McClain (AL Dem) Indicted as Part of Investigation (Senator: Plot from WH to Get Rid of Good Dems)

[Hissyspit]

Source: Times Daily (Alabama)

McClain indicted as part of investigation

By Dana Beyerle
Montgomery Bureau

MONTGOMERY
Last Updated:May 29. 2008 11:27PM
Published: May 30. 2008 4:30AM

State senators expressed sadness Thursday over a 50-count federal bribery and kickback indictment involving one of their own in a widening state government corruption probe that has already involved a House member. U.S. Attorney Alice Martin, the federal prosecutor in Birmingham, announced an indictment against Sen. E.B. McClain, D-Midfield, charging him with conspiracy, mail fraud, money laundering and bribery. He is accused of funneling $305,000 to himself through a nonprofit organization.

"My reaction is I'm not guilty," McClain, 68, said during the special legislative session on the Education Trust Fund budget. "I'll have more to say later."

Senators heard about the indictment at about the same time McClain said he did. One senator said he believes the indictment is part of a Republican conspiracy to prosecute elected Democrats such as former Gov. Don Siegelman, who has claimed selective political prosecution. "There seems to be a plot stemming down from the White House and (former presidential adviser) Karl Rove to get rid of good Democrats," said Sen. Bobby Singleton, D-Greensboro. "It started with Siegelman and this is an extension." Siegelman claims a White House plot involving Rove is responsible for his indictment and conviction on bribery and corruption charges by the U.S. Attorney in Montgomery. He's appealed his conviction.

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Sen. Roger Bedford, D-Russellville, has previously faced criminal charges that a judge threw out after finding them insupportable.

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[L. Coyote]

1. Does this plot extend back to the 60s?

[mdmc]

2. I hope he is clean

and Rove is jailed...

[Baby Snooks]

3. More to come...

Watch quite a few Democrats be indicted between now and November. While Congress holds hearings about the very Justice Department that is bringing the indictments and the Justice Department supposedly investigates itself with regard to the indictments which is like asking the fox to investigate who killed the chickens.

[Fly by night]

4. I've always been thankful for Alabama. It keeps Mississippi off the bottom of the barrel.

[pacalo]

5. Why does this Alice Martin feel untouchable in regard to her targeting Democrats?

The Siegelman case, which links to the firing of U.S. attorneys, isn't going away anytime soon.

Why does she feel safe in pulling something like this when there are still a lot of allegations circulating nationally about her, her cabal, & the state of Alabama?

[Robbien]

6. Who is going to stop her?

Gonzo's DoJ?
A Congressional Hearing?

There is no place to go to get justice if the injustice is committed by a GOPer.

[pacalo]

7. I'm not holding my breath, but in light of McClellan's new revelations

& the fact that he's willing to testify before Congress, I do wonder if there will be another Butterfield moment.