Riley Breaks Silence to Spin Siegelman Prosecution Story
June 11th, 2008Alabama Governor Bob Riley broke his silence today and told the Tuscaloosa News editorial board he warned Don Siegelman against politicizing the corruption case that eventually ended with the former governor in prison, according to a post on the Tuscaloosa News Website.
Riley also said Alabama attorney and GOP whistleblower Jill Simpson “has no credibility” and that “anyone” who has ever listened to her story does not believe it. Of course that’s not true, since I have interviewed her many times at length and the New York Times has run stories along with Time magazine, CBS’s “60 Minutes,” Dan Abrams on MSNBC, and the Tuscaloosa News’s Tommy Stevenson himself.
Riley Denies Involvement in Siegelman Prosecution
Riley has the longest press honeymoon of any governor in Alabama history. Not one single negative word has been published on him in the big three Newhouse papers in the state. But that does not mean Riley has any credibility on this issue. He claims to have never talked to Karl Rove about this, but what he is saying is right out of Rove’s political playbook.
Tags: Don Siegelman On Trial
June 11th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
It’s amazing to me that after all this time Riley finally decides to comment. Go to http://www.donsiegelman.com to find out why.
June 11th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Riley would see a lack of credibility, something he has an abundance of, in anyone who dares castigate him. He knows the day is coming when more will be revealed and he’ll be watching his back while bending over to pick up a bar of soap.
June 11th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
More to come on this story in a little while…
A detailed interview with Jill Simpson.