JUSTICE Department Continues to Play HIDE & SEEK With SIEGELMAN Documents

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U.S. Judge Mark Fuller


"...Fuller last week temporarily transferred certain motions in the case to U.S. District Judge L. Scott Coogler, who is based in Tuscaloosa. Coogler, like Fuller, is a Republican appointee of President George W. Bush..."


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A rational person does not need new reasons to question the handling of the Don Siegelman prosecution. But the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is providing them anyway.



Resentencing in the Siegelman case has been postponed because the DOJ refuses to produce documents that might show the former Democratic governor of Alabama was the victim of a Bush-era political prosecution. For more than five years, lawyers for Siegelman and codefendant Richard Scrushy have been seeking documents that might show Leura Canary, former U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, remained active in the case after she had announced her recusal.



The documents clearly exist, so why is the DOJ stonewalling? Andrew Kreig, of the D.C.-based Justice Integrity Project, provides insights on that question and more in a piece titled "Siegelman Sentence Delays as DOJ Hides Conflict Data." Kreig reports the latest on a case that probably will go down as the most notorious federal prosecution in U.S. history:

The Alabama judge presiding over the notorious Bush prosecution of former Gov. Don Siegelman postponed the defendant's re-sentencing last week while prosecutors continue to stonewall defense requests for documents showing whether they violated the defendant's right to an honest, unbiased prosecutor.



On the afternoon of Sept. 22, Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Fuller of Montgomery postponed his re-sentencing of Siegelman and co-defendant Richard Scrushy on corruption charges. Decisions by the Supreme Court and other appellate bodies reduced charges, requiring Fuller to review his original seven-year terms.



Siegelman, a Democrat, was the state's governor from 1999 to 2003. He says that authorities for five years have illegally blocked his document requests regarding Middle District U.S. Attorney Leura Canary. . . .



She is presumed to have recused herself from his case, according to news reports through the years that have existed as conventional wisdom. William Canary, her husband, was Siegelman's longtime political enemy and the 2002 campaign manager for Bob Riley, Siegelman's Republican opponent in the 2002 gubernatorial election.


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http://www.justice-integrity.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=467:siegelmans-re-sentence-delayed-while-doj-stonewalls-on-documents-&catid=44:myblog


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Why is this a profoundly important matter for the Siegelman case--and the American "justice system" in general? Kreig addresses that question:



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http://legalschnauzer.blogspot.com/2011/09/justice-department-continues-to-play.html



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[bvar22]

1. This is especially disgusting when you consider...

...that the Very First Thing on Eric Holder's list
was getting corrupt Republican Ted Stevens OUT of JAIL.



You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their excuses.

Solidarity!
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3. Without any doubt, their own actions over the last 3 years speaks volumes.

[Supersedeas]

10. we are a Nation of Cowards

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13. Holder's works speak volumes

:patriot:

[chill_wind]

2. recommend

[samsingh]

4. can't Obama pardon this man?

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5. Don't hold your breath for an Obama pardon.

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12. DoJ has been complicit as had Elena Kagan when Solicitor General:

A bipartisan group of 91 former state attorneys general from more than 40 states formed an unprecedented coalition to file a friend-of-the-court brief to the Supreme Court arguing it should hear Siegelman's case because his actions did not constitute a crime.

But Kagan, now widely reported as a leading candidate to ascend from her post as Justice Department solicitor general to become her friend Obama's nominee for a Supreme Court vacancy, urged the high court in November to deny Siegelman a hearing. Kagan used technical legal arguments devised with the assistance of DOJ's trial prosecutors.

Since the 2006 convictions DoJ has withstood complaints that include: political prosecution orchestrated by Rove , judge-shopping , jury tampering , lying about Canary's recusal , firing a DoJ whistleblower, and suppressing evidence that DoJ tried to blackmail its central witness.

Kagan's stance already has created strong skeptics in progressive circles in Alabama, and is certain to irritate Siegelman supporters around the country if she is nominated to the Supreme Court. DOJ has requested that Fuller resentence Siegelman, now 64, to an additional 20 years in prison.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-kreig/siegelman-judge-asked-to_b_534628.html

[eShirl]

6. maybe Christmas 2012

right after reelection

[dmosh42]

7. Completely understandable when you think of the AG, Holder's...

record since he's been in office. In all the past financial fiascos(like the S&L scandal), there has always been hundreds of arrests and prosecutions. Can anyone think of any major prosecutions coming out of the 'biggest' financial collapse since the Depression of the 30s. Other than Madoff, the answer is zero. This administration is every bit as corrupt as the Bush administration, and it goes right to the top.

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8. Many of bankers got off on Bush era non prosecution agreements, it was on NPR. I was disgusted...

...at hearing that the bankers had entered and agreement with the Bush admin after Enron to become ammune to Skilling etc type prosecution. They were one of a few institutions that were allowed to offload bad assets to side companies for instance after Enron.

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9. Just sit back and wait for the ' NEW ' Obama campaign slogans and promises of ' Hope ' to be

unveiled. His white-light speeches will mesmerize and blind all Democrats to genuflect before him so he can continue giving us another 4 years of ' renewed ' broken promises.

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11. k&r I DU searched Seigelman but nothing came up so I started

a new thread. Glad to see you are on top of this! :hi: