Siegelman: Rove's Fingerprints "Are Smeared All Over The Case"

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Thinkprogress.org   |   March 28, 2008 09:15 PM

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Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman (D) was released from prison today so he can testify to the House Judiciary Committee about the controversial prosecution that led to his incarceration. In an interview shortly after his release, Siegelman singled out former White House aide Karl Rove's involvement in his case:

In a telephone interview shortly after he walked out of a federal prison in Oakdale, La., Mr. Siegelman said there had been "abuse of power" in his case, and repeatedly cited the influence of Karl Rove, the former White House political director.

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- hoopesaz See Profile I'm a Fan of hoopesaz

The decision by the 11th Circuit only found that he could be released while he appealed because they did not believe he was a flight risk. He hasn't been cleared of the charges by a long shot. Funny how everying is castigating. The questions of law relate to alleged e-mail messages between two jurors, but nothing relating to the substance of the evidence or claims.

There's plenty of evidence to suggest that he was a corrupt public official who sought and received campaign contributions from business in exchange for influence and seats on public boards and commissions.

So, we hate connections to big business when those connections are with republicans. We CELEBRATE connections with big business when those connections are with democrats. Helpful for me to understand how that works.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:01 PM on 03/31/2008
- BeyondGoodAndEvil See Profile I'm a Fan of BeyondGoodAndEvil

Why is Karl Rove so chummy with Jeff Gannon?
http://www.apfn.net/messageboard/03-01-05/discussion.cgi.64.html

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:53 PM on 03/30/2008
- FogBelter See Profile I'm a Fan of FogBelter

If Mr Rove has done something worthy of indictment in this Siegelman case I hope the announcement of it is stalled until after the next President takes office ... so there is no pardon available for Turd Blossom.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:33 PM on 03/30/2008
- ghostsofamerica See Profile I'm a Fan of ghostsofamerica

http://donsiegelman.org/pages/MAIN/home.html


read the wayne madsen articles about Judge Fuller. They will inform you more than anything.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:50 PM on 03/30/2008
- Podewumun See Profile I'm a Fan of Podewumun

Swell. More than half as many pendings as posts, the last one having been clocked in at 3:53 PM.
What the hell's happened to the Huffington Post? It's become an ugly shadow of its former self.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:19 PM on 03/29/2008
- fredamae See Profile I'm a Fan of fredamae

i have noticed a change too, its sad...selective/biased news reporting and what feels a lot like "censoring".

i joined because just a short while back, issues, stories and reports seemed fair and balanced.

not anymore...
(i will be surprised if this post gets published)

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:13 AM on 03/30/2008
- GoLeftGoDeep See Profile I'm a Fan of GoLeftGoDeep

afraid of Billo's rants ?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:30 PM on 03/29/2008
- Liberal2 See Profile I'm a Fan of Liberal2

If Mr.Rove is guilty of what Gov. Siegelman accuses him, Mr. Rove should, but I suspect there are almost no criminal statutes on such acts, spend the remainder of his days in a place like Pelican Bay or the most dangerous state prison. I'm guessing the governor's only recourse is a civil suit. I base my assumptions on what happened in the Duke Lacrosse case.

Yeah, I think Rove is guilty. This only goes to demonstrate how throughly corrupt the rethug party really is. I ask the next president (assuming it is a democrat) to call for an in-depth investigation of the 8 Bush years and 14 years of rethug control of Congress.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:25 PM on 03/29/2008
- mnmouse See Profile I'm a Fan of mnmouse

Tin-foil hats......get yer tin-foil hats here......tin-foil hats.....

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:53 PM on 03/29/2008
- abbiehoffmansghost See Profile I'm a Fan of abbiehoffmansghost

Scared, ain't you?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:55 AM on 03/30/2008
- speakingtruth2power See Profile I'm a Fan of speakingtruth2power


Classic 'denialist', arguing vehemently, the water

in the frog pot has not been getting warmer. It is!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:12 PM on 03/29/2008
- castlerider See Profile I'm a Fan of castlerider


No man, the foil's for the pig roast!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:34 PM on 03/29/2008
- castlerider See Profile I'm a Fan of castlerider


No, silly, the tin foil is for the pig roast!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:07 PM on 03/29/2008
- Roafer See Profile I'm a Fan of Roafer

Maybe Fox Fixed News Will have Karl on for some analysis regarding this issue, I'll bet Karl has some insight as to whether he had anything to do with this and we already know the answer. It is a left wing lunatic plot to get him!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:50 PM on 03/29/2008
- abbiehoffmansghost See Profile I'm a Fan of abbiehoffmansghost

Rove has already refused to testify on the Seigelman case but he did proclaim his innocence on Fox news. Surprising isn't it?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:10 AM on 03/31/2008
- castlerider See Profile I'm a Fan of castlerider


A pendelum swings both ways.
It damn sure needs to here, for the sake of justice and for the sake of what's good for this country.

I wonder who Karl Rove's lawyer will be. I hope it's Alberto Gonzales.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:22 PM on 03/29/2008
- andyg See Profile I'm a Fan of andyg

if they couldn't get Sieglelmean, do think they be able to get Rove.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:51 PM on 03/29/2008
- GoLeftGoDeep See Profile I'm a Fan of GoLeftGoDeep

no ... Alberto Gonzales is lawyering up himself ... Rove is going to be paying lawyers for the rest of his life, I suspect

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:32 PM on 03/29/2008
- SeekerOne See Profile I'm a Fan of SeekerOne

It's time to debate the difference between a patriot and a traitor.
Rove and Co. have betrayed our country in so many ways, it's staggering. Impeachment might've been taken off the table, but how about incarceration for the lot??

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:24 PM on 03/29/2008
- enoughalready See Profile I'm a Fan of enoughalready

If Rove is involved it's only because he could!

The Bush White House has made a disgrace of our judicial system. Firing Federal judges that did not do what they wanted politically.

If Rove did this then he should be prosecuted - bring him to trial after January 2009 so Bush can't pardon him.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:06 PM on 03/29/2008
- speakingtruth2power See Profile I'm a Fan of speakingtruth2power


Sue Rove for millions in damages.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:36 PM on 03/29/2008
- qdog112 See Profile I'm a Fan of qdog112

Yeah and the taxpayers will get the bill. I say lock that SOB up!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:42 PM on 03/29/2008
- RTFanatic See Profile I'm a Fan of RTFanatic

Lock 'im up and we STILL get the bill, but at least he gets the company of a BIG convict named "Jake." But seriously, nobody would really miss him if he just "disappeared."

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:30 PM on 03/29/2008
- Roafer See Profile I'm a Fan of Roafer

This is exactly what I would love for Rove to face, a civil trial with a lower burden of proof. The other grand fact about this whole affair is Rove can't hide behind a phony "National Security" excuse. Rove is in for the ride of his life and so are some prominent Republicans in Alabama. I hope the ones that sent Seigelman to prison get many years behind bars!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:42 PM on 03/29/2008
- PierreLeClerke See Profile I'm a Fan of PierreLeClerke

The intent here included Election Tampering as well as Power consolidation and financial gain.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:15 PM on 03/29/2008
- Vyvjala See Profile I'm a Fan of Vyvjala

This Homer Simpson looking creep is a cyst on the anal sphincter of politics............

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:11 PM on 03/29/2008
- vlebje See Profile I'm a Fan of vlebje

And you know what we do with such cysts? Remove them! This is one case which we must pursue until this little pudgy white guy is in general population in some state prison.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:27 PM on 03/29/2008
- Podewumun See Profile I'm a Fan of Podewumun

HEY, watch it! Homer's just a harmless cartoon character. Rove is all too real.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:24 PM on 03/29/2008
- PierreLeClerke See Profile I'm a Fan of PierreLeClerke

April 19th,@9am Independence Hall Philadelphia A Constitutional Convention & ABOLISH this Government ! Bring your voice your vote and five dedicated fellow Patriots each.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:03 PM on 03/29/2008
- abbiehoffmansghost See Profile I'm a Fan of abbiehoffmansghost

What about my AR15?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:57 AM on 03/30/2008
- Stretchumall See Profile I'm a Fan of Stretchumall

Wear hoods, it realy scares the $#*t out of Them.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:29 AM on 03/30/2008
- Chandidevi See Profile I'm a Fan of Chandidevi

Wouldn't it be wonderful to see Mr. Pig-Face Rove staring out from behind bars. I can see it all now. He is a ne'er do well criminal. A man's value is in his ethics and integrity of which this guy, Rove, has none...zero...zilch! Bye Bye Mr. Piggy!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:59 PM on 03/29/2008
- rabprevent See Profile I'm a Fan of rabprevent

Correct you are!!!!! Tell Rove that this time there will be no pardons, go straight to jail, do not pass go, do not collect $200

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:17 PM on 03/29/2008
- qdog112 See Profile I'm a Fan of qdog112

Yeah and no W to pardon him. Priceless!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:44 PM on 03/29/2008
- cowboydem See Profile I'm a Fan of cowboydem

I do agree with batgirlevi though.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:43 PM on 03/29/2008
- cowboydem See Profile I'm a Fan of cowboydem

"karl rove sucks co## in hell." gets posted by my comment doesn't. What kind of idiots do you have reviewing these posts.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:40 PM on 03/29/2008
- Podewumun See Profile I'm a Fan of Podewumun

You hit it right on the head, cowboydem. Idiots. Or maybe Rove operatives?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:08 PM on 03/29/2008
- Arethirtypercentinsane See Profile I'm a Fan of Arethirtypercentinsane

I agree. Sometimes they are extremely wimpy about posting comments, some of which are quite poignant (usually mine).

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:10 PM on 03/29/2008
- BeyondGoodAndEvil See Profile I'm a Fan of BeyondGoodAndEvil

Rove needs to go to straight to jail. He planted a wiretapping device in his own office in order to try and discredit his candidates opponent. He's a crook.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE3D6143FF932A15753C1A960948260

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:22 PM on 03/29/2008
- batgirlevi See Profile I'm a Fan of batgirlevi

karl rove sucks co## in hell.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:06 PM on 03/29/2008
- abbiehoffmansghost See Profile I'm a Fan of abbiehoffmansghost

Hey, stealing lines from the Exorcist will not be tolerated here; even if they're accurate.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:14 AM on 03/31/2008
- rikkirighteous See Profile I'm a Fan of rikkirighteous

Seems like Siegelman is just a Democratic Duke Cunningham.

Got good money to steer contracts to his friends. Only Duke retained some dignity and admitted his failings.

Libs just can't seem to do that. How's that cold hard cash, William Jefferson?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:05 PM on 03/29/2008
- abbiehoffmansghost See Profile I'm a Fan of abbiehoffmansghost

First, Siegelman was absolutely not guilty of any crime and second, not even democrats support William Jefferson or any crooked politician; they're all traitors.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:24 AM on 03/31/2008
- qdog112 See Profile I'm a Fan of qdog112

Republicans love to say "he did it too". You can't put Jefferson in the same class as Cunningham unless you think guilty until proven innocent. Where's the conviction?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:59 PM on 03/29/2008