Ex-chairman of Virginia GOP moves to dismiss eavesdropping suit
The former chairman of the [Virginia] state Republican party asked a federal court Monday to dismiss a civil suit filed against him and other former GOP officials over eavesdropping on Democratic strategy calls two years ago.
Gary R. Thomson, who pleaded guilty in August to a misdemeanor related to the controversy and resigned his post, said in his response that he did not reveal the contents of one of the calls to Anne P. Petera, the top staffer for Republican Attorney General Jerry Kilgore. ...
Attorney Joel D. Bieber, who is representing Thomson in the civil case, said Monday that further litigation in the matter was "mean-spirited."
"We've accepted responsibility for what was done," Bieber said. "(The plaintiffs) are saying it's time to bring a Washington, D.C., law firm into Virginia to do the job the FBI did not do." ...
Democrats have said that money was not the object when they filed suit. The main hope, they say, is that more information will come out over who was involved in the scandal beyond Matricardi and Thomson. -- Former state GOP head requests eavesdropping suit be dismissed (AP via Hampton Rhodes Daily Press)