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December 18, 2007

At the Tower of Barbour, Adjusting That Rightward Tilt

The Washington Post, 12/18/7 The granddaddy of Republican lobbying shops, Barbour Griffith & Rogers, has decided to go bipartisan. Starting next year, the capital’s largest and longest-lived all-GOP firm will hire Democrats. The surprise move, announced exclusively in this column, is the most substantial evidence to date that the city’s political professionals are expecting Democrats…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
December 18, 2007

Feds recorded at least 124 calls in probe of high-profile lawyer

The Sun Herald, 12/17/7 Federal prosecutors recorded at least 124 telephone conversations as part of an undercover investigation of wealthy trial lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, who is charged with trying to bribe a Mississippi judge, defense attorneys said in court papers filed Monday. U.S. Attorney Jim Greenlee’s office in Oxford, Miss., has turned over copies…