GOP pays $750,000 in Coleman legal bills
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GOP pays $750,000 in Coleman legal bills
The National Republican Senatorial Committee is picking up the tab on former Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman’s legal bills, to the tune of $750,000, a Republican official confirms to CNN.
Coleman remains locked in a months-long court battle with Democrat Al Franken, after the Election Day result failed to yield a clear winner. In April, a three-judge panel ruled Franken should be declared the winner with a margin of 312 votes, a ruling Coleman is appealing to the state’s Supreme Court.
The $750,000 tab is no small check for the NRSC to write, which ended the first quarter of this year with $2.27 million cash on hand and $1 million in debt. But the organization remains firmly behind Coleman, who alone stands between Democrats and their hopes of achieving a 60-vote filibuster-proof majority in the Senate.
NRSC Chairman John Cornyn has said Coleman’s challenge could go through federal courts and take “years” to resolve. He also threatened “World War III” if Democrats try to seat Franken prematurely.
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