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07-29-2002, 06:53 PM
Senator never reimbursed contributor for gifts, lawyer says (http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-nj--torricelli-ethics0729jul29.story?coll=ny%2Dap%2Dregional%2Dwi re)
By LAURENCE ARNOLD
Associated Press Writer
July 29, 2002, 2:49 PM EDT
WASHINGTON -- As senators reviewing ethics questions involving Sen. Robert Torricelli near a crucial decision, a lawyer for his imprisoned accuser says the New Jersey Democrat never reimbursed the convicted businessman for gifts.
"Never happened. It's fanciful thinking on (Torricelli's) part," Bradley Simon, the lawyer for David Chang, said Monday.
Chang, a New Jersey businessman now in prison for making illegal campaign donations to Torricelli, says he gave the lawmaker cash and gifts in exchange for the senator's help in business dealings overseas.
A source familiar with Torricelli's defense said Monday the senator acknowledges receiving some merchandise from Chang but contends he reimbursed Chang, making those items legal under Senate rules.
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By LAURENCE ARNOLD
Associated Press Writer
July 29, 2002, 2:49 PM EDT
WASHINGTON -- As senators reviewing ethics questions involving Sen. Robert Torricelli near a crucial decision, a lawyer for his imprisoned accuser says the New Jersey Democrat never reimbursed the convicted businessman for gifts.
"Never happened. It's fanciful thinking on (Torricelli's) part," Bradley Simon, the lawyer for David Chang, said Monday.
Chang, a New Jersey businessman now in prison for making illegal campaign donations to Torricelli, says he gave the lawmaker cash and gifts in exchange for the senator's help in business dealings overseas.
A source familiar with Torricelli's defense said Monday the senator acknowledges receiving some merchandise from Chang but contends he reimbursed Chang, making those items legal under Senate rules.
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