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Using Campaign Donations For Legal Defense: Back Story

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—The Attorney General’s opinion that has led to public officials using campaign donations to pay criminal defense legal fees, began with the indictment of Jefferson County Sheriff Jimmy Woodward in August of 1999. According to the Attorney General’s Office, “Often state law can be confusing; therefore, public officials may … Continued
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February 13, 2015
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Is Hubbard Breaking The Law With Criminal Defense Payments?

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY — Over the last year, Hubbard has used around $300,000 in campaign contributions from his personal account to pay his criminal defense team. Hubbard has never publicly addressed this issue, however, several news outlets around the State have noted that he was using the funds in accordance with … Continued
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February 10, 2015
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Could This Be Who Is Paying Hubbard’s Legal Fees?

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Since the fall of 2013, indicted Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard has been collecting campaign donations to pay at least a portion of his criminal defense legal fees. The latest figures show that he has spent just over $286,000 with White Arnold & Dowd and Trussell, Funderburg, Rea … Continued
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February 6, 2015

Paris Group Buys Company With Ties To Hubbard Indictment

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter An Auburn-based company with ties to Speaker Mike Hubbard’s felony incidents has been sold to a global investment firm. CSP Technologies, whose parent company is CV Holdings, LLC, has been purchased by the Paris-based investment group Wendel for $360 million. Among the State’s 23 felony charges against Hubbard, CV … Continued
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February 3, 2015
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Three Out Of Four Speakers Step Down

  By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—In the last ten months, three House Speakers from around the country have been indicted and one is under investigation. Two have been forced from office and one has stepped down on his own. Here, in the Heart of Dixie, Speaker Mike Hubbard stubbornly refuses to yield. And … Continued
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February 2, 2015

Chris Brown Elected GOP Chairman Of District 6

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, January 29, the members of the Alabama Republican State Executive Committee from the Sixth Congressional District voted to make Chris Brown the Chairman of Congressional District. Brown said in a statement on Facebook, “I am humbled and honored to announce that I was elected as the Chairman … Continued
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February 2, 2015

Hubbard Trial Set for October

Staff Report MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Earlier this morning, Judge Jacob Walker III set House Speaker Mike Hubbard’s (Auburn) trial date for the week of Oct. 19, 2015. The trial was previously scheduled to begin in March, which some attorneys believed was too ambitious of a date to meet.  It should be pointed out the Alabama … Continued
January 30, 2015

Auburn Board Member Asks Bentley To Kill Hubbard Investigation

By Bill BrittAlabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—It has been confirmed, that a powerful member of the Auburn University Board of Trustees approached Governor Robert Bentley to have the investigation of Speaker Mike Hubbard quashed. This on top of Hubbard’s own visit to the Governor asking him to kill the criminal investigation against him. It is now … Continued
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January 26, 2015

Hubbard Solicits Bentley To Quash Investigation

By Bill BrittAlabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Just as the public learns that Speaker Mike Hubbard has requested all communications between the prosecution and the Executive Branch of government, it has been confirmed that Hubbard has directly lobbied Gov. Robert Bentley to intervene into his criminal investigation. We can now report that Hubbard met with Gov. Bentley … Continued
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January 23, 2015