Don Siegelman

The Prosecution of Ted Stevens & Don Siegelman

Rebecca Abrahams | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Don Siegelman Case, Ted Stevens, Karl Rove, Henry Schuelke, Don Siegelman, Ted Stevens Corruption, Eric Holder, Politics News
Rebecca Abrahams

While the DOJ is making a point to review Republican corruption cases, like Ted Stevens, not one Democrat case has been completely overturned.

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Progressive Dixie: A Rare Occasion for Pride

Richard Allen Smith | Posted 12.14.2009 | Sports

Read More: Alabama, Politics, Sports, Floridam Gators, Don Siegelman, Crimson Tide, Barack Obama, Sports News
Richard Allen Smith

We have endured poverty, with over 60% percent of Alabama children going hungry at some point during 2008. We have also endured failure in the realm of college football.

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Wheels of Justice Are Grinding Too Slowly For Paul Minor and Other Political Prisoners

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ted Stevens, US Attorneys Scandal, Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, Don Siegelman, Paul Minor, Fifth Circuit, Eric Holder Attorney General, Judge John Whitfield, Judge Walter Teel, Politics News
Brendan DeMelle

Why has Eric Holder's Justice Department left Paul Minor, Judges Walter Teel and John Whitfield languishing in jail?

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Siegelman Blasts DoJ and Judge In 'Final' Reply Seeking Hearing

Andrew Kreig | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Don Siegelman, Karl Rove, U.S. Attorney Scandal, Richard Scrushy, Tamarah Grimes, Whistleblower, Justice Department, Mark Fuller, Eric Holder, Politics News
Andrew Kreig

Facing a sentence of 20 additional years in prison recommended by Bush Justice Department holdovers, former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman has finally taken off the gloves against his prosecutors and the judge.

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DoJ Attack On Siegelman's Rights Threatens Election Rights For All

Andrew Kreig | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jill Simpson, Karl Rove, Don Siegelman, Leura Canary, Mark Fuller, Richard Scrushy, Bush Justice Department, Tamarah Grimes, William-Canary, Politics News
Andrew Kreig

In the case of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman, Department of Justice officials look like they're exaggerating to block justice and to protect themselves.

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Fire Rove's Prosecutors

Don Siegelman | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Justice, Karl Rove, Justice Department, Doj, Don Siegelman, Politics News
Don Siegelman

The Bush era U.S. Attorney firing issue is anything but dead. The people who did Karl Rove's dirty work are still on the job right now because only a handful of the appointees have been replaced.

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Karl Rove's Non-Denials About the Siegelman Case Segue Into Lies in the Wall Street Journal

David Fiderer | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Karl Rove, Don Siegelman, Wall Street Journal, House Judiciary Committee, Karl Rove Don Siegelman, Politics News
David Fiderer

Rove's piece in the Wall Street Journal constitutes his latest non-denial about corrupt dealings with the Justice Department. The more he talks the more he suggests that he's guilty as sin.

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Why Holder and Obama Have Not Fired the Bush Appointed, Rove-Vetted Department of Justice Attorneys

Rob Kall | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politicization DOJ, Doj Politicization, Don Siegelman, Rahm Emanuel, Eric Holder, Cyril Wecht, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Politics News
Rob Kall

Why are Holder and Obama not firing and replacing Bush appointees in the Department of Justice? America deserves the attorneys they voted for as part of the package in electing Obama.

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New Evidence Reveals Feds 'Coached, Cajoled, Threatened' Star Witness in Siegelman Case

Brad Friedman | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Alabama, Don Siegelman Case, Doj, Don Siegelman, Fbi, Department of Justice, Justice Department, Eric Holder, Politics News
Brad Friedman

How it's even possible that former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman's bribery case and conviction has not long ago been dropped by the Dept. of Justice is beyond us.

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Did the DoJ Blackmail Siegelman Witness With Sex Scandal?

Andrew Kreig | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Selective Prosecution, Department of Justice, Don Siegelman, Eric Holder, Mark Fuller, Richard Scrushy, Politics News
Andrew Kreig

You might not want to be Don Siegelman today. But would you like to be one of those who led his prosecution?

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As Rove Testifies About Firings At Justice, Why Did DoJ Fire Whistleblower?

Andrew Kreig | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tamarah Grimes, John Conyers, Karl Rove, Don Siegelman, Jeff Sessions, Artur Davis, Eric Holder, Richard Scrushy, Politics News
Andrew Kreig

New questions are surfacing about political intrigue at the U.S. Justice Department.

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Elusive Justice Overdue in the Case of Political Prisoner Paul Minor

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ted Stevens, US Attorneys Scandal, Don Siegelman, Paul Minor, Quid Pro Quo, Bush Justice Department, Political Prosecutions, Eric Holder, Politics News
Brendan DeMelle

It is time to right the wrongs committed by the overzealous, partisan U.S. attorneys who brought shame and disgrace to the Justice Department under George W. Bush.

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Alabama Decisions Illustrate Abuse of Judicial Power

Andrew Kreig | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Karl Rove, U.S. Attorney Firings, Don Siegelman, Sonia Sotomayor, Jeff Sessions, Eric Holder, Mark Fuller, Richard Scrushy, Charles Walker, Politics News
Andrew Kreig

The plight of litigants who face a biased judge is illustrated by the track record of one prominent Alabama federal judge, as well by major recent decisions requiring new trials in West Virginia and Georgia courts.

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Siegelman's First Trial Judge Blasts U.S. Prosecutors, Seeks Probe of 'Unfounded' Charges

Andrew Kreig | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration Torture, Karl Rove, U.S. Attorney Firings, Don Siegelman, Eric Holder, Mark Fuller, Richard Scrushy, Politics News
Andrew Kreig

One of the most experienced federal judges in recent Alabama history is denouncing the U.S. Justice Department prosecution of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman.

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Sam Stein

Siegelman Lobbies DOJ To Intervene As Court Deadline Nears

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Justice, Don Siegelman, Corruption Case, Siegelman Doj, Lobbying Doj, Siegelman Case, Politics News

A lobbying effort to persuade the Justice Department to intervene in the politically tainted case against Don Siegelman has intensified in recent days...

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Justice Department Turns the Table on Political Prosecutions

Mike Papantonio | Posted 05.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ted Stevens, Air America Radio, Alberto Gonzalez, Paul Minor, Don Siegelman, Mike Papantonio, Michael Mukasey, Golefttv, Justice Department, Ring of Fire, Political Prosecution, Eric Holder, Politics News
Mike Papantonio

Ted Stevens never should have been prosecuted in 2008. Traditional media has done a pitiful job covering the many political prosecution stories that occurred during the Ashcroft/Gonzales years.

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Disappointed by Yesterday's Appeals Court Ruling

Don Siegelman | Posted 04.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Alabama, Don Siegelman, Resentencing, 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, Politics News
Don Siegelman

While the court threw out two counts of my politically-motivated prosecution and conviction, it upheld several others and have sent the case back to the district court for re-sentencing.

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Probe the Past To Protect the Future

Andrew Kreig | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, John Conyers, Jill Simpson, Don Siegelman, Bailout, Patrick Leahy, Economy, Kevin Martin, Rosa DeLauro, John Dingell, Stimulus, Investigate, Barack Obama, Torture, Politics News
Andrew Kreig

Congress is taking well-publicized steps for increased oversight. Yet vigorous public pressure is required to ensure that their "investigations" are not merely for show.

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Sam Stein

Siegelman To White House Counsel: Don't Compromise With Rove

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Craig Siegelman, Obama Greg Craig, Don Siegelman, Siegelman White House, Siegelman Rove, White House Rove Compromise, Executvei Privilege, Testimony, Politics News

One of the likely victims of potential Bush White House lawbreaking is urging President Barack Obama not to compromise with Karl Rove as a means of co...

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Sam Stein

Don Siegelman Disagrees With Obama On Investigating Bush

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Siegelman Obama, Obama Justce Department Siegelman Rove, Obama Investigations, Rove Bush, Obama Bush Administration, Don Siegelman, Politics News

During his press conference on Monday evening, President Obama pledged to look forwards rather than backwards when it came to investigating the misdee...

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What Did the President Know and When Did He Know It? Karl Rove Knows...

Larisa Alexandrovna | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Brown Shirts, Dirty Tricks, Karl Rove, Oliver E. Diaz Jr., Paul Minor, Don Siegelman, US Attorney Scandal, Executive Privilege, President Bush, Political Prosecutions, Politics News
Larisa Alexandrovna

Since we are a democracy and none of us are above the law, either we all have to honor subpoenas or we don't. If Karl Rove does not have to show up to court, then none of us have to.

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What if we Held an Impeachment, and Nobody Came?

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Don Siegelman Case, Karl Rove, Don Siegelman, Impeachment, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, Rod Blagojevich, George W. Bush, The View, Waterboarding, Affairs, Rod Blagojevich Corruption, Clinton Impeachment, Karl Rove Don Siegelman, Rod Blagojevich Indictment, Dick Cheney, Blagojevich Impeachment, Politics News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

For shame, America, impeach a guy over extramarital oral sex, but not waterboarding?

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"Misunderestimated"

Stu Kreisman | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hurricane Katrina, Press Conference, Bush Legacy, Iraq, President Bush, Barack Obama, Economic Crisis, George W. Bush, The West Wing, Don Siegelman, George Bush, Misunderestimated, Politics News
Stu Kreisman

If the press conference today was any indication of what went on inside the Oval Office, there was never any reasoned debate regarding the issues.

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Nothing About the Prosecution of Don Siegelman Escapes the Taint of Corruption

David Fiderer | Posted 01.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Alabama Political Prosecutions, Jack Abramoff, Karl Rove, Don Siegelman, US Attorney Scandal, Criminal Justice, Justice Department, Rove Alabama, Politics News
David Fiderer

Louis Franklin's indictment of Siegelman is a recurring stunt that you see over and over in Alabama and elsewhere in the South.

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Scandals Surrounding Don Siegelman's Prosecution: A Quick and Easy Primer, Part I

David Fiderer | Posted 12.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Alabama Political Prosecutions, Jack Abramoff, Karl Rove, Bill Canary, Rove Siegelman 60 Minutes, Don Siegelman, William Pryor, Justice Department, Rove Alabama, Politics News
David Fiderer

We know, based on definitive evidence, precisely how certain Bush appointees lied and colluded in order to subvert due process in the Siegelman trial.

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