Tobin's Silence Spurs Questions and Doubt About Phone Jamming

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BANGOR - James Tobin's sentencing last week in U.S. District Court in Concord, N.H., failed to quell speculation about the former Republican official's involvement in a scheme to jam New Hampshire Democrats' get-out-the-vote efforts in November 2002.

Tobin, 45, of Bangor was sentenced Wednesday, May 17, to 10 months in federal prison and fined $10,000 after being convicted in December following an eight-day jury trial.

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Tobin's Silence Spurs Questions and Doubt About Phone Jamming

He was found guilty of conspiring to make more than 800 repeated hang-up calls and of aiding and abetting the making of those calls. Tobin was acquitted of the more serious charge of conspiring to deprive New Hampshire residents of their right to vote.

Democrats in New Hampshire and Washington, D.C., continue to clamor for answers about who else at the Republican National Committee...

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