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Don Siegelman’s book released

Former Alabama Democratic Governor Don Siegelman’s new book, “Stealing our Democracy,” is now in stores. Siegelman’s memoir alleges that his prosecution on corruption charges was based on prosecutorial misconduct by the George W. Bush (R) Department of Justice. Siegelman was sentenced to 88 months in federal prison, served five years, with long stretches of solitary … Continued
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June 17, 2020

Don Siegelman to be freed as early as Wednesday

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, February 7, 2017, the friends and family of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman (D) announced that the Governor could return home as soon as Wednesday. The former Governor will remain on strict probation until his sentence runs out this summer. Siegelman’s supporters have been asking that the former … Continued
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February 7, 2017

Sewell supports pardon for Siegelman

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Politcal Reporter US Representative Terri Sewell is calling on President Barack H. Obama to pardon former Governor Don Siegelman (D). Congresswoman Sewell said in a statement, “I am proud of President Obama’s historic record on clemency, which exemplifies our belief that our Nation is one of second chances. On Monday, President … Continued
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December 22, 2016

Siegelman Says: Not This Lottery

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Seventeen years ago, one Alabama Governor proposed a lottery amendment to the Constitution. It sailed through the Alabama Legislature and went to the people of Alabama who decisively rejected the proposal. Now a new Alabama Governor, Robert Bentley (R), is proposing a new lottery amendment; but that former Governor, … Continued
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August 3, 2016

Grandview Medical Center Finally Opens

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, October 2 U.S. Representative Gary Palmer (R from Hoover) was among the dignitaries on hand for the Grandview Medical Center Ribbon Cutting in Birmingham, Alabama. Congressman Palmer said on Facebook, “Today, I attended the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Grandview Medical Center on Highway 280 in … Continued
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October 7, 2015

Judge Denies Seigelman Bond

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Former Alabama Governor Don Seigelman (D) got his day in court, but it did not go as well as he and his supporters had hoped. Federal Judge US District Judge Clay Land told the former Alabama Governor that he is unlikely to win his appeal in January, thus denied … Continued
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December 19, 2014

Don Seigelman Back In Alabama: Could Get Out Soon

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Only one Democrat has been elected Governor of Alabama since George C Wallace’s last term, and that Governor, Don Seigelman, is presently a prisoner of the federal government at their prison facility in Oakdale, Louisiana. That all could end……soon. Today, former Governor Seigelman is in the Montgomery County Jail … Continued
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December 15, 2014

Does Hubbard Own the Courts?

By Bill Britt
Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—At what appears to be a 2012 lecture promoting his vanity publication Storming the Statehouse, Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard, R-Auburn said, in reference to the Supreme Court, “We have 9 of 9 Justices.” Hear comment at  20:40 mark In his speech, Hubbard seems to make clear that he believes the Alabama … Continued
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May 20, 2014