Virginia GOP asks dismissal of eavesdropping suit
Lawyers for the Republican Party of Virginia asked a federal judge Wednesday to dismiss the party from a lawsuit Democratic lawmakers filed over eavesdropping on Democratic conference calls by key GOP operatives.
The Republican Party officials involved in the intercepts were not carrying out party policy or practices when they illegally monitored the Democrats, the attorneys said. Nor are they associated with the party any longer, they said.
"They were not acting within the scope of their employment," John Holloway, an attorney for RPV, told U.S. District Judge James R. Spencer. ...
The lawsuit, filed March 19, seeks unspecified damages against the party and other former top Republicans, including the state party's former executive director, Edmund A. Matricardi III. -- GOP asks to be dismissed from Democrats' eavesdropping lawsuit (AP via fredericksburg.com)