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FirmhandKY -> BILL FRIST IS EXONERATED (5/1/2007 1:31:38 PM)
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Frist's e-mail habits clear him By RICHARD POWELSON April 28, 2007 Electronic documents provide enough proof to end insider trading probe WASHINGTON - In the end, Bill Frist's habit of frequent e-mails helped document the former Senate Republican leader's account that he was not involved in insider trading in his 2005 sale of HCA Inc. stock. The former Tennessee senator was able to show in copies of e-mails given to federal investigators that he began the process of selling his family's HCA stock in April 2005 - well before HCA had disappointing second-quarter earnings and publicly reported that fact July 13, two people familiar with Frist's records said Friday. Frist disclosed in a written statement recently that he had received letters from the Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of New York saying they had closed their investigations and were taking no action against him. Bet this doesn't get much airplay on CNN, or on the pages of the NYT. An honest Republican politician. Damn. Now, if he would consider becoming Thompson's running mate ... FirmKY
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