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Supreme Court Vacates Fraud Conviction of Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyThe Supreme Court has ordered a review of the bribery and conspiracy convictions of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman, sending the 2006 case back to a federal appeals court. The surprise decision Tuesday comes a week after the justices put new limits on an anti-fraud law that federal prosecutors used against Siegelman and in many other corruption cases, including former Enron executive Jeffrey Skilling's. In light of the high court's ruling against the so-called "honest services" fraud law, the justices said they had no choice but to vacate the convictions of Siegelman and former ...
54 Ex-Attorneys General Support Siegelman
By Jay Allbritton - Politics DailyDon Siegelman, the former Alabama governor who is free from prison pending an appeal of his June 2006 bribery and conspiracy conviction, received the support of 54 former state attorneys general Friday when they filed a brief supporting his appeal of that conviction. Siegelman says Fox News pundit and former Bush brain and current McCain adviser Karl Rove pushed a politically motivated prosecution and that when the dust settles, this case will make Watergate look like child's play. Democratic Representative John Conyers, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, gave Rove a week to testify ...
Rove Denies Tampering With Investigation
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyKarl Rove, subpoenaed by the House Judiciary Committee last week to answer questions in a long running Congressional investigation into alleged politicization and misuse of the Justice Department by the Bush Administration, denied on Sunday that he had anything to do with a Department probe into former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman. Siegelman was convicted on bribery charges in 2006 and sentenced to seven years in Federal prison. He was released to pursue an appeal of the conviction after an appeals court found "serious questions" about the case.Rove is also sought by the House to answer ...
Rove Subpoenaed
By Liza Porteus Viana - Politics DailyHouse Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers today issued a subpoena to the man dubbed "Bush's brain" about the politicization of the Department of Justice in the Bush administration.That "brain" would be none other than former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove. Rove's lawyer sent a letter to the congressional committee yesterday saying his client wouldn't testify voluntarily. "Contrary to your letter of May 14, 2008, I do not misunderstand either the Committee's procedures or the scope of its interest in Mr. Rove; nor, in light of your reported remarks about the need for ...
Conyers Wants Rove to Testify About Siegelman
By Jay Allbritton - Politics DailyAfter his release from prison pending appeal earlier this month, former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman (timeline of saga here) told 60 Minutes that the House and Senate Judiciary Committees should get Karl Rove to "put his hand on the Bible and take an oath and give testimony". Despite refusing to testify before a congressional panel about the U.S. Attorney purge, Rove's attorney confidently told MSNBC's Dan Abrams that Rove would testify if subpoenaed. Democratic Representative John Conyers plans to take Rove up on that. Rove's attorney, Robert Luskin, however, now says that Rove won't ...
New Claims in Siegelman Case
By Jay Allbritton - Politics DailySome strong claims have been made recently about the Don Siegelman case. A blogger at Daily Kos posted images of correspondence from Siegelman claims that Siegelman has been beaten in prison. The letter from Siegelman, written on a xeroxed article about possible contempt charges pending against Karl Rove, included the line, "All roads lead to Rove".Alabama blogger Roger Shuler claims his home and cars have been targeted by his local sheriff as retribution for reporting on the case. Sam Stein reported early last week that new evidence in the case suggests that a group of Republicans pressed for ...
60 Minutes Story Blacked Out in Alabama
By Jay Allbritton - Politics DailyCBS's 60 Minutes finally aired a report it delayed previously about Alabama's former Democratic governor Don Siegelman. Siegelman is in prison, serving a seven-year sentence after being convicted in 2006 for conspiracy, bribery and fraud. Much of the report focused on allegations that former Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove to President Bush instigated a political prosecution of Siegelman (full 60 Minutes report here). The report aired Sunday... unless you were in the northern third of Alabama where the show mysteriously went black near the beginning of the segment. ...
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