Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Robertson TV Co. Must Reveal Memos > NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- The Christian Broadcasting Network > was ordered to turn over documents to federal regulators > looking for evidence that the Christian Coalition > engaged in partisan politics. > > The 38 memos and letters describe business and financial > dealings between CBN and the Christian Coalition, > including how the two groups shared an airplane, > broadcast time and some employees. > > U.S. District Judge Jerome B. Friedman upheld a > magistrate's January order for CBN to turn over > documents to the Federal Election Commission, which is > suing the coalition. The documents must be handed over > by Monday. > > The FEC is seeking evidence that the coalition > coordinated political efforts from 1990 to 1994 with > various Republican candidates. > > The Chesapeake-based coalition says it is a political > education organization that does not endorse candidates > and has denied any wrongdoing. Both the coalition and > CBN in Virginia Beach were founded by religious > broadcaster Pat Robertson. > > Both CBN and the coalition have fought a July 1996 FEC > subpoena for various records. Some documents have been > ruled exempt, but Friedman's order Friday called for 38 > records to be handed over. -- Two rules in life: 1. Don't tell people everything you know. 2. Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
