U.N. Paid Sevan's Legal Fees

The New York Sun reports that the UN has been paying for Benon Sevan's legal fees, against its own rules. According to unnamed sources, the legal fees exceeded $300,000.

After months of denials, the United Nations admitted yesterday that, in an exception to its own rules, it has paid for the legal defense of Benon Sevan. The U.N.'s own investigation panel denounced Mr. Sevan for his central role in the oil-for-food scandal that has engulfed the world body.

Up until late last week, the U.N. said it had not paid any of Mr. Sevan's legal fees. But yesterday, U.N. spokesman Fred Eckhard told The New York Sun that the U.N. had been paying his legal bills up until last month.

John Bolton can't start his job soon enough.