HATCH'S TANGLE OF LIES

On Wednesday, the daughters of Attorney General Mike Hatch will appear in a Chicago courtroom on charges stemming from a scuffle with police outside a Chicago nightclub last year.

When this story broke last year, Mike Hatch claimed a "speeding ticket" is all he knew about his daughter's legal problems.

"Except for a 'speeding ticket,' Mike Hatch said he didn't believe his daughters had been in trouble with the law." (Saint Paul Pioneer Press, March 29, 2004)

But in 2001, Anne Hatch was arrested by Mendota Heights police after she attempted to buy alcohol with her older sister's id. Anne Hatch then broke a neon sign in a scuffle with the owner of the liquor store.

"On Sunday, Mike Hatch told the Pioneer Press that, except for a speeding ticket, he didn't believe his daughters had been in trouble with the law. On Tuesday, he said he didn't know about the 2001 incident until reporters told him about it.

"I didn't intend to mislead anyone or lie to anyone," he said. (Saint Paul Pioneer Press, March 31, 2004)

But a well-know attorney and campaign contributor to Mike Hatch, Paul Rogosheske, represented his daughter, yet Hatch has the nerve to claim he didn’t know?

Check back for updates on the Hatch daughters.