NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- A New Hampshire judge has ruled that Democrats can seek depositions from senior Republicans in a civil lawsuit stemming from a 2002 phone jamming scheme, The Washington Post reported Friday.
The judge said the state Democratic Party could ask for White House phone records for then-White House political director Ken Mehlman, who is now chairman of the Republican National Committee, and seek to question former RNC chairman Ed Gillespie, former RNC political operations director Terry Nelson and others, the Post reported.
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The Post reported that three former GOP officials were convicted after a criminal investigation. Documents released by Democrats show that former RNC official James Tobin - one of the men convicted - had contacted the White House more than 20 times as the phone jamming operation was carried out. Later, the RNC spent millions on Tobin's legal defense.
Others whom the Democrats can subpoena include Alicia Davis, Mehlman's White House deputy; Chris LaCivita, Tobin's former boss; Chris Cupit, a political consultant who worked with one of the men convicted; and Darrell Henry, a lobbyist at the time.
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