Miscellaneous

Scruggs wiretap transcripts, cont'd

By Walter Olson, Ted Frank, and David Nieporent

Alan Lange and commenters are jumping in to excerpt some of the more damning excerpts (YallPolitics Feb. 19; more). And in the department of curious wordings, from the Jackson Clarion Ledger: "Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter has told federal authorities he became aware in 2006 that some people were trying to improperly influence him to rule in favor of lawyer Dickie Scruggs in a Hinds County legal-fees dispute. DeLaughter told authorities he didn't know whether he was influenced [emphasis added] but says he's followed the law in all his rulings." (Jerry Mitchell, "Judge: Efforts to sway made", Feb. 24).

Full post as published by Overlawyered on February 24, 2008 (boomark / email).