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                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: SATURDAY, November 20, 1993                   TAG: 9311200176
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-3   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

GOP ADVISER SAYS HE LIED ON N.J. PLAN

Republican consultant Ed Rollins lied, he said Friday, when he claimed the GOP distributed $500,000 to suppress black voting in the New Jersey gubernatorial election. But the Democratic Party wasn't taking him at his word.

Rollins, who managed Christie Whitman's victory over Democratic Gov. Jim Florio, was grilled all day in a Washington office by lawyers for the Democratic Party. Democrats are suing to overturn the Nov. 2 election on the basis of Rollins' original claim.

In a sworn deposition, Rollins said the claims about suppressing the black vote were made up to try to get at rival James Carville, who managed Florio's campaign.

He testified that after he told reporters about suppressing the vote he expected them to call Carville and say " `Rollins kicked your ass . . . and here's how he did it.' " - Associated Press 


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