Newt Gingrich

April 1, 2008 - 9:53am

McDermott ordered to pay over $1M in Boehner suit

By Bryan Bissell
Tags: Jim McDermott, John Boehner, Newt Gingrich

The Politico's Crypt blog is reporting that Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Seattle) has been ordered to pay over a million dollars in legal fees, interest and fines as a result of the invasion of privacy lawsuit filed against him by Rep. John Boehner in 1998. The total damages include $1,053,181.40 in attorney's fees and costs for Boehner, some $40,000 in interest, and $60,000 in fines.

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