For background this article comes from October 12, 2007.
At the heart of the Siegelman scandal in Alabama is the question of selective justice. In 2002, a lobbyist/landfill developer told the U.S. Attorney’s office that he used illegal campaign contributions to bribe some of the biggest names in Alabama Republican politics, including Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), a Bush-appointed federal judge William Pryor Jr. He also identified Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman (D).
The U.S. Attorney’s office proceeded to ignore every piece of evidence against Sessions and Pryor, and prosecute Siegelman with everything prosecutors could come up with. One person involved in the prosecution said they left the Republicans alone on purpose because they had Rs after their name: “Sessions and Pryor were on the home team.”
Given what we’ve learned over the course of the year about the politicization of U.S. Attorneys’ offices, and the pressure to prosecute Dems and look the other way for Republicans, the next question, of course, is what drove the process in Alabama. Republican lawyer Dana Jill Simpson, answering questions under oath from House investigators, implicated Karl Rove in the mess. [emphasis added]
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60 Minutes has been sitting on this story for some time, under heavy pressure from Bush and the GOP, not to air it. While 60 minutes has decided to air the story, they have chosen to do so in a manner that should infuriate you.
We have good news and bad news. The good news is the 60 Minutes has decided to rescind their choice to kill the Don Siegelman story. The bad news is that they’ve decided to effectively kill the Don Siegelman story out in the open by airing it this Sunday opposite the Academy Awards show… [emphasis added]
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CBS, could not have chosen a more biased tactic than to air it while America watches the Oscars.
Cross posted from Politics Plus
