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FIEGER INDICTED
TODAY IN DETROIT FEDERAL COURT, WHERE HE'S ON TRIAL ON CAMPAIGN LAW
VIOLATION CHARGES.
FIEGER TOLD JURORS THERE'S IS NO LAW AGAINST REIMBURSING
EMPLOYEES OF HIS FIRM FOR CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO DEMOCRAT JOHN
EDWARDS' 2004 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.
FIEGER SAYS THE CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE WITHOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE.
A JURY WILL DECIDE IF THE ACTIONS REPRESENT A PORTION OF A
CRIMINAL SCHEME BY FIEGER AND LAW PARTNER VEN JOHNSON TO KNOWINGLY
DODGE CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS.
FIEGER ONCE SERVED AS ASSISTED SUICIDE ADVOCATE JACK KEVORKIAN'S
LAWYER AND IS A FORMER DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR MICHIGAN GOVERNOR.
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(2008-05-21)
DETROIT (AP)
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GEOFFREY FIEGER RETURNS TO THE WITNESS STANDTODAY IN DETROIT FEDERAL COURT, WHERE HE'S ON TRIAL ON CAMPAIGN LAW
VIOLATION CHARGES.
FIEGER TOLD JURORS THERE'S IS NO LAW AGAINST REIMBURSING
EMPLOYEES OF HIS FIRM FOR CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO DEMOCRAT JOHN
EDWARDS' 2004 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.
FIEGER SAYS THE CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE WITHOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE.
A JURY WILL DECIDE IF THE ACTIONS REPRESENT A PORTION OF A
CRIMINAL SCHEME BY FIEGER AND LAW PARTNER VEN JOHNSON TO KNOWINGLY
DODGE CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS.
FIEGER ONCE SERVED AS ASSISTED SUICIDE ADVOCATE JACK KEVORKIAN'S
LAWYER AND IS A FORMER DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR MICHIGAN GOVERNOR.
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