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Could be a RINO attack.
Many details here:http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2014/10/mike_hubbard_indicted_bob_rile.html
“...Riley, with help from Hubbard and state Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, set up the Alabama 14 political action committee, with a goal to elect truly conservative Republicans. Riley’s daughter, Birmingham lawyer Minda Riley, headed up initial fundraising for the PAC, which this year received contributions topping $670,000.
The PAC’s activities touched off tension in the state Republican Party, and put Hubbard and Marsh at odds with the party’s new chairman, Bill Armistead.”

“FWIW, the Attorney General, who requested the Grand Jury, is a Republican. If it’s a witch hunt, it appears to be an intra-party one.”

Yes, Luther Strange, a Republican, started the investigation a year ago but later recused himself. Strange seems to be a straight shooter to me and must have uncovered something. But we need more facts.

Sure it could be pure politics .. or it could be just that Strange has zero tolerance for anything close to corruption and Hubbard got caught up in it. The prosecution will have to prove all those counts. However there are so many - even if he was convicted on a single count he would be doing prison time and it would be the end of his career.

Some locals were speculating that if Luther were to run for Governor in a few years he would no longer have to worry about Mike Hubbard anymore. While I just don’t see that as the sole motivation it could be viewed as a “two-fer” — he proves he has zero tolerance for even the appearance of impropriety and he gets a political opponent out of the way.

It is also interesting that AG Strange is in a hot election battle with dem Joe Hubbard but this Hubbard has no known relation to Republican Speaker Mike Hubbard. But it does make it a tad more interesting.

http://www.al.com/news/huntsville/index.ssf/2014/10/alabama_ag_luther_strange_says.html