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Cunningham Denies Wearing a Wire

Former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham's lawyers today issued a statement denying the Time Magazine report that he had worn a wire to surreptitiously record conversations.

Attorneys Lee Blalack and Mark Holscher say Cunningham has never worn a body wire during conversations with his former congressional colleagues or any other public official. They also say he has not surreptitiously gathered evidence against any public officials.

The statement doesn't say whether he allowed federal agents to record his telephone conversations with other suspected wrongdoers. Will Cunningham's lawyers also deny this? In other words, did Time just get the method of the recording wrong, or were they just wrong, period? Background here.

[hat tip Patriot Daily.]

Update: An astute commenter below notes:

Read his attorney's statement again. The attorney never said Cunningham never wore a wire. He only said that Cunningham never wore the wire "during conversations with his former congressional colleagues or any other public official." That doesn't rule out recording the people who were bribing him. It just rules out recording his House Republican cronies.

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