Fieger Firm Lawyer Says Agents Played ‘Good Cop, Bad Cop’
A lawyer in Geoffrey Fieger’s law firm testified yesterday that federal agents came to his home under the guise of serving a subpoena, but then tried to get him to reveal damaging information about the law firm leader.
Lawyer Paul Broschay said agents played a game of “good cop, bad cop” to get him to talk, the Detroit Free Press reports on its blog. Broschay said he finally told the agents to leave after his daughter called from Michigan State University and was hysterical over a confrontation there with agents.
Fieger is accused of using straw donors to give more money than the law allows to the John Edwards 2004 presidential campaign. Broschay said he agreed to cooperate with the government so his wife and children would not be called before a grand jury.
Broschay told jurors he made $2,000 contributions to the campaign in the name of himself, his wife, and each of his two children. He said Fieger later reimbursed him, but he didn’t know that would happen ahead of time.
The ABA Journal profiled Fieger in December.
