Siegelman probe accelerated after DC meeting.
Alabama GOP operative Dana Jill Simpson recently charged that Karl Rove and his allies pushed the Justice Department into prosecuting former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman (D) prior to a major election. In a hearing today, former federal prosecutor Doug Jones added further weight to Simpson’s claims, saying the investigation was “renewed” after prosecutors met with “Washington officials” in late 2004. The Gavel has more from the hearing. Read more about the Siegelman case HERE.
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And Clinton was impeached for lying about a blowjob……
*sigh*
October 23rd, 2007 at 4:53 pmruh roh raggy
October 23rd, 2007 at 4:55 pmBut it’s far worse to lie in court about a personal matter than to the American people about national security matters that get thousands killed.
No?
October 23rd, 2007 at 4:56 pmChanging the topic slightly….
Sure would be nice to have the National Guard in California right now.
October 23rd, 2007 at 5:05 pmI tire of these revelations. They do not seem to impel Congress to do anything–they only serve to increase my blood pressure.
October 23rd, 2007 at 5:13 pmyeah? so fu*king what!? these pu$$ies won’t do jack shlt about upholding the law.
night is day
black is white
wrong is reich
i blame their parents or lack of.
welcome to the new generation of go it aloners.
October 23rd, 2007 at 5:13 pmComment by Bush is a four letter word — October 23, 2007 @ 5:05 pm
Very astute.
October 23rd, 2007 at 5:16 pmFrom the article about Seagleman’s bogus conviction: “Rob Riley – the governor’s son who also had ties to Rove — “told her that Rove had intervened again, this time going directly to the Public Integrity Section of the Department of Justice” to bring “corruption charges” against Siegelman. Rove allegedly assured the prosecution that Siegelman would face Mark Fuller, an Alabama federal judge who reportedly “hated” Siegelman.”
It is a federal crime for the administration to use the justice department for political purposes. This is probably why Rove has left “to spend more time with his family.”
October 23rd, 2007 at 5:35 pmCol, heard the same thing from Thom Hartman. This could stick.
October 23rd, 2007 at 5:45 pmYeah, I think Hartman had many more details about the election-night vote-counting snafu/rip-off that Siegelman was protesting and attempting to re-count. The whole thing stinks to high heaven.
October 23rd, 2007 at 6:06 pmScott Horton had a good piece on Judge Fuller, the judge who prosecuted Siegelman. Horton discusses an affidavit filed by an attorney who, as Horton put it, “sought Fuller’s removal from a high-profile litigation which related to a prominent Republican who was close to both the current President Bush and his father.
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According to Horton, the attorney’s affidavit had been filed and Fuller should have been the subject of a Justice Dept. Public Integrity Section investigation around the time he was presiding over Siegelman’s trial, but to this day the attorney never received a response from Justice to follow up on the affidavit.
It’s a bit of a read, but the affidavit linked by Horton’s article is a must. The attorney, Paul Benton Weeks, did a great job of fact-finding and his affidavit unfolds Fuller’s corruption in a logical, devastating manner.
October 23rd, 2007 at 7:49 pmSince I haven’t figured out the linking system here yet, the link to Horton’s article is:
http://harpers.org/archive/2007/10/hbc-90001430
October 23rd, 2007 at 7:50 pmScott Horton is the go to guy for reporting on the Siegelman case.
October 24th, 2007 at 9:41 amHow many of us wondered why Kerry gave up so easily in 2004? To have done the whole campaign route, to have so many want Kerry in the office, and the fraudulent voting that came out quickly in Ohio ? Doesn’t anyone else wonder why Kerry gave up without a fight?
October 24th, 2007 at 11:21 amWe need to contact the members on this commitee and Nancy Pelosi to ask for a prosecution of Gonzo, Rove, and the Prosecutors who did this to this man. Yes, he may have committed some wrong doing, but for our justice system to become the same as the one Sadam used to get rid of his enemies is shameful. What is America coming to? So please CONTACT YOUR CONGRESSMAN ABOUT THIS CASE?
October 24th, 2007 at 1:05 pm