his Democratic rival, Al Franken, burst into open acrimony during the last debate of the campaign Sunday night as they traded heated accusations about allegations made in a lawsuit against the incumbent.
It started immediately, and Coleman denied taking money or gifts from supporters without disclosing it. That charge stems from sworn statements in a lawsuit filed last week in Texas claiming Coleman's friend and donor Nasser Kazeminy funneled $75,000 to a business that employs Coleman's wife in order to enrich the senator.
"The answer is no," Coleman said when asked whether the allegations were true. He then swung back to his charge that Franken was responsible for a TV ad about the allegations, which shows a clip of reporters asking Coleman about the alleged payments to his wife's employer -- and which the senator said defames her.
Franken's campaign isn't running the ad, which is paid for by Democrats in Washington.
(More here.)
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