GOP Official Convicted in 2002 Election Plot
A former top Republican Party official was convicted in Concord on telephone harassment charges for his part in a plot to jam the Democrats’ phones on election day 2002.
The federal jury acquitted James Tobin of the most serious charge against him, of conspiring to violate voters’ rights. Tobin, 45, was President Bush’s New England campaign chairman last year.
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