After no one took him up on his televised “lie detector challenge,” the man accused of scamming his co-investors in the failed television venture Tea Party HD is trying to make his case by calling a number of high-profile conservative witnesses like Michele Bachmann and Ann Coulter to his defense.Anthony Loiacono, who was sued for $19 million by a group of conservative businessmen in November, introduced a list of 50 witnesses he plans on calling in the case, Brandon Gee of The Tennessean reports. The list includes Bachmann, Coulter, conservative commentator Phil Valentine, Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips and Tennessee legislators Rep. Glen Casada and Sen. Jack Johnson, both Republicans.
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