James Tobin

For Immediate Release
October 14, 2008

Former New England head of NRSC indicted for his role in illegal phone jamming scheme to help John Sununu get elected

(Manchester, NH) - On October 9, former head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee for New England James Tobin was indicted on two new felony counts of lying to federal investigators for his role in the 2002 phone jamming scandal that helped John Sununu win election to the Senate. Tobin played an integral role in the phone jamming scheme to help elect Sununu, and two of Tobin's partners in the scandal -- Allen Raymond and Chuck McGee -- have already been convicted of their crimes.

James Tobin has been indicted on new charges relating to the phone-jamming case, The Union Leader reported.

In 2002 Tobin worked for the Republican National Committee and helped form a plan to jam the phone lines of the Democratic Party's get-out-the-vote efforts.