Word: lindner
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What a rip-off! For all the money Starr has been billing the country, he could have included pictures. ED LINDNER Westport, Conn...
Other documents turned over to the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee by Bob Dole's presidential campaign further erode Norquist's protestations of independence. R.N.C. deputy finance director and close Dole adviser Jo-Anne Coe directed a $100,000 contribution to Norquist's group from banana baron Carl Lindner two weeks before the election. "Keep up the good work," she wrote Norquist. Norquist did not return a telephone call seeking comment. An R.N.C. spokesman said the party never dictated the use of money given to Norquist's group; Dole, meanwhile, has volunteered to answer questions from Thompson's committee this week...
Such evidentiary weaknesses would be crucial tools in the hands of high-caliber, publicity-savvy defense lawyers. But Markhasev has fired them all. Until May 13, he was represented by Charles Lindner, the Los Angeles lawyer who ghostwrote the portion of Johnnie Cochran's O.J. Simpson trial summation that evoked the Holocaust. Lindner turned out to have bad chemistry with Markhasev and his mother Vickie; minutes before the judge took his seat for the arraignment, Markhasev dramatically turned to Lindner and whispered, "I don't want you." Lindner feels that "no matter what, innocent or not, the kid is going...
...also powerful. Earlier in the case, Kavinoky tried to beef up Markhasev's defense team, approaching prominent law firms. None were willing to help. For example, says Kavinoky, "the message came through Robert Shapiro's office that no prominent attorney in this town will take this case." Says Lindner, who sought the advice of Cochran (a friend of Bill Cosby's) and received a qualified go-ahead: "It's like defending the man who allegedly shot Santa Claus' son. Particularly if Santa Claus is sitting in court every day only a few feet away from the jury box." Lindner says...
While giving to the state parties is perfectly legal, congressional investigators may question the motives of donors: Was it done to camouflage a money-for-favors deal? TIME's survey of state records shows that Lindner wasn't alone. Las Vegas casino owner Steve Wynn, who according to FEC records gave $35,000 to the D.N.C., sprinkled 10 times that amount last fall to seven state Democratic parties, including Georgia and Colorado. Wynn wanted to limit the subpoena power of a new federal gambling commission. Clinton initially favored giving the panel broad investigative authority to study casinos and their books...