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New Allegations Emerge in Siegelman Case
The Birmingham News has some new murky allegations about the lead up to the prosecution of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman (D).
Two Birmingham News reporters reviewed a transcript of a recent House Judiciary panel interview of the Republican lawyer, Dana Jill Simpson, who implicated Karl Rove in the prosecution of Siegelman. According to the document, Simpson recounted how the current Alabama governor's son told her about a plan to threaten Siegelman with a prosecution if he didn't back down from contesting the 2001 gubernatorial election.
Simpson also told investigators that her concerns about the impartiality of the judge assigned to Siegelman's case prompted her to write the affidavit implicating Rove.
The article paints Simpson's testimony as contradictory in light of her previous statements, but without reading the entire transcript of the interview, that is unclear. Simpson and Siegelman's lawyers were not quoted in the story. We'll update when we hear from them.
Comments (7)
JEP wrote on October 9, 2007 10:38 PM:http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/12_week.gif
It just keeps getting worse...
First Alabama, now Carolina...
JEP wrote on October 9, 2007 10:48 PM:reading that story, sounds like Siegelman got blackmailed, backstabbed, then bound over... by the Alabama Republicans.
And the judge is in on it?
Justice is gonna peek out from under that blindfold, and see that Republican thumb on her scale, and she's gonna be PISSED!
As if the Republican Party is not already at critical mass, if this all turns around and the conspiracy to blackmail Seigelman is uncovered, it could become the biggest scandal the Republicans in the south have to face before the next election.
Especially if Rove gets sandwiched somewhere between Alabama and New Hampshire, now there's a pork sandwich.
Styve wrote on October 10, 2007 12:17 AM:The judge is heavily connected with the Bush Mob, and Siegelman was set up, because he knows too much. Hit www.waynemadsenreport.com...he had the inside dirt a long time ago.
Jane wrote on October 10, 2007 9:44 AM:Withdraw or we prosecute you is clear blackmail.
Maurice Meilleur wrote on October 10, 2007 9:52 AM:Laura: if you haven't already, you should have a look at Scott Horton's post on this leaked transcript:
Maurice Meilleur wrote on October 10, 2007 9:55 AM:The URL didn't make it in; I'll try without the hypertext prefix: harpers.org/archive/2007/10/hbc-90001390
dasher wrote on October 10, 2007 12:20 PM:This is gettin' UG-LY! Pass the popcorn!