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 […]

Explosive Affidavit Swears the Man behind the Curtain is Rove!

Explosive Affidavit Swears the Man behind the Curtain is Rove!

Affidavit Reveals Rove as Puppet Master Today, with 103 days to Don’s earliest release date, we will remember the Jill Simpson Affidavit that rocked the nation and started a media fire. We will time travel through the eyes of the media to one of the most explosive days in the Siegelman Case: June 1st, 2007. The Explosive Affidavit that spawned a Media Storm When Alabama lawyer, Jill Simpson’s, explosive affidavit went public, it riveted the nation’s attention on Alabama. Siegelman defenders believed Siegelman’s prosecution was tied to the Attorneys General Scandal, and thus Karl Rove, but had no solid evidence to support the claim. This affidavit hit the newsstands with a sworn statement that exposed the man behind the curtain. […]

Early 2007: Looking Back, Looking Forward

Early 2007: Looking Back, Looking Forward

Looking Back at 2007: The Calm Before the Storm Remembering how the South’s only progressive Governor became America’s #1 political prisoner. For the next 107 days we will travel back in time, through the eyes of the media concerning the Don Siegelman Case to try to figure out what happened, how it happened, and whether it is happening in your state. (Don Siegelman’s earliest release date is on February 8, 2017. The BOP has final say on the date of release.) The Calm before the Media Storm The media – from the mainstream to the alternative – covered the Don Siegelman Prosecution with enthusiasm. However, that coverage did not start in […]