Judge considers end to Coleman donor case
A Texas judge is considering whether to dismiss a Texas lawsuit that jolted Minnesota's U.S. Senate race in 2008.
Judge Michael Gomez hears Monday from lawyers trying to end a civil case against a prominent donor to former Sen. Norm Coleman. Among other things, it accuses businessman Nasser Kazeminy of trying to improperly funnel $75,000 to Coleman's family.
The case filed by a business associate surfaced in the final days of Coleman's re-election campaign, which he lost to Democrat Al Franken by a thin margin.
Coleman is not named as a party in the case. But he and Kazeminy have denied allegations that a Texas company was used to steer money to Coleman through a Minneapolis insurer that employs his wife.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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