GOP lawyer Ties Rove To Siegelman Case

[Nomad559]

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/gop-lawyer-ties-rove-to-siegelman-case-2007-10-10.html

House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) on Wednesday released an interview with GOP lawyer Dana Jill Simpson implicating former White House adviser Karl Rove in the prosecution and conviction of former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman (D) on corruption charges.

In a closed-door interview with committee staff, Simpson recalled how Rob Riley, current Gov. Bob Riley’s (R) son, told her about Rove’s role in a plan to prosecute Siegelman if he did not back down from contesting the 2001 gubernatorial election results that handed the office to Riley.

According to the transcript, Simpson described a 2005 conversation with Rob Riley, who told her that Rove had contacted the Public Integrity Section of the Department of Justice to press for further prosecution of Siegelman. She said Rob Riley also recounted how the case would be assigned to a federal judge who “hated” Siegelman and would “hang Don Siegelman.”

[whistle]

1. Has KKKarl Rove left for Paraguay yet?

:wtf:

[tekisui]

2. I hope times up for Rove and Gonzo.

They're gonna need those high price lawyers.

[KansDem]

4. But no law school graduates from "Regents University"

For some reason, Gonzo avoided them...

[KansDem]

3. Why isn't this rat bastard in jail?

According to the transcript, Simpson described a 2005 conversation with Rob Riley, who told her that Rove had contacted the Public Integrity Section of the Department of Justice to press for further prosecution of Siegelman. She said Rob Riley also recounted how the case would be assigned to a federal judge who “hated” Siegelman and would “hang Don Siegelman.”

The Birmingham News reported Tuesday that Simpson’s latest account differs from a previous sworn statement she gave that Siegelman dropped a recount in 2002 because a supporter planted an opponent’s campaign signs at a Ku Klux Klan rally. She amended her story when discussing the matter with congressional staffers to add that Siegelman dropped his challenge of Bob Riley’s victory after learning about the campaign signs and after being promised that the federal investigation of his administration would end.

If this isn't politicization of the judiciary, I don't know what is!

[Botany]

5. The Gulags live on

The Gulag Archipelago is now the Gulag Alabama

I hope they fry that rat bastard Rove .... who BTW worked on packing
the courts in Alabama in the 1990s

[Jade Fox]

6. Rove in jail......

A personal dream of mine.