Last Thanksgiving in Oakdale Federal Prison

Last Thanksgiving in Oakdale Federal Prison

Last Thanksgiving in Oakdale Federal Prison (hopefully) Don writes through Corrlinks to all who have stood by him all these years. Even from the depths of my dismal circumstances, I have so much to be thankful for. My friends and family are always first to come to mind. I am Blessed to have family members who have stuck by me and worked for my freedom, and friends like you who have done so much for me in every way possible for so long. I wish I could repay the many “gifts” you gave me Now, as my time draws near, my release date approaches, I wish I could somehow repay you for what […]

Rove and Gonzales Resigned White House Posts

Rove and Gonzales Resigned White House Posts

Rove, Followed by Scandal, Resigned The Architect of the Bush presidency resigned! Shocked White House watchers wonder how Bush 43 would function without Karl Rove. Chief Advisor to the president, Rove claimed he was leaving to spend more time at home. Most believed that impending investigations from the Senate Judiciary Committee dogging Rove as he vacated the West Wing were the real reason for leaving. He was wanted for questioning about his role in purging U.S. Attorneys who weren’t willing to bring partisan prosecutions for the championship of the republican party. As of June 2007, the Committee now wanted to question Rove about the Don Siegelman Prosecution, a prime example of political abuse of the Justice Department by “loyal Bushies.” […]

Stonewalled! Emails Scrubbed and FOIA Requests Blocked

Stonewalled! Emails Scrubbed and FOIA Requests Blocked

Rove’s Own Email Scandal and Other Stonewalls Back in the summer of 2007, a White House email scandal turned up the heat on Karl Rove. In the month of June that summer, Alabama was reeling from the Jill Simpson Affidavit which outed Rove’s direction in the Siegelman Prosecution. Furthermore, the draconian treatment during the sentencing of Siegelman and Scrushy by Judge Fuller added evidence of hidden agendas in the case. Karl Rove even began to hint that he may retire.  A few months earlier, news hit the stands that Karl Rove was stonewalling requests for emails concerning the Attorneys General Scandal and the outing of Valerie Plame. Reports had surfaced that White House emails had been improperly housed and 22,000,000 emails […]

Shackles, Handcuffs, and Explosive Sentencing

Shackles, Handcuffs, and Explosive Sentencing

Siegelman, Scrushy led off in shackles and cuffs Marshals applied shackles, chains and cuffs to Richard Scrushy’s and Don Siegelman’s ankles and wrists as though they were violent criminals. Don writes from prison that he “. . . could tell from Fuller’s anger and demeanor from the bench that he was going to sentence me to some prison time. When he said eighty-eight months, and before I couldn’t even divide it by twelve, I was being taken out a side door, shackled, chained and handcuffed. . .“ A stunned courtroom watched Don Siegelman and Richard Scrushy rushed out of the courtroom directly after the sentencing. Scrushy’s wife, Leslie and his children cried quietly upon hearing the […]