Not guilty: N.H. state senator Keith Murphy cleared of charges he physically assaulted employee

 Not guilty: N.H. state senator Keith Murphy cleared of charges he physically assaulted employee

A judge acquitted the GOP lawmaker on all three misdemeanor counts after three days of trial.

Murphy faced misdemeanor charges of assault and criminal threatening after an employee, Nicholas Soter, called police to report that Murphy had spat on him during a heated dispute over tips in April …