Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman apologized to Alabama for his bribery conviction in an interview with Neil Cavuto on Fox Business News last night. “I would like to apologize to the people of Alabama for the embarrassment that this has caused them, and of course to my family. This…
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Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Siegelman Appeal
by Glynn Wilson It comes as no great shock that the United States Supreme Court refused to wade into the case of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman and his co-defendant, HealthSouth founder Richard Scrushy. The high court is made up of a majority of activist conservative justices appointed by Republican presidents, and there are no…
Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman Seeks New Trial
Says if he is Guilty, Governors Like Rick Perry of Texas Could be Jailed Too See the related story and a longer video at this story link: Siegelman Says if he is Guilty, Texas Governor Rick Perry Could be Executed
LSU-Alabama Game Touted as the ‘Game of the Century’
We Will See The Big Picture by Glynn Wilson SOUTHSIDE BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — They say it is a small world, but what do “they” know? I say the cliche is even more true today with modern social networking technology like Facebook. I was just chatting with a blonde from Germany over my second cup of…
Siegelman Says if he is Guilty, Texas Governor Rick Perry Could be Executed
Glynn Wilson Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman outside the federal courthouse in Montgomery by Glynn Wilson MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman says if he is guilty of bribery and corruption for being the fourth governor to appoint HealthSouth founder Richard Scrushy to a hospital regulatory board — in his case allegedly in…
Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman Back in Federal Court
by Glynn Wilson Glynn Wilson Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman in front of the federal courthouse in Montgomery on a break from his sentencing hearing in June, 2007. Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman will be back in federal court in Montgomery again Wednesday, this time making an oral argument before a different federal judge asking…
Thanksgiving 2010 Reflections on Political Prisoners Kerik, Siegelman and Scrushy
Guest Column by Andrew Kreig Thanksgiving is an apt time for those of us enjoying family and freedom to reflect about those being prosecuted in the United States primarily for political purposes. Let’s examine the Justice Department’s crusades against former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, a Republican, and former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman,…
Siegelman Appears on Fox News About Scrushy
Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman appears on Fox News today discussing HealthSouth founder Richard Scrushy… The governor got in a couple of good points saying that Scrushy would be a free man today if he had agreed to testify against Siegelman. “He could have thrown me under the bus any time he wanted to and…
Master of a Lost Art: Part Two Interview with Glynn Wilson
by Joan Brunwasser Welcome back for the second half of my interview with The Locust Fork News-Journal‘s editor and publisher, Glynn Wilson. So, Glynn, if, according to you, it takes a huge investment of time and energy to understand a story, that explains why the mainstream press has not done its job on many important…
The Law Is What The King Says It Is…
Connecting the Dots by Glynn Wilson After spending a good part of the day Tuesday studying the U.S. attorneys response to the motion for a new trial filed in federal court by former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman and HealthSouth founder Richard Scrushy, I re-watched The Other Boleyn Girl film on Encore last night. As many…
In Birmingham, Holder Lobbied on Behalf of Siegelman
by Glynn Wilson U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder was lobbied to drop the case against former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman during his trip to Birmingham Thursday for the swearing in of Joyce White Vance as U.S. attorney for the state’s northern district, sources say. Several people, including Alabama Democratic Party officials, spoke to Holder on…
Judge Asks For Investigation of Siegelman Prosecution
In the latest development in the federal case against former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman, retired Chief U.S. District Judge U.W. Clemon of Birmingham recently wrote a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder seeking a probe of misconduct by federal prosecutors, including their alleged “judge-shopping,” jury-pool “poisoning” and “unfounded” criminal charges in an effort to imprison…
Don't Worry, Be Happy…
Under the Microscope by Glynn Wilson Here is a little song I wrote You might want to sing it note for note Don’t worry be happy In every life we have some trouble When you worry you make it double Don’t worry, be happy… — A Bobby McFerrin song The rain is coming down steadily…
Bob Riley Caught Red-Handed in a Federal Crime?
by Roger Shuler An article in Sunday’s Montgomery Advertiser reveals that Alabama Governor Bob Riley apparently has committed a federal crime — not once, but twice. The article, by reporter Sebastian Kitchen, was meant to provide details about the two political parties’ financial condition heading into Alabama’s 2010 election. But Kitchen, perhaps inadvertently, reveals that…
Groups Demand Restoration of Justice At Justice Department
A broad coalition of organizations and individuals launched a “Restore Justice At Justice” campaign today to demand redress for all those politically prosecuted under the Bush Justice Department, beginning with former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman and Paul Minor of Mississippi. On Wednesday, a this group of organizations and individuals dedicated to an honest and accountable…
Does Rob Riley Engage in Fraud While He 'Fights' Fraud?
Editor’s Note: In any other state in the country with a functioning watchdog press, this story would have generated howls about a conflict of interest on the part of the governor’s son. Yet not one word about this has been published in a single Alabama newspaper. We are now pursuing funding from investigative journalism sources…
Siegelman Asks 11th Circuit to Rehear Case
by Glynn Wilson Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman and HealthSouth founder Richard Scrushy are asking the full 12-judge Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta to rehear the appeal in their political prosecution primarily on the basis that the alleged quid pro quo bribery claimed in the case was based on evidence of an…
We Must Not Forget Our Political Prisoners
Guest Column by Roger Shuler When commentators call for investigations of possible wrongdoing by members of the Bush administration, the discussions usually have an international focus. Subjects such as torture, illegal detentions, and spying tend to carry the day. But a recent Gallup poll shows Americans are concerned more with domestic wrongdoing, such as politicization…
At 63, Don Siegelman Struggles for Freedom in Rainsville
Glynn Wilson Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman urges supporters in Rainsville at his 63rd birthday party to keep the pressure on Congress to continue the investigation of Bush administration officials, including Karl Rove, who perverted justice for political reasons not only in his case, but in cases across the country.
Major Changes Afoot at the Obama Justice Department
Nowhere are changes needed more in the Department of Justice than in Alabama, where former Governor Don Siegelman still awaits word from the Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta and a Congressional investigation in Washington, D.C., on the fate of his political prosecution. The New York Times carried a story Sunday about seismic…
