Siegelman Lobbies DOJ To Intervene As Court Deadline Nears

[babsbunny]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/08/siegelman-lobbies-doj-to_n_200509.html


Sam Stein
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A lobbying effort to persuade the Justice Department to intervene in the politically tainted case against Don Siegelman has intensified in recent days, as a deadline for appealing the charges against the former Alabama Governor nears.

After being released on appeal bond last spring, Siegelman was convicted in March by a Court of Appeals on charges of bribery, conspiracy and obstruction for appointing a prominent donor to a state post. Now he is pushing for a rehearing of his case -- which critics say was orchestrated by state and national Republican officials -- with the hope of replacing the three-judge panel with a larger eight-judge panel that comprises the entire 11th Circuit. He should hear a decision on his appeal any day.

[Gabi Hayes]

1. when is rove going to be made to pay for his role in this?

are the dems going to go ahead and allow this to happen to Siegelman without doing ANYthing?