Virginia GOP executive director indicted for wiretapping
Ex-Official of Va. GOP Indicted in Eavesdropping
Federal prosecutors announced today that the former executive director of the Virginia Republican Party was indicted on felony charges of eavesdropping on Democratic conference calls, reviving a political feud that helped demolish bipartisan cooperation last year.
Edmund A. Matricardi III, 34, who resigned his Virginia GOP post last April following his indictment here on similar state charges, resigned his new position at the South Carolina Republican Party this afternoon after U.S. Attorney Paul J. McNulty announced the latest indictment alleging violations of the U.S. Wiretap Act.
Matricardi has already admitted that he listened in on the conference call, but claimed he had been given permission to do so by one of the participants.