The Latest: Alabama House Speaker's Former Staff Chief Talks
Source: Associated Press
The Latest: Alabama House Speaker's Former Staff Chief Talks
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
OPELIKA, Ala. May 25, 2016, 4:34 PM ET
The Latest on the ethics trial of Alabama Speaker Mike Hubbard (all times local):
3:30 p.m.
The former chief of staff for the Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard has testified in the ethics trial of his former boss.
Josh Blades testified Wednesday that he was upset and concerned about "legal implications" after learning that language added to a 2013 budget bill could have benefited one of Hubbard's clients.
Blades said he learned later that a group that would get the work was paying Hubbard through a consulting contract. The language was stripped in conference committee.
Blades also said he was uncomfortable because he thought the speaker meant money when Hubbard told him he had "one hundred thousand reasons" to help a company with a patent application. That company was a client of Hubbard's.
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