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  Another indictment expected in phone-jamming
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Last EditedArmyDem  Mar 02, 2006 02:06pm
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News DateWednesday, March 1, 2006 08:05:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionMarch 1, 2006

CONCORD, N.H. --Federal prosecutors reportedly intend to indict a fourth person in the jamming of Democratic get-out-the-vote telephone lines in 2002.

WMUR-TV reported Wednesday that an indictment is expected at the end of the month.

Former state Republican Executive Director Chuck McGee pleaded guilty to devising the idea of jamming the lines and served seven months in prison. Telemarketer Allen Raymond pleaded guilty to executing the plan and is to serve a three-month sentence.

James Tobin, who had served as New England chairman of President Bush's re-election campaign, was convicted in December of telephone harassment charges for his role. Tobin, 45, of Bangor, Maine, faces up to five years in federal prison and a fine of up to $250,000. His sentencing has been delayed until May. Meantime he seeks a new trial.

Tobin was accused of referring McGee to Raymond to carry out the plan.

"Unfortunately for Republicans, we don't see the light at the end of the tunnel yet, Democratic analyst Colin Van Ostern said. "This new indictment is one more sign that it wasn't just one or two people who concocted this the night before the election. It was a number of people at fairly high levels in their party who commited crimes to win an election -- and that is a pretty serious offense."
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