Ney “Doing Everything Possible to Clear His Name,” Spokesman Says

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Just got a call back from Brian Walsh, spokesman for Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH), who gave a lengthy and impassioned defense of his boss’ legal bills.

“Frankly, it’s an unfortunate commentary on the justice system that someone has to spend a lot of money simply to clear their name and set the record straight in what is in this case completely false allegations,” Walsh said.

“The bottom line is, the congressman is doing everything possible and moving as quickly as possible to put these allegations to rest and clear his name.

“Washington lawyers are obviously very expensive,” he added.

I got a chance to chat with Mark Tuohey, Ney’s lawyer, also. He politely declined to talk about the work that he’s doing on Ney’s behalf, or the number of lawyers involved. “That’s generally something I don’t comment on,” he told me.

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