Limbaugh Lawyer: Prosecutor's Office May Have Committed Crime
The Palm Beach County state attorney's office may have committed
a crime by leaking bogus information to the media in an attempt to discredit
talk radio host Rush Limbaugh, Limbaugh's attorney said late Wednesday.
"By leaking stories, by leaking information about this particular statute,
there‘s a subsection of it that makes it a crime to do that," attorney Roy Black
told MSNBC's "Scarborough Country."
"We have continually asked that this be investigated, but we‘ve yet to
receive the courtesy of a reply," Black complained.
The top attorney accused Mike Edmondson, who works for State Attorney Barry
Krischer, of leaking baseless allegations accusing the talk host of drug
trafficking and money laundering.
Krischer's office is currently investigating whether Limbaugh engaged in
"doctor shopping" to obtain thousands of painkillers for a back ailment without
a prescription.
"One of the reporters actually told us that Edmondson was the one planting
these stories in the press," he said, noting that as soon as he complained to
Krischer Edmondson went on vacation.
Asked if anyone else was involved in the possibly illegal leaks, Black told
"Scarborough Country," "No, I think it‘s coming directly from this one gentleman
in the Palm Beach County state attorney‘s office, who was continually planting
these stories in the press."
"[He] did it with ABC News, [he] did it with the Palm Beach Post, with even
MSNBC," Black complained. "So we know it's happened a number of times. As I've
said, we've asked for an investigation. None has been conducted as of this
date."
As evidence that Limbaugh was being targeted for selective prosecution, Black
cited the case of Florida State Sen. Mandy Dawson, who was arrested in October
for trying to obtain painkillers with a forged prescription.
Rather than being prosecuted, fraud charges against Sen. Dawson were dropped
after she completed a drug rehab program.
Limbaugh has completed his own drug rehab and returned to the airwaves on
Nov. 17 last year.
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