While writing my previous diary about the accusations against Brian Dubie and the Republican Governors Association, I thought the name of Dubie’s attorney, Brady Toensing, seemed a bit familiar. So I Googled around. And I found some fascinating stuff.

Which, it turns out, was discovered some six years ago by one John Odum, and reported on this very website. At the time, Brady Toensing was representing then-Lieutenant Governor Brian Dubie in a dispute with his then-Democratic challenger Matt Dunne. I’ll provide a brief summary, but for the full story I suggest you go to the original source.  

Brady Toensing is a partner in diGenova & Toensing, a heavy-hitting Washington law firm with a long track record of Republican partisanship. The firm’s founding partners are Joseph diGenova and Victoria Toensing, a D.C. power couple going back to the Reagan Administration. (Brady is Victoria’s son from a previous marriage.)

But their salad says were in the 1990s, when both were heavily involved in the Republican Congress’ legal battles with the Clinton Administration. Including the impeachment. They were also media whores, appearing hundreds of times on cable and network news shows, advocating in favor of impeachment. Both have continued to be involved in the Republican side of DC politics and lawyering. As has Brady Toensing.

Full details in Odum’s 2006 post. Which ends with the question, “Why is Dubie getting his hands dirty with this guy?”

Dunno, but apparently he likes it, since he’s hired “this guy” again. And “this guy” has launched his defense in the Dubie/RGA case with a direct political assault on Bill Sorrell’s credibility and ethics.