If Coleman does win the recount, he'll have to be replaced anyway

... because it is hard to be a Senator from Prison. The latest from Fox News:

The FBI is reportedly investigating allegations that a Minnesota businessman tried to funnel $75,000 in campaign contributions to Sen. Norm Coleman through the senator's wife, Laurie, at the same time Coleman was going into debt because of extensive home renovations.

According to a report from MyFOXTwinCities.com, two lawsuits allege that in the spring of 2007, Nasser Kazeminy began making $25,000 payments from Deep Marine Technology, a Texas company he controls, to Laurie Coleman's employer, insurer Hayes Companies Inc. of Minneapolis.

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Coleman's remodeling project grew just as Texas firm paid his wife's firm

(Thanks Ana for the update)

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