The state GOP may be the losers, but that doesn’t necessarily make the Democrats financial winners in the eavesdropping scandal. But this shouldn’t surprise you.
A Washington law firm will receive almost half of the $750,000 settlement that the Republican Party of Virginia and four other defendants have agreed to pay in an eavesdropping lawsuit filed by Democrats.
That means that each of the 33 plaintiffs, mostly current and former legislators, will receive about $11,000 in the settlement, Democratic sources said.
Some of the recipients are unhappy about the large legal fee, Democrats said.
The law firm of Williams & Connolly represented the Democrats, who filed the suit in U.S. District Court here seeking civil damages from the Republican Party and others involved in the eavesdropping scandal.