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White Supremacist Lawyer Charged in Murder-for-Hire Plot
Updated: Monday, 14 Jun 2010, 2:38 PM PDT
Published : Monday, 14 Jun 2010, 2:38 PM PDT
(NewsCore) - An Idaho lawyer known for defending hate groups is expected in federal court Monday on charges he tried to hire a man to kill his wife and her mother, The Idaho Spokesman-Review reported.
Edgar J. Steele, 64, was arrested Friday after a witness told the FBI that Steele had hired him to murder the two women in a car crash meant to appear as an accident.
Steele reportedly tried to scheduled the crash to occur last Friday, when he had an alibi for his whereabouts.
Steele has defended notable white supremacists including the Aryan Nations in a 2000 case brought against them by a woman and her son who claimed Aryan Nations guards attacked them.
Steele lost the case and the Aryan Nations was forced to pay damages of $6.3 million, according to Steele's profile as an "Extremist in America" on The Anti-Defamation League website.
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