And that’s the conservative Manchester (NH) Union Leader. Here’s John DiStaso , two days ago, with a story that no other paper is following up:
Are Republican donors still paying big time for the legal defense of convicted 2002 phone-jamming conspirator James Tobin?
The Republican National Committees latest financial report shows a disbursement of $1,771,360.21 on Dec. 15 to the Washington law firm of Williams and Connolly LLP, which has defended Tobin since he was indicted in December 2004.
The RNC last August acknowledged doling out $722,000 for Tobins defense in 2004 and early 2005.
Yesterday, RNC spokesman Aaron McLear wouldnt say what the latest disbursement to the firm was for.
If it was for Tobin, well ka-ching. Thats a total of $2.5 million.
That ka-ching comes to you–not from Betsy Devine, a tax-and-spend liberal from way back–but from a very conservative NH newspaper, the only one trying to cover this cover-up…. Republicans too are unhappy with their national party’s slither down into corruption. Shame on the national press for letting this slide.