Court Rules Against Lawmaker Over a Taped Gingrich Call; Mcdermott Must Pay Rep. Boehner $700,000 for Leaking the Conversation

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WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Rep. Jim McDermott violated federal law by turning over an illegally taped telephone call to reporters nearly a decade ago.

In a 2-1 vote, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld a lower-court ruling that McDermott violated the rights of Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, who was heard on the 1996 call involving then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga.

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Court Rules Against Lawmaker Over a Taped Gingrich Call; Mcdermott Must Pay Rep. Boehner $700,000 for Leaking the Conversation

The court ordered McDermott to pay Boehner more than $700,000 for leaking the taped...

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