The front page story of today's CQToday, the daily Congressional Quarterly newsletter which is widely circulated in the nation's capital, reported that Washington Congressman Jim McDermott (D) wired House Minority Leader John A. Boehner's campaign committee $1.093 million to settle his cellphone ease-dropping lawsuit.
U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan ordered McDermott to compensate Boehner (R-Ohio) for attorney fees after Boehner sued McDermott for leaking contents of a cell phone call that was illegally recorded in 1996.
According to CQ reporter Molly K. Hooper's article, McDermott defended the public's right to know what was said between Boehner and other GOP leaders, including then-Speaker Newt Gingrich. Hooper reports McDermott was never willing to say he was sorry. Instead, he said the fight was worthwhile--$1.093 million worthwhile.
Previously, McDermott paid $64,000 and the balance of the money was transferred electronically from his legal defense fund and his campaign, Hooper added.
That's one check that "won't be in the mail!"
