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State: Bush defends court pick for visit during recount
Supreme Court nominee John Roberts came to Tallahassee at his own expense to volunteer advice to Florida Governor Jeb Bush on the 2000 Florida Election recount debacle.

Bush said he didn't even remember Roberts at first when asked about that
2000 visit earlier in the week.
"It was a very short meeting," Bush recalled, noting there were others there, although he was unsure who they were.
"It was not related to politics."
U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, said Friday she was skeptical of Bush's claim that the half-hour meeting had nothing to do with politics.
"I doubt he brought in John Roberts to advise him on his duties as governor," Wasserman Schultz said.
She added, "I would think someone who is familiar with Florida law and the Florida
Constitution would seem more appropriate."

President Bush appointed Roberts to the federal bench in 2002 and nominated
him Tuesday for the Supreme Court.