Decides to represent himself, pleads not guilty to charges of illegal campaign spending
Former Conservative Party gubernatorial candidate Sam McCann fired his latest court-appointed lawyer and decided moments before opening arguments in his federal trial Nov. 27 to represent himself against charges of illegal campaign fund spending that could land him in prison for 20 years or more. McCann, 54, told reporters after his decision that he doesn’t fear federal prosecutors armed with 70,000 pages of documents bolstering their case…