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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Robert Torricelli, already locked in a competitive re-election campaign in New Jersey, now must ask voters to look beyond the fact that he has...

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New Jersey senator predicts vindication in ethics probe

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Robert Torricelli says congressional officials who will question him possess overwhelming evidence that he did nothing illegal in his relationship...

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Sen. Torricelli becomes focus of federal investigation

NEW YORK (AP) -- A major political contributor to Sen. Robert Torricelli's 1996 Senate campaign claims the New Jersey Democrat knew about some illegal donations and encouraged them, The New York Times...

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Probe of Torricelli ends; no charges

NEW YORK (AP) -- The investigation of the finances of New Jersey's Sen. Robert Torricelli has ended and no charges will be filed, outgoing U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White announced Thursday. In a one-page statement...

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Sen. Torricelli captured on organized crime wire discussing fund-raising

WASHINGTON -- Just weeks before he was elected to the Senate in 1996, Robert Torricelli was recorded on an FBI wiretap discussing fund-raising over the telephone with supporters at a Florida pizza restaurant under...

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Democrats, Republicans spar over implications of Torricelli's departure

...TRENTON, N.J. -- Democrats and Republicans immediately began sparring over the legal implications after Sen. Robert Torricelli's abrupt decision to abandon a race that could affect the balance of power in the Senate. Democratic officials...

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N.J. Supreme Court lets Lautenberg on ballot

...Republicans are looking to the U.S. Supreme Court after New Jersey's top court ruled that Democrats can replace Sen. Robert Torricelli with Sen. Frank Lautenberg on the November ballot. The New Jersey Supreme Court 7-0 ruling came Wednesday, two...

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Fast shuffle New Jersey candidate switch not a good deal for voters

...Supreme Court overrode state election law by allowing former Sen. Frank Lautenberg to replace fellow Democrat Sen. Robert Torricelli on the November ballot. The ruling bailed the Democrats out of a tight spot. Torricelli, fatally tainted by ethics...

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Opinion
Democrats go to court to replace Torricelli

...state Supreme Court, Democrats told the state Supreme Court Wednesday that it isn't too late to replace Sen. Robert Torricelli's name of the ballot. Angelo J. Genova, a lawyer for state Democrats, argued that the intent of the law saying...

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Key votes ahead on China trade bill

...linking trade relations to China's obeying weapons proliferation agreements. Sens. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., and Robert Torricelli, D-N.J., on Monday proposed an amendment to the trade bill outlining sanctions on foreign companies and nations...

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