Minn. Senate Legal Bill Jumps To $84K

The Minnesota Senate's legal costs related to the dismissal of a top GOP caucus aide have risen to nearly $85,000.

 

 

 

 

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota Senate's legal costs related to the dismissal of a top GOP caucus aide have risen to nearly $85,000.

An invoice details $38,533 in legal services from a private firm in April and May.

The latest billing comes on top of a yet-unpaid invoice of $46,150 covering work through March, as the Senate prepares to a legal defense against threatened litigation from former senior communications aide Michael Brodkorb.

Brodkorb was dismissed in December after his boss, GOP Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch, stepped down from her leadership role.

It was later revealed that the two were having an affair.

Brodkorb is moving toward a federal gender discrimination lawsuit and has threatened state lawsuits alleging defamation and invasion of privacy.

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