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House Judiciary Sets Date for Siegelman Hearing
A House Judiciary panel plans to hold a hearing next Tuesday looking at allegations of politically-motivated prosecutions, including the case of former Gov. Don Siegelman (D-AL) and likely the suspicious cases against a Wisconsin bureaucrat that an appeals court called "beyond thin," and against a Democratic coroner in Pennsylvania.
Siegelman's lawyers have long contended that the case stemmed from a political vendetta against the Democratic governor in a Republican-dominated state. Documents recently obtained by Time give traction to this claim, showing that investigators ignored allegations from a state lobbyist of wrongdoing by Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and former state Attorney General William Pryor, but still initiated an investigation into Siegelman.
The Republican lawyer, Dana Jill Simpson, who first triggered the national coverage of the Siegelman case with her affidavit implicating Karl Rove in the prosecution, spoke with judiciary committee investigators earlier this month. According to the transcript, Simpson described a second instance that fingers Rove in the Siegelman prosecution. There is no word yet if she will testify at next week's hearing.
Comments (6)
C92 wrote on October 17, 2007 2:00 PM:For some interesting reading, look into the Triad fundraising scandal of 1996. Triad was a company illegally laundering corporate $ into 1996 GOP campaign contributions, run by a major GOP fundraiser.
Triad's help supported Sam Brownback, Don Nickles and Sigelman's Gov opponent (then running for Congress) Bob Riley.
Remember it was Riley's son (Rob Riley Jr) who recently said that Rove was out to get Siegelman. And it was Rob Riley Jr who, back in 1996, was involved in getting illegal Triad corporate money to his dad.
And in an another unbelievable coincedence, then-Senator Fred Thompson shut down promised hearings on Triad.
Coincedences?
BlueStateRedhead wrote on October 17, 2007 2:31 PM:Daily Kos diary on corruption allegations against Judge Fuller who heard the Siegelman case. Link follows.
BlueStateRedhead wrote on October 17, 2007 2:34 PM:http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/10/16/213656/09
watercarrier4diogenes wrote on October 17, 2007 2:53 PM:Here's the link to the Harper's Magazine story by Scott Horton. There's also a PDF of the attorney's affidavit available.
http://harpers.org/subjects/NoComment
SeeDee wrote on October 17, 2007 3:26 PM:Maybe if House Judiciary Chairman..is it Conyers?...offered to cancel the 'investigation', withdraw 'subpoenae' or 'request to testify' involving Rove, et al., in exchange for a Bush un-conditional 'pardon' of Seigelman, the whole affair would end...and folks could still determine the 'truth' relative to the whole Alabama crooked mess.
Otoh, it might be more 'fun' to see Rove squirm a little.
Anonymous wrote on October 17, 2007 3:49 PM:Rove IS the white whale he claims not to be.