A recent lawsuit alleged that Nasser Kazeminy, a close friend of Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN), used his business DMT to funnel $75,000 to Coleman’s wife’s insurance firm. A new lawsuit, however, claims that Kazeminy originally tried to steer the money directly to Coleman, Politico reports:
[T]he second lawsuit alleges — and it’s breathtakingly stupid if true — that Kazeminy at first ordered DMT execs to pay Coleman directly.
“Our clients were advised that Mr. Kazeminy first sought to have DMT make quarterly cash payments of $25,000 to Senator Norm Coleman of Minnesota,” writes plaintiff’s attorney Anthony Paduano, citing a “confidential” informant.
What’s more, this latest suit reveals that the payments to Coleman’s wife’s firm were hardly for insurance purposes, “because DMT, which services offshore oil platforms and port facilities, already used Aon for its insurance.”
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