Word: lawyerly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Speaker had provided "accurate, reliable and complete information." And in an interview with TIME shortly before the election, he noted, "My attorney, who by the way has won three Supreme Court cases, does not have a clue what they are talking about." But by last week Gingrich and his lawyer had figured it out--and each was blaming the other...
...ethics committee without Mr. Gingrich's prior review and approval," Baran said. Congressman John Linder, a fellow Georgian apparently deputized to speak for the Speaker, acknowledged that Gingrich had filed a false statement with the committee but fired back that any problem was the fault of the lawyer, who "was hired and paid a lot of money to not let Newt make mistakes...
...bizarre exchange between Gingrich and his lawyer disturbed even Republican stalwarts. "For the first time, a few eyebrows are being raised," said Joe Scarborough, a House Republican from Florida. However, Gingrich's turnaround seems to have allayed the fears of the small but significant number of Republicans who were leery of re-electing him while he remained under an ethical cloud. Connecticut's Chris Shays, who had threatened to abstain unless the report was released, and New York's Peter King, a vocal Gingrich critic, came back into the fold, both pledging to vote for Newt on Jan. 7. What...
...first glance would not seem in need of his services. Gerald Dick, a dentist, and his wife Judy live on a wooded lane in a $450,000 house replete with circular drive and three-car garage. Their son James played some professional football; daughter Stacy Zehren is a lawyer in Chicago. Still, if the Roseville police are to be believed, the Dicks paid ex-con Thomas to do their holiday lifting...
...order with Schrom--more crystal, more Armani and baby clothes for the pregnant Zehren--and were busted by police shortly thereafter. Judy Dick is alleged to have said, "You caught us red-handed--now what?" and "It was only a matter of time before Greg turned us in." Her lawyer, Paul Applebaum, denies she made any incriminating statements...