Siegelman Trades Canned Fish to See Report

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M50o93H7pQ09L8X1t49cHY01Z5j4TT91fGfr Siegelman Trades Canned Fish to See Report
Published: Tue, February 26, 2008 - 3:42 pm
Last Updated: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 - 4:16 pm
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - From behind bars in a federal prison,
former Governor Don Siegelman gave a thumbs up to the CBS "60
Minutes" program questioning whether his prosecution was fueled by
Republican politics.
His brother, Les Siegelman, said his brother had to coax other
inmates into watching the Sunday night program and offered canned
mackerel from the prison commissary to get the TV tuned to CBS.
The 61-year-old former Democratic governor has long contended
that he was the target of a plot by certain Republicans to derail
his political career. Federal prosecutors have denied the claim.
Convicted of bribery-related and obstruction charges, he is
serving a sentence of more than seven years at a federal lockup in
Oakdale, Louisiana.


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