« previous | MUCK HOME | next »
Former U.S. Attorney to Testify about Siegelman Case
Tomorrow morning the House Judiciary Committee will hold a heading on whether politics spurred a series of prosecutions, focusing on the cases of Cyril Wecht and former Gov. Don Siegelman (D-AL).
Unfortunately, Dana Jill Simpson, the Republican lawyer who has given sworn statements that implicate Karl Rove in the decision to prosecute Siegelman is not on the witness list.
Siegelman's legal team has long-maintained that the decision to prosecute the former Democratic governor was an assault from Republicans in the state with connections at the Department of Justice. One of Siegleman's former lawyers and former US attorney for Alabama, Doug Jones, is set to testify tomorrow. Jones already told House investigators that in 2004 lawyers in Montgomery mentioned that when the case against Siegelman stalled, they were told by Justice Department officials in Washington to "take another look at everything." Jones gave the same story to The New York Times last month.
Rep. Artur Davis (D-AL), who sits on the judiciary committee, has pushed for an official look at the role of partisanship in prosecutions of public officials since Siegelman's case picked up speed this summer. In an Op-Ed in today's Montgomery Adviser he echoed his point, citing a study showing that the Bush administration's Justice Department has brought four times as many prosecutions against Democrats than Republicans.
Comments (12)
Jake D. wrote on October 22, 2007 6:29 PM:Yes, we know that one of Siegleman's former lawyers (as will the former Attorney General who now works for Dr, Wecht -- see thread on that below -- God bless the legal monopoly, er, I mean, profession) will testify tomorrow in yet another Democratic show hearing where nothing will get done except maybe some more letters sent to Fred Fielding.
Have fun with that, especially since Nancy Pelosi won't impeach and Harry Reid won't cut off funding for the Iraq war.
Steve5117 wrote on October 22, 2007 8:04 PM:Even a Stamford educated lawyer should see that each letter adds to willfulness of intent that, when the crimes the documents reveal are prosecuted, will increase penalties levied against the crooks that make up Bush's circle.
If Bush and Cheney are implicated in the illegal activities could we see them dancing at the end of a rope?
Youffraita wrote on October 22, 2007 8:04 PM:A fascinating case: the whole thing, I mean. This is yet another facet of it; but I still say, follow Carol Lam. She seems, IMHO, the linchpin of the whole corrupt scheme.
Jake D. wrote on October 22, 2007 8:10 PM:LOL -- I thought that Nancy Pelosi took impeachment (much less "the end of a rope") off the table? Look, maybe the reason that the Bush Administration's Justice Department has brought four times as many prosecutions against Democrats than Republicans is that Democrats are four times as corrupt?
BimBeau wrote on October 22, 2007 8:44 PM:Dems are inept and Reps are corrupt. The superficial outcome is the same as long as there is no dominant party throughout government.
With Dems dominant, the ineptitude is out in the open and neutralized during the governing process. With Reps dominant, the corruption ends up in off-shore banks.
And like all responses in these circumstances - I am simplifing (overly) for the benefit of the Republicans out there, since they refuse to think for themselves.
Steve5117 wrote on October 22, 2007 8:52 PM:I was unaware that Stamford taught "The Math" back in the hippie era.
Sully18 wrote on October 22, 2007 9:26 PM:LOL That`s great,Jake.The Democrats are 4x as corrupt as the Republicans,lol.The only problem the Rethugs have is the meaning of the CRS credential at the end of their names.You know CRS=can`t remember shit.lol.Ha Ha all the way to the bank.
Anonymous wrote on October 22, 2007 11:08 PM:Rove cut his teeth in Alabama.
Illegal GOP fundraising ran through Alabama in 1996 with the Triad Scandal. Both Governor Riley and his son were complicit (the Guv, then running for House, got the $, his son laundered it).
And it was junior Riley who bragged about hearing Rove's plans for Siegelman.
This was a Rove operation. And Rove was a major player in the Triad fundraising scandal in 1996. It's all about the use of illegal money. To. This. Day.
1 of 1,107,755 illiterate Alabamans wrote on October 23, 2007 5:05 AM:To Anonymous:
good artecle.
My prison teecher syes to reed thee followin senat rport on thee Rilee Triad fun rasing of 1996.
http://www.senate.gov/~gov_affairs/12chap.pdf
Dont forrget tha Abramoff an Scanlon $13 millon doolar funrasing of 2002 for Bob Rilee elecion handled by Rob Rilee paid by Miss. indans.
rilee junor luvs his dadd an will do anything to get his dadd eleted. He is a good sun. I feel bad abot wat they don to jil simson and don seegelman.
v. popvli wrote on October 25, 2007 3:20 AM:democrats are 4 times as corrupt?
i direct your attention to the grand old docket. you will want to keep a tally and compare the number of dems to repubs.
Rev. Bob Richards wrote on December 7, 2007 12:37 PM:To Bush, Cheney and other political leaders in high places:
Most of you are senior citizens acting selfish and cruel to your fellow men like you are going to live forever.
For it is written by God: "IT IS APPOINTED UNTO MEN ONCE TO DIE, BUT AFTER THIS THE JUDGEMENT. FOR MAN THAT IS BORN OF A WOMAN IS OF FEW DAYS AND FULL OF TROUBLE. YOU COMETH FORTH LIKE A FLOWER, AND IS CUT DOWN; YOU FLEETH AS A SHADOW, AND CONTINUETH NOT."
You need to live every day like it's your last for it maybe!
CAUTION! What you do here on earth determines where and how you will spend eternity.
Your days are numbered. You have an appointment with death that everyone must keep.
Atlantaflash wrote on December 15, 2007 4:33 AM:The three largest newspapers plus the Internet site al.com in Alabama are all owned by Advance Publications, INC. They literally print nothing but lies about all Democrats in the state. They will not allow their investigative reporters any access to these cases. If they would have investigated and printed the truth about Don Siegelman like the locally own papers done the Canary's would have been run out of the state by its citizens before now.
It has taken a few months, but most Alabamians now know the truth about their good friend Don Siegelman, about the conspiracy that removed the most popular Democrat in Alabama by Bush's appointees and how his elections were taken from him.
These three newspaper instruct their writers to start every article that they write about Siegelman with this statement, "our newspapers endorsed Riley and we believe Siegelman to be a crook" then they twist every sentence after that to sound negative.
Many of us are dropping our subscriptions and are switching to locally owned newspapers.