The political watchdog group Citizens for Ethics and Responsibility in Washington has sent a letter to the FEC opposing Norm Coleman's request to use campaign money to pay for his legal costs in connection with the Nasser Kazeminy case.

This involves a lawsuit in Texas where Coleman himself has not been directly accused of wrongdoing, but could be called as a witness, and contains an allegation that a Coleman donor conspired to funnel money to him when he was a Senator. CREW says that Coleman should not be able to use campaign money in this matter -- or at the very least, that he cannot use money from his special recount committee for anything other than the recount and related litigation.

The Minnesota Democrats filed a complaint against Coleman on this very subject a month ago. These sorts of things usually go nowhere quickly, but who knows -- over the long haul, this could perhaps turn into another headache for Coleman to worry about.