Lawyer speaks: Rand Paul didn’t plagiarize his NSA lawsuit

Late Wednesday, the Washington Post published a story quoting Mattie Fein, identified as the ex-wife and spokesperson of conservative attorney Bruce Fein, saying that Paul and Cuccinnelli had used Bruce Fein’s legal work without fully compensating him, and that the filing in the lawsuit was identical to one Fein had worked on for Paul’s PAC.

A spokesperson for RANDPAC forwarded an email from Fein denying Mattie Fein’s allegations. “Mattie Lolavar was not speaking for me,” Fein said in the email. “Her quotes were her own and did not represent my views.  I was working on a legal team, and have been paid for my work.” Bruce Fein confirmed to msnbc that the email was from him.

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So why did the Washington Post rush to post an accusation from the ex-wife of the lawyer in question? To MSNBC’s credit they updated their first post on the issue. They changed the title from “Rand Paul accused of plagiarizing his NSA lawsuit” to “Rand Paul didn’t plagiarize his NSA lawsuit.”

Senator Paul was a guest on CNN’s The Situation Room discussing his lawsuit on Thursday.

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