The former head of a Republican consulting group has pleaded guilty to jamming Democratic telephone lines in several New Hampshire cities during the 2002 general election.
Allen Raymond, former president of the Alexandria, Va.-based GOP Marketplace LLC, waived indictment and pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Concord on Wednesday.
... According to court papers, Raymond plotted with unidentified co-conspirators to jam Democratic Party telephone lines established so voters could call for rides to the polls in Manchester, Nashua, Rochester and Claremont. Manchester firefighters' union phone lines also were affected.
... Chuck McGee, who was executive director of the state Republican Party at the time, resigned his post after news broke of the matter.
...The jamming involved more than 800 calls and lasted for about 1½ hours on Nov. 5, 2002, the day New Hampshire voters decided many state and federal races, including the U.S. Senate race between outgoing Gov. Jeanne Shaheen and then-Congressman John Sununu. Sununu, a Republican, won the race.
Democrats had pushed for an investigation for two years.
...Judge Joseph A. DiClerico Jr. released Raymond on his own recognizance pending sentencing in November.
Boston.com article
Allen Raymond, former president of the Alexandria, Va.-based GOP Marketplace LLC, waived indictment and pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Concord on Wednesday.
... According to court papers, Raymond plotted with unidentified co-conspirators to jam Democratic Party telephone lines established so voters could call for rides to the polls in Manchester, Nashua, Rochester and Claremont. Manchester firefighters' union phone lines also were affected.
... Chuck McGee, who was executive director of the state Republican Party at the time, resigned his post after news broke of the matter.
...The jamming involved more than 800 calls and lasted for about 1½ hours on Nov. 5, 2002, the day New Hampshire voters decided many state and federal races, including the U.S. Senate race between outgoing Gov. Jeanne Shaheen and then-Congressman John Sununu. Sununu, a Republican, won the race.
Democrats had pushed for an investigation for two years.
...Judge Joseph A. DiClerico Jr. released Raymond on his own recognizance pending sentencing in November.
And how about barring him from accessing phone lines until then?
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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