If only Mr. Strom were here to bolster Trent’s good name…
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Business Wire
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:30:01 GMT
Lawyer suggests Scruggs got witness help from Lott
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) An insurance company’s attorney suggested during a sworn deposition that former U.S. Sen. Trent Lott urged witnesses to give false information in a Hurricane Katrina lawsuit, according to court records.
The implication was made last week during a deposition with Lott’s nephew, Zach Scruggs, who represented the former Mississippi Republican senator after his Pascagoula home was destroyed by the 2005 storm. Zach Scruggs is the son and law partner of disgraced former attorney Richard ‘’Dickie'’ Scruggs, Lott’s brother-in-law.
‘’Has it been your custom and habit in prosecuting litigation to have Senator Lott contact and encourage witnesses to give false information?'’ State Farm Fire & Casualty Cos. attorney Jim Robie asked, according to a transcript of the deposition.
‘’I invoke my Fifth Amendment rights in response to that question,'’ Zach Scruggs responded.
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Images: (Foghorn) Looney Tunes via en.wikipedia.org; (Lott) Getty Images via cache.daylife.com; (institute) farm1.static.flickr.com; (Strom) via thebigbado.com; (Puppet Trent) Alex Brandon/Associated Press via newyorktimes.com