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Siegelman speaks: Rove must testify
Tuscaloosa News ^ | April 19, 2008 | Tommy Stevenson

Posted on 04/19/2008 10:08:23 AM PDT by ricks_place

BIRMINGHAM | Former Gov. Don Siegelman said Thursday that he wants former White House adviser Karl Rove to testify before Congress, whether 'he lies under oath, tells the truth or pleads the Fifth.'

Siegelman was freed on bond March 28 after serving nine months in federal prison for bribery and obstruction of justice. He said that while his primary concern is winning his appeal, there are bigger issues involved in his prosecution by the U.S. District Attorney's Office in Montgomery...

The case against Siegelman centered around a contribution by Richard Scrushy, the founder of HealthSouth, to an organization Siegelman had set up to lobby for a state lottery, and the sale of a motorcycle to aid Nick Bailey, one of the key government witnesses in the case against the former governor.

(Excerpt) Read more at tuscaloosanews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: karlrove; rove; siegelman
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To: ricks_place
Siegelman could steal a dollar from his mother's own pocket and get her blamed for it....

and probably would.

21 posted on 04/19/2008 3:30:17 PM PDT by Condor 63
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