Posted on 10/20/2014 2:41:12 PM PDT by sunmars
MONTGOMERY, Alabama --- Mike Hubbard, speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives and a powerful leader in the state Republican Party, has been indicted by a grand jury and charged with 23 counts, including using his office for personal gain and soliciting things of value.
Hubbard, 52, who led a historic Republican takeover of the state Legislature during the 2010 election, was charged after an investigation in his home county that has lasted more than a year.
The charges against Hubbard include 23 class B felonies. Those charges include:
Four counts of using of his office as Chairman of the Alabama Republican Party for personal gain; One count of voting for legislation with a conflict of interest; Eleven counts of soliciting or receiving a thing of value from a lobbyist or principal; Two counts of using his office as a member of the Alabama House of Representatives for personal gain; Four Counts of lobbying an executive department or agency for a fee; One count of using state equipment, materials, etc. for private gain.
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First sentence.
Very, looks like dem dirty tricks
Only in the rat realm does these things come out November 5.
Charges seem they could be flimsy. What’s the odds this is a judicial hit on a republican leader?
So is this a witch hunt or is the guy actually dirty?
Don’t know but isn’t the timing just amazing.......
Hubbard, 52, who led a historic Republican takeover of the state Legislature during the 2010 election, was charged after an investigation in his home county that has lasted more than a year.
The charges against Hubbard include 23 class B felonies. Those charges include:
Four counts of using of his office as Chairman of the Alabama Republican Party for personal gain; One count of voting for legislation with a conflict of interest; Eleven counts of soliciting or receiving a thing of value from a lobbyist or principal; Two counts of using his office as a member of the Alabama House of Representatives for personal gain; Four Counts of lobbying an executive department or agency for a fee; One count of using state equipment, materials, etc. for private gain.
CALL RICK PERRY.
All politics..
Yup. Wish I could reflexively defend the guy just because he’s not a Dem. but there is no reason to. The GOP squandered the trust.
Who is the prosecutor that filed the charges and what is his/her party affiliation?
Beat me to it.
Yet Feinstein and company are untouchable.
Yes the timing smells like a septic pumping operation, and the charges also seem like the type of charges Democrats of ill intent would trump in effort to disgrace someone just prior to an election.
I call dirty tricks on this one. I can’t believe it is anything else.
Sounds familiar, like Tom DeLay.
” Yes the timing smells like a septic pumping operation, and the charges also seem like the type of charges Democrats of ill intent would trump in effort to disgrace someone just prior to an election.”
Doesn’t pass the smell test. You can accuse 100% of politicians of these “alleged” crimes.
Republicans could do the same tricks but they lack a spine and a set of balls.
“has been indicted by a grand jury”
Ronnie Earle must have some friends in ‘bama.
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